Going to be unable to afford rent

casualwalks

There are always jobs in care work or catering. Usually no experience required. For example http://jobs.thisisbristol.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?selection=942576213&src=search

dory22

kaya64 wrote: »

He is right there is no help for him with that wage .

i managed on £9000 a year i moved from bristol to london for a few months to work in the westend and still manged to pay my rent up there my car expenses etc.

i live in bristol too and you are quiet lucky that bristol has a large population of students/young people need room mates if you need some extra cash pop into the bristol hippodrome/old vic/ colston hall they may have some front of house postitions you have to work a 4 shows a week (at hippo) but i work full time, work backstage there and do front of house when theres no dressing work, so it is managable.

dory22

gazfocus wrote: »

Also it might be worth having a look to see if you can get Working Tax Credit although I think this is based on the previous years income so might not be much help until this time next yr.

you have to be earnign under 12,000 for this i was working at the identity and passport service last year and was turned down because i was earning £90 more for the year then the allowence.

dory22

GDB2222 wrote: »

It is really interesting how the job specifications have escalated in line with the escalation in academic qualifications. To get a job managing the local DIY shed requires a minimum of a 2:1 degree. I guess that 15 years ago the only qualification would have been relevant experience and the ability to do the job.

My wife has just re-entered the job market after 30 years as a stay at home mum. To get her qualifications, she had to complete an access course, and then a 4 years degree course at UCL. With a false start, it took 7 years to requalify. She earns under £15,000 a year, including London weighting, although I have to admit that that is for 3 days a week.

You have to take your hat off to her for passing her degree in her 50s, and finding a job at all in her almost-60s. She loves the job, and she is very good at it.

It is certainly tough out there in the job market. Nevertheless, if you are about to become homeless .....

By the way, my son is a contract programmer. He is also finding it tough.

not nessicerly iv only got gcse's one at c level and iv managed, i was so ashamed to be sent on a course by the job cente when i was was on job seekers that i walked into the hippodrome looking for front of hose work and was lucky emough to be offered backstage, this work is only casual backstage but iv done foh and backstage a dcan tell you yes the wage is low, but its a get place to work, i had to work 2 other jobs while at the hippo iv worked in a vets as a receptionist no degree, identity and passport service, no degree needed, retail and food industry, no degree needed.
even if she did 4 or 5 show a week at hippo its different each shift, bars, prgrammes, ice cream etc she would still take home 400 - 500 a month, you dont need a degree to sale ice creams, programmes etc.

i choose to work part time so i could keep the job i love at the hippo, i made sure i had no debts if i was going to do this, some days i would leave my house at 8am, do 4 hours at one job, 4 at another then go and do dressing on the show until 10.30pm i worked 3 jobs solid for 6 years, had payg phone on a plan where i got free texts (orange) brought my car straight out was old car but still does the job.

seriously whats stopping you/your OH walking into the hippo, old vic, colstan hall and asking for work, they always need people depeneding on size of shows, worked for me, even if its part time once you have a job its easier to get another, do you have a car? if so why not get it 'wrapped' you can earn between £60 - £200 a month.

im slowly introducing mny cat to aldi/lidi cat food at 17p.


also i know have a couple of friends who are qualified web programmers but at the mo are working in bars because they are getting more money.

GDB2222

The trouble with web programming is that you are competing with programmers in 3rd world countries.

debrag

GDB2222 wrote: »

My point is that £50/month for a water bill sounds much too high. I pay well under that for a house with 5 people in. Are you using exceptionally large amounts of water? Or is there an error, somewhere, eg you have a flat but are being billed for the whole building?

Exactly!

I have a 1 bed flat and my bill is £23 a month over 12 months (276 ish a year) not metered. Your yearly water bill is really £600?

Oh and I live in SE London

gazfocus

dory22 wrote: »

you have to be earnign under 12,000 for this i was working at the identity and passport service last year and was turned down because i was earning £90 more for the year then the allowence.

I just put the OP's wage into the Working Tax Credit calculator and it came out that he could get £1436.57 per year on a household income of £14000 a year.

OP: take a look here: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/payments-entitlement/entitlement/question-how-much.htm#7

katejo

gazfocus wrote: »

It just seems an aweful lot to me.

28K is not an awful lot and does not leave much room to save for a rainy day particularly if it is feeding 2 of you. To then drop down to 14K would make a huge difference. I earn about the same in London and would find it very hard to make that drop despite having no debt at all other than a modest mortgage. Half my monthly income goes on bills (mortgage, gas, electricity, council tax etc.).
Have you considered leaving the house and just renting a double room in a house share? when I was letting out my spare room, i got enquiries from couples. I turned them down as my double room is a very small double (only double in estate agent language) but I did see rooms advertised on Spareroom which might be ok for a couple0.