help please.

tickb26

Hi

was just wondering if anyone here knows if i can get help with travel costs to take my LO to playschool? i have tried the benafits board but nobody could so thought i would try here. its costing me £10 on the bus now and that is only for 3 days. my LO really loves it there and i dont want him to miss out but £10 is a lot of money to me. there is not one any closer to me eather.

so if anyone can help it would be great.

tick xoxo

crazy_chick_573

you could get a weekly bus pass which works out cheaper or walk some of the way and then get on the bus

Clive_Woody

Could you try and find out if any of the other mums live near you and drive to playschool and perhaps could give you a lift and you could give them a couple of quid towards petrol?

tickb26

hi i have tryed these two but they dont do a weekly ticket for a short distance and it dosent look like any one lives nere me. so does anyone else have any ideas on help i could get please?

tick xoxo

purplepurple

If it's a short distance could you cycle? When we had to go down to one car I used to cycle to nursery with my DD on the back... most mornings we got there quicker than the bus!

tickb26

not really it maybe a short distance by the bus people but even on the bus and driving it it stiil takes 15mins and most of it is on very busy roads.

but thank you for your post purplepurple.

tick xoxo

Savvy_Sue

Can I just ask how far it actually is?

Only I know our local council has a website where you can find walking or cycling routes between two points, and it includes a choice of 'safe' routes. You might find there is a non-road route you're not aware of.

tickb26

it is cressing tye green to braintree freeport the are in essex.

thank you for your help

tick xoxo

Savvy_Sue

Impossible for me to work out exactly where they are, but if you google 'cycle routes essex' you'll find some useful pages. If you stay there with your LO, it might make walking more feasible for you if it's up to a couple of miles. If you leave him, is there somewhere you could go for shopping / cup of coffee while he's there? Me time, in other words ...

tickb26

thanks sue i have to stay there now i normaly walk in to town and that takes about 15-20 mins but i normaly end up spending more money then too.

i'll look in to the cycle routes tho thank you.

tick xoxo