housing benifitsfor caravan park

Deepmistrust

Fiddlestick wrote: »

When did the OP claim he was a "traveller" a.k.a. a Roma, Sinti or a Gypsy?

There is a world of difference between being "travelling people" and "taking an extended holiday on the dole"

And you are to judge that?

If he has no other home, and is willing to live on a site that he can put his caravan on and rent. He may not be of Roma blood, but to all intents and purposes he is part of the wider travelling community.

caris

Many moons ago my husband and I and our then 2 yong daughters lived in a very small touring caravan. I had been employed but having fallen down the stairs and pulling my ligaments the employer sacked me, at the time my husband stayed at home and looked after the children. We decided there was nothing to keep us there, we sold all our belongings and gave up our council house and bought an old banger, we used his sisters tiny touring caravan and went to Buxton, and stayed on a farm, we looked for work but there wasnt any, so we and closed our eyes stuck a pin in the map and went were it stuck- we ended up in Penzance.

I got a job working in a hotel, my husband got a job on a farm, this went well until my husband had to go into hospital for an op, and whilst recovering caught mumps which made him very poorly, his employer wanted him at work even though he was signed off, his employer sacked him. There was no other work for him only seasonal, which was no good dring the winter months. So we resorted to or trusty old map and pin and ended up in Dorset, still in the touring van!!

We arrived on the Friday the next day I started work in the local garage, my husband soon found work again.

We had a lovely time in our caravan - yes it was small and cosy, yet I still managed to cook all our meals, wash or clothes and keep ourselves clean. Just because you live in a caravan doesnt mean your a gypsy or a traveller. We did what we did to provide for our family, our daughters are both grown up now with children of their own, we have been in a house for for 18 years now, but my husband and I would give it up tomorrow to live in a caravan again or even a canal boat.


caris

andyandflo

Hammyman wrote: »

You haven't. Most seaside towns are full of people like the OP, having a holiday by the sea on the dole.

Hi yes, you want to visit Margate to see it in action. They even park on grass verges not forgetting the local superstore car park.

What it is to be young, free single and a benefit cheque !!

andyandflo

caris wrote: »

Many moons ago my husband and I and our then 2 yong daughters lived in a very small touring caravan. I had been employed but having fallen down the stairs and pulling my ligaments the employer sacked me, at the time my husband stayed at home and looked after the children. We decided there was nothing to keep us there, we sold all our belongings and gave up our council house and bought an old banger, we used his sisters tiny touring caravan and went to Buxton, and stayed on a farm, we looked for work but there wasnt any, so we and closed our eyes stuck a pin in the map and went were it stuck- we ended up in Penzance.

I got a job working in a hotel, my husband got a job on a farm, this went well until my husband had to go into hospital for an op, and whilst recovering caught mumps which made him very poorly, his employer wanted him at work even though he was signed off, his employer sacked him. There was no other work for him only seasonal, which was no good dring the winter months. So we resorted to or trusty old map and pin and ended up in Dorset, still in the touring van!!

We arrived on the Friday the next day I started work in the local garage, my husband soon found work again.

We had a lovely time in our caravan - yes it was small and cosy, yet I still managed to cook all our meals, wash or clothes and keep ourselves clean. Just because you live in a caravan doesnt mean your a gypsy or a traveller. We did what we did to provide for our family, our daughters are both grown up now with children of their own, we have been in a house for for 18 years now, but my husband and I would give it up tomorrow to live in a caravan again or even a canal boat.


caris

Hi the thoughts come rushing back of my youth - bandana, skin tight jeans, hair in a pony tail smoking weed waiting for the next giro!
A crazy life man - but one with nature.

Fiddlestick

andyandflo wrote: »

A crazy life man - but one with nature.

What does "nature" have to do with living off the dole and spending your giro money on controlled substances? :rotfl:

caris

andyandflo wrote: »

Hi yes, you want to visit Margate to see it in action. They even park on grass verges not forgetting the local superstore car park.

What it is to be young, free single and a benefit cheque !!

Why is it that you all assume this???

When we first decided to live in the touring caravan the government at the time said "get on your bike, and find a job", thats exactly what we did!!! Yes we ended up in sea side resorts, starting out in Buxton, then Penzance, and eventually to Dorset where we have spent the last 18 years, but apart from a few minor blips in employment we have always worked, I am now on long term IB due to health issues, but the jobs are there IF people WANT to work, dont assume that everyone wants a free long term holiday by the sea, there are some that want to provide a better life for their family and will go to the lenghths we did to do just that.

caris

andyandflo

Fiddlestick wrote: »

What does "nature" have to do with living off the dole and spending your giro money on controlled substances? :rotfl:

Hey man, nature is all around us! Have you never watched a flower unfold in the early morning mist as the sun is breaking through?

Having no responsibilities, freedom from the oppressive government.
Free love, abandonment and nature!

Picking up the weekly money, buying what is needed then spend the rest on weed.

Listen to Pink Floyd or Dylan lie back on the soft grass and drift away with your thoughts of times gone past smoking a joint.

Sheer bliss!!!!

PasturesNew

I looked at caravans, but needed a tiny one (b4lls to tow it) ... and couldn't find a tiny one (I am talking super tiny) within 200 miles of where I live... but if I had found one and if I had managed to tow it, I'd be somewhere else now.

Tiny: http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/Upload/Stock/Watermarked/11836.jpg

skipsmum

Pastures new, bigger double axle caravans are actually far easier to tow! xx