advice please

jen1974

my partner is out of work, he's a self employed electrian, just no work at the mo, i'm working full time,
my wages are paying the rent and bills but we have nothing left we literallly now have no money we are tring to get hb and ct benefit,

i have to get to work for the rest of the month and food too
is there ahard ship grant so something we could get.

any advice would be appreciated as this is a shock, he's sent of cv's etc

thanks

healy

jen1974 wrote: »

my partner is out of work, he's a self employed electrian, just no work at the mo, i'm working full time,
my wages are paying the rent and bills but we have nothing left we literallly now have no money we are tring to get hb and ct benefit,

i have to get to work for the rest of the month and food too
is there ahard ship grant so something we could get.

any advice would be appreciated as this is a shock, he's sent of cv's etc

thanks

There is no hardship grant for this sort of situation.

babymoo

I dunno whether you would be eligible for it but could you get a crisis loan through the jobcentre?

kingfisherblue

Could your OH look for another position working for somebody else and either give up his business or fit it in around employed hours?

Oldernotwiser

Have you looked at selling any unwanted belongings on Ebay?

Bogof_Babe

If you are over 25 I think you might be entitled to Working Tax Credits. Someone else will correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not an expert but just going by what I have read on this board.

Bogof_Babe

Edited to remove duplicated post.

gorgeousgeorge

jen1974 wrote: »

my partner is out of work, he's a self employed electrian, just no work at the mo, i'm working full time,
my wages are paying the rent and bills but we have nothing left we literallly now have no money we are tring to get hb and ct benefit,

i have to get to work for the rest of the month and food too
is there ahard ship grant so something we could get.

any advice would be appreciated as this is a shock, he's sent of cv's etc

thanks

Sorry to hear your partner is out of work, my OH is an electrical supervisor/foreman manager and has been out of work for 10 months, but has finally got a job, starting in July thank god, he has sent off hundreds of CV's but a lot of them weren't even acknowledged :mad: and we thought it might have had something to do with his age (62) then since he got offered this job he has had another 4 offers!! bloody typical!
Your partner will just have to persevere with job hunting, there is quite a lot of agencys online you can register with for job alerts for electricians.
Hope he has some luck soon