Am I eligible for council accomodation?

Louise03

OP, Don't know where you live, but some Housing Assoc also do supported living for 16 to 23yr olds who are having troubles at home or where the family situation has broken down, Is there anything available like this in your area?

BigAunty

Louise03 wrote: »

OP, Don't know where you live, but some Housing Assoc also do supported living for 16 to 23yr olds who are having troubles at home or where the family situation has broken down, Is there anything available like this in your area?

Do these HAs tend to accept direct applications or take referrals from the council/social services?

Shelter and your college support services may be able to advise of different types of housing options.

These are worth a look but I don't know if they consider direct applications, the OP would have to check.

http://www.foyer.net/level2.asp?level2id=7
http://www.ymca.org.uk/whatwedo/safeplace

Oldernotwiser

vise wrote: »

Please read what I wrote..?

Ive been working full time as an electricians mate for over a year, self-employed.
Im currently out of work, and do not wish to return to the construction industry for a few reasons, mainly because I wish to pursue a career that relates to my course, accounting.

And to be honest with you, my college really didnt ask much regarding my employment, if you need to be employed to go on a day-release course, than wow Im surprised at the lack of integrity theyve portrayed during enrollment.

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A course can only be "day release" if you have a job that releases you for the day to go to college. You're a part time day student.

Oldernotwiser

Louise03 wrote: »

OP, Don't know where you live, but some Housing Assoc also do supported living for 16 to 23yr olds who are having troubles at home or where the family situation has broken down, Is there anything available like this in your area?

Sheltered accommodation is not really a suitable option for a healthy young man who just doesn't get on with his parents!

Caroline_a

You can cut back on the supplements for gym, a reasonable sensible diet will still give you the fuel to train unless you are taking steroids in which case you're bonkers - they will ruin you. You don't even need to go to the gym to train anyway - have a look at these guys http://elite-kinetics.com/2011/09/20/the-jungle-gym-interview-with-ben-coker-jamie-bolton/

Louise03

BigAunty wrote: »

Do these HAs tend to accept direct applications or take referrals from the council/social services?

Shelter and your college support services may be able to advise of different types of housing options.

These are worth a look but I don't know if they consider direct applications, the OP would have to check.

http://www.foyer.net/level2.asp?level2id=7
http://www.ymca.org.uk/whatwedo/safeplace

I don't know, but suspect it would be referrals from ss and the council.

vise

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

A course can only be "day release" if you have a job that releases you for the day to go to college. You're a part time day student.

what the hell was I on?
Dear God. Im studying evenings. Why I messe that up - I have no clue.

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Sheltered accommodation is not really a suitable option for a healthy young man who just doesn't get on with his parents!

This lol.

Caroline_a wrote: »

You can cut back on the supplements for gym, a reasonable sensible diet will still give you the fuel to train unless you are taking steroids in which case you're bonkers - they will ruin you. You don't even need to go to the gym to train anyway - have a look at these guys http://elite-kinetics.com/2011/09/20/the-jungle-gym-interview-with-ben-coker-jamie-bolton/

Weight training and plyometrics are two different things. I am a natural lifter, so no roids. Cutting down on supplements? I only buy a tub of protein every 3/4 weeks, in which case is the cheapest source of protein available (in comparison to whole food favourites such as fish, chicken, meat)











And I thank you all for contibuting to my thread.
Perhaps I may be ignorant how the whole system works, unfortunately its only because I have bumped into people who are pretty well off and residing in a council residence.

If acheiving independance from my parents is a far fetched goal at my stage, is there any grants or benefits I may be entitled to?

As previously stated, I earned, paid, and lived. Ive never looked into this kind of thing, and my family earns an pays all the bills and has a mortgage; so I am completely unaware.

As long as I get a pointer in a general direction, I will be extremely grateful.

Nyfle

vise wrote: »

As long as I get a pointer in a general direction, I will be extremely grateful.

I haven't got much experience in this area, so can't really offer up any real advice, but I do have one tip...

If you want to be judged, treated like an infant, have people digging through your old posts looking for holes in your story, told to "go get a job" - because, you know, employers are literally breaking down doors to hire young people at the moment - or you just generally want to be treated like ***** by >50% of the online personas here, stay. One or more of the seldom few, genuinely helpful people might leave you a reply in addition to the few helpful bits above.

Or you could Google the Consumer Action Group (I'd link to their website but that might be against ze rules...). They've got a great forum where, instead of its members spending hours upon hours of their precious (or should that be sad and pathetic?) lives trudging through users' entire post histories and bashing those who need help from the state, they... well, they do pretty much the opposite of what this particular MSE sub-forum does.

G'luck whatever you do!

Emmzi

OP, can you imagine this from your parents POV?

You fail your exams

You lose your part time job

You say you have lost your motivation to study

Your dad is working his !!!! off

You contribute nothing to the household

Christmas is coming up and there are shop vacancies, you don't mention looking for anything other than electrician work?

If you want to move out
a) you need a job and
b) you are probably looking at a room in a shared house. You are very low priority for social housing.

So I think you can either work on making the situation at home better, or make a decision that a job of any kind is more important than whatever else you are doing.

How long until you finish your studies?

Oldernotwiser

Nyfle wrote: »

I haven't got much experience in this area, so can't really offer up any real advice, but I do have one tip...

If you want to be judged, treated like an infant, have people digging through your old posts looking for holes in your story, told to "go get a job" - because, you know, employers are literally breaking down doors to hire young people at the moment - or you just generally want to be treated like ***** by >50% of the online personas here, stay. One or more of the seldom few, genuinely helpful people might leave you a reply in addition to the few helpful bits above.

Or you could Google the Consumer Action Group (I'd link to their website but that might be against ze rules...). They've got a great forum where, instead of its members spending hours upon hours of their precious (or should that be sad and pathetic?) lives trudging through users' entire post histories and bashing those who need help from the state, they... well, they do pretty much the opposite of what this particular MSE sub-forum does.

G'luck whatever you do!

What thread have you been reading?