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jsa advisors discretionary fund help please

needajob_2
needajob_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
Hi
I have been unemployed for 10 months and have been offered a job.
I need a car to be able to do this job and was wondering if I could ask for help at the job centre to enable me to take up this job offer i.e. some cash help towards purchasing sorry if this post is a bit goofy not meant to be
Thank You
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  • Fiddlestick
    Fiddlestick Posts: 2,339 Forumite
    needajob wrote: »
    Hi
    I have been unemployed for 10 months and have been offered a job.
    I need a car to be able to do this job and was wondering if I could ask for help at the job centre to enable me to take up this job offer i.e. some cash help towards purchasing sorry if this post is a bit goofy not meant to be
    Thank You

    Is there no public transport at all?
  • ariarnia
    ariarnia Posts: 4,225 Forumite
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    as above - they'll give you some money towards a bus/train ticket but I don't know about a car? I think it's unlikely.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    They will sometimes fund a bicycle, if that would be helpful?
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  • needajob_2
    needajob_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    there is public transport but the job says must be car owner as will be required to travel to other sites at short notice
    thank you
  • mitchaa
    mitchaa Posts: 4,487 Forumite
    Wind up merchant, he's hooked 3 of you so far
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Do the other sites not have public transport, or do the company have pool cars? If you need a loan for a car you really should be speaking to your employer.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    mitchaa wrote: »
    Wind up merchant, he's hooked 3 of you so far

    Irony is clearly lost on you.
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  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    needajob wrote: »
    there is public transport but the job says must be car owner as will be required to travel to other sites at short notice
    thank you

    Have they offered you the job on the provision that you told them that you already had a car?
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  • needajob_2
    needajob_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    yes and at that time I did have a car which I shared with my husband but he has recently left me and taken the car with him honestly this is not a wind up and I really need this job I have been applying for anything to get me back to work and this is the only job offer i have had
  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    The problem you have is that buying a car and all the insurance etc associated with it is very expensive.

    A far better option would be to see if you can borrow a car if needed. Visits to other sites won't be happening every day will they? Do you not have any family or friends who have a car and who could put you on their insurance for a couple of months.

    Then start the job, use the bus to get in and if you need to use the car then borrow it, and get your car when you are financially ready and sure that the job is for you.

    Otherwise, if the job fails, the risk you run is a debt that you can't afford for a car that you don't need.

    Not ideal - but certainly safer.
    "One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
    Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."
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