How can i survive on £39.25 per week from the Social?

bestpud

SilverFoxe wrote: »

Blood poisoning from rotten teeth was a major killer throughout history until modern dentistry arrived, I would never neglect dental check ups.

Regular brushing and flossing is the best way of avoiding rotton teeth, not visiting the dentist for a check up!!

anguk

Hammyman wrote: »

The fact is you've only five main essentials you need to pay for:

Roof over your head - HB will cover that
Food
water
Light
Heat.

Everything else is simply a luxury.

I'm not in the same position as the OP but I pay:
Water - £6
Light (electric) - £15
Heat (gas) - £15
This would leave £3.25 per week for food! :eek:

If I was in the same position as the OP I suppose you could get rid of the heat and save £15 a week but I certainly wouldn't like to live on less than £40 a week for up to 6 months. I don't think I could manage for a month.

SilverFoxe

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Oldernotwiser

anguk wrote: »

I'm not in the same position as the OP but I pay:
Water - £6
Light (electric) - £15
Heat (gas) - £15
This would leave £3.25 per week for food! :eek:

If I was in the same position as the OP I suppose you could get rid of the heat and save £15 a week but I certainly wouldn't like to live on less than £40 a week for up to 6 months. I don't think I could manage for a month.

£36 per week is a ridiculous amount for a single person to pay for utilities, even if working. Why waste money?

Oldernotwiser

amber1979 wrote: »

If you do not go to the dentist regularly, you end up losing teeth. Maintaince healthcare is just as important as emergency treatment.

It's not going to hurt you not to go to the dentist for 6 months!

I_luv_cats

Where you worked do they have a Benevolent Fund you could apply to??

Your Utility company or any previous occupations / your home area may have trust funds you can apply to.

http://www.acf.org.uk/


Can you declutter - do a carboot sale??

Hammyman

HappyMJ wrote: »

I don't understand what you mean I told the advisor I had internet access and I agreed that I would use it to find work.

And if you hadn't mentioned you had it or replied you didn't when asked then "searching internet job sites" would not have been put in your jobsearch agreement.

Are you seriously incapable of working that out for yourself? No wonder you're unemployed:

Ability to work out things for oneself: No.

Comstock

Not sure if the OP is still reading, but would now be a good time for him to go back to his old employer and ask for a reference? Assuming you were there years rather than weeks?

Mentioning again how sorry you are (without sounding too whiny) and how much you enjoyed working for them and how much you want another job. "new year new start" type thing.

It is very, VERY unlikely you will be offered your job back, but you may be given a reference and even be allowed to say you were 'let go' rather than sacked.


All depends how good a terms you were with your boss before you got the sack, and what you did.

Won't cost you a bean, nothing to lose really.




(If you were only there a short time anyway, then just use a previous employer as reference and 'forget' about the job you were sacked from)

Comstock

Hammyman wrote: »

Back in the late 80's my then girlfriend and I lived off £22 between us / £11 per person. It would probably equate to £40 now.

£22 in 1989 would equate to £40.80 now (Bank of england inflation calculator) but food and fuel have gone up well above inflation.

Trouble is too many people think a phone, internet and TV is an essential.

They aren't. The first two, however, are damn useful when it comes to finding a job.


It's a tough call to make when deciding what 'useful luxuries' one should give up whilst unemployed. I can remember when I decided to try and carry on running my car whilst unemployed rather than sell it, on the grounds it would help me to find a job.

I ended up in the worst of all possible worlds- I paid tax and insurance for a year, then the MOT ran out and the car ended up worthless (that was when scrap cars were worth nowt). Luckily I found a job shortly afterwards which was on a bus route.


EDIT : to add. Forced to choose or the other I'd actually take a phone with unlimited landline calls over and above internet access. It's easy to use a library to send off your CV but having a telephone interview from a phone box or a crackly mobile is no fun, and you aren't going to perform your best. But there is nothing like being able to say to an employer- 'right I'll get that CV straight off to you' and have it land in their Inbox seconds later- it says 'this person is quick and efficient'

shikoku

I don't see how anyone can effectively job hunt on that amount, which surely defeats the object spectacularly.