school bus pass refused, any ideas?

moomoomama27

Mupette wrote: »

would this come under a 'forced move' could your ex landlord write a letter saying he was selling and you were being evicted?

But he hasn't sold, he may be selling this year, but hasn't, if I read right, therefore she did technically move of her own accord!

clodagh_trubble

I know money is tight for you, do you have to pay a month at a time, we could pay daily and chucked our silver and coppers in a pot every day and managed to fund DS daily bus fares 85p x 2 from our change and only had to top it up with xtras very occassionally over his 7 years at senior school.

DaisyFlower

*Twinkle* wrote: »

i dont have a car so obviously i'm unable to take him to school, and even if i did, my son starts school at 8.50, my daughter at 8.55 (daughters school is a 5 min walk away)
i'm going to ring the bus company tomorrow and ask if they do concessions for people in receipt of benefit, i dont think they do but all i can do is ask. thanks again for the replies.

I'm confused, in a post 3 days ago you quite clearly state you spent x on all manner of baby equipment as you are expecting including a car seat. Why would you buy a car seat if no car?

Given you already have children so must have equipment, you could have set aside that money to use for the bus pass if staying at the school means so much to you.

As you must now be single if claiming IS, is no maintainance being paid for any of the children to assist with the household income?

silvercar

*Twinkle* wrote: »

thanks to those who've replied, he'll be going up into his 2nd year at this school, (year 8) he has had the same group of friends since primary school and does find mixing with other hard but this school have encouraged him and helped him tremendously.
before we lived 20 minutes from the school, he would walk, cycle or get the bus depending on weather, but now the local council have measured the route from our new house and it is 8.4 miles away, to cycle, it would take him on 3 major roads, one being a 70mph limit road, so i am dead against that even though it has a cycle lane on it!
at the moment i cannot work so am i receipt of income support and child tax credits/benefit and every penny is accounted for, so although £33 doesnt seem alot, to me, it is!
i will appeal and if i do lose, i guess i'll just have to tighten my already very tight belt

8.4 miles is a long way. If your budget is so tight that you are unsure if you will always be able to fund it, I would consider moving him tot he nest of the nearer schools now, rather than realise in 2 years time that you can't afford it.

delain

clodagh_trubble wrote: »

I know money is tight for you, do you have to pay a month at a time, we could pay daily and chucked our silver and coppers in a pot every day and managed to fund DS daily bus fares 85p x 2 from our change and only had to top it up with xtras very occassionally over his 7 years at senior school.

Here the monthly tickets work out at much less than buying singles each time.

In my case (4 buses a day minimum) my bus travel would be £8 a day just for me if I bought singles.

Mupette

DaisyFlower wrote: »

Why would you buy a car seat if no car?

When i was having DS i got a car seat and i didnt have a licence or a car, it was so i could take DS in friends and families cars ofc.

moomoomama27

Mupette wrote: »

When i was having DS i got a car seat and i didnt have a licence or a car, it was so i could take DS in friends and families cars ofc.

But it's hardly priority if the baby isn't here!?

Mupette

moomoomama27 wrote: »

But it's hardly priority if the baby isn't here!?

well needed a car seat to bring him home from the hospital when i had him..
people buy baby stuff before the baby arrives to spread out the cost, are you suggesting that you should buy only after the baby is born.

Darlyd

I was not allowed out of the hospital until someone fetched a car seat in for baby. (DD1 nearly 13 years ago).

OP I would suggest giving the bus company a call and asking if they do certain discounts for those on benefits, and students. (am sure they do for students).
And I would get a budgeting loan (If you could not raise the funds yourself) and pay for a yearly one, which will work out much cheaper, and then save for next years etc.

My DD1 went to the big school 8 miles away, that school put on 2 bus's for the kids that went there and we paid £1 a day. (there was a closer one but it was horrible)

moomoomama27

Mupette wrote: »

well needed a car seat to bring him home from the hospital when i had him..
people buy baby stuff before the baby arrives to spread out the cost, are you suggesting that you should buy only after the baby is born.

Not at all, but if I couldn't fund my childs bus fare (education), then I would seriously have to prioritise what pieces of equipment were and weren't important. Not saying a car seat isn;t, but maybe new pram etc etc not so much! If an exisiting child would suffer?