Student summer benefits - paying rent

kingfisherblue

Instead of going back to your parents for the summer, why not try to get a job in a holiday camp? Accommodation (and possibly some meals) will be included and you will have the chance to earn some money as well.

There used to be a book called Summer Jobs in the UK (and another one for abroad) - both were updated annually. I don't know if they are still published, but it's worth checking to see if they are in the library.

In September, divide your student loans by 52, to budget for the full year.

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Unemployment benefit in the holidays and housing benefit were cast back to the 80s and beyond. I thought it was a rip off when I went to uni as they'd just stopped it and as I had left home years before, I just fell through the gap because the system wrongly assumed you'd go back home to the family home. So for 20 years at least there has been no regular help in this regard.

AnxiousMum

LucyP48 wrote: »

Don't be such a tool

LOL - you came here looking for help and advice right?

You have had alot more in student grants than just the £3,000 loan that would've covered your accommodation. If your parents are on benefits, or earning below £25000 per annum in household income, you would be getting quite a bit more than 3,000 per year in maintenance, and majority of would be a grant - ie non repayable due to your parents income level.

Also, we've just gone through the university application process this year, and I was floored at how many universities also offer bursaries to students from low income/benefits families. Surely when you were looking at what universities to apply to you would've taken this into account? With your parents earning under £25000 pa, I know that the university my son is hoping to attend, he will get basic tuition loan/maintenance loan, while many of his fellow students will get the same, plus an additional £2900 free money due to family income. In addition to that, many universities also offer bursaries to low income families.
You might want to look into that for your funding for next year - you need to get your parents to support your application. A small thing for them to do, and then you will be able to help out by paying your room and board the weeks you are home. Do you have 30 or 39 week accommodation? Are you home for all the rest of the weeks?

Indie_Kid

AnxiousMum wrote: »

LOL - you came here looking for help and advice right?

You have had alot more in student grants than just the £3,000 loan that would've covered your accommodation. If your parents are on benefits, or earning below £25000 per annum in household income, you would be getting quite a bit more than 3,000 per year in maintenance, and majority of would be a grant - ie non repayable due to your parents income level.

Also, we've just gone through the university application process this year, and I was floored at how many universities also offer bursaries to students from low income/benefits families. Surely when you were looking at what universities to apply to you would've taken this into account? With your parents earning under £25000 pa, I know that the university my son is hoping to attend, he will get basic tuition loan/maintenance loan, while many of his fellow students will get the same, plus an additional £2900 free money due to family income. In addition to that, many universities also offer bursaries to low income families.
You might want to look into that for your funding for next year - you need to get your parents to support your application. A small thing for them to do, and then you will be able to help out by paying your room and board the weeks you are home. Do you have 30 or 39 week accommodation? Are you home for all the rest of the weeks?

She said she was given a grant of £50.

BERFFRO

LucyP48 wrote: »

My mums pregnant. It just seems odd that people who aren't in higher education and don't have a job can get benefits to help with rent but I can't.

Too right, You get rewarded for not working and even more benefits if you have no intention of! I see this everyday so don't slate me.

I guess you could try looking for more work, how far are you from your Uni? It's uni clean down now a lot of work to do, You could try and call them to see if they need cleaners etc good pay too.

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

She said she was given a grant of £50.

In which case her parents must be quite comfortably off.

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

In which case her parents must be quite comfortably off.

I've mentioned something like that on a student forum and got told "it doesn't mean we see the money. They have a mortgage and debts to pay off".

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

sh1305 wrote: »

I've mentioned something like that on a student forum and got told "it doesn't mean we see the money. They have a mortgage and debts to pay off".

Strangely though the government expect the parents to support their own kids rather than the state pay for them.

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

I've mentioned something like that on a student forum and got told "it doesn't mean we see the money. They have a mortgage and debts to pay off".

Then they should complain about their parents and not about the state support.

sunnyone

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

Strangely though the government expect the parents to support their own kids rather than the state pay for them.

says someone who claims all benefits avalable in full for her kids, she wants even more money to have at least one other kid knowing that they cant support it and cant understand why some people think that thats wrong!

kettle pot?