Social Housing

SerialRenter

There are a few places you can get free furniture from.

Being able to get a good nights sleep should make other issues a little easier to deal with.

Try these:

MSE Find Local Bargains:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/local-ebay-deals/

Freecycle:
http://uk.freecycle.org/

Gumtree freebies:
http://www.gumtree.com/freebies

Freegle:
http://ilovefreegle.org/

Most give away's tend to be collection only.

angrylondoner

Freecall wrote: »

If you are in receipt of JSA then you should be eligible for Discretionary Learner Support for the English/literacy course.



I am sure that this would be of enormous benefit.

thx for the link but dont take this the wrong way my poor grammar is due to my disability i not going into detail but i can be know to use a poor choose of words muddle up words and so on but again thanks for the link maybe a good idea for me to try

angrylondoner

SerialRenter wrote: »

There are a few places you can get free furniture from.

Being able to get a good nights sleep should make other issues a little easier to deal with.

Try these:



Most give away's tend to be collection only.

thank you

Freecall

angrylondoner wrote: »

thx for the link but dont take this the wrong way my poor grammar is due to my disability i not going into detail but i can be know to use a poor choose of words muddle up words and so on but again thanks for the link maybe a good idea for me to try

Apologies, just trying to help.

Pixie5740

Reasons to be cheerful:

1. You have custody of your daughter :T
2. You are in social housing so have security of tenure :T
3. You have a skill - the web design :T

Could you turn your skill into a job, for example set up a company of your own?

patman99

I didn't mean to upset you. Your grammar and spelling are about the same as a couple of Polish mates of mine. They can talk English, but when it comes to writing it.........

It would be a good idea to look into doing English and maths as the courses are free. It also keeps the JC off your back a bit whilst you concentrate on getting yourself sorted.

Depending on your disability, it might be worthwhile investigating whether or not you would be better-off financially on ESA rather than JSA. Also, are you entitled to PIP?.

You state that you have taught yourself web design. This is a good skill to have. If you actually have a live site up and running that you keep updated on a regular basis, have you considered monetizing it with 'Skimlinks' or 'AdSense' ?. Or, how about writing a Hub on a subject that you are knowledgeable on?. I have some Hubs up on Hubpages & earn £36 every 6 months or so.

Scoobysnax666

In relation to a sofa bed, those military style cots could be a solution if you can find one.

If not, and this takes a bit of pride swallowing have you tried speaking to your local church. A lot of those have access to referral schemes for furniture donation organisations. I doubt you'll get a sofa bed, but you may just get a larger sofa, possibly even as a swap for your existing one. I've had to go down this route before.

Got mine through Gift 92 in Preston, Lancs, but you do need to be referred by someone, you cannot just turn up and ask.

As has been said earlier, unfortunately, this time of year is the worst possible time to look for funding of any kind from JC+, new financial year starts in another couple of weeks though.