Not enough to live on, any help available?

martinsurrey

£350 a week rent? where do you live?

Could you not move to a cheaper place?

cifpower

One of you need to get a job. There a thousands of jobs out there.

skye_

You havent got enough money for food, visiting food banks but are buying iphones and computer games?

*shakes head*

merlin68

Don't pay the debts, they cant get blood out of a stone. If you go to cab they'll arrange a dro or token payments of a quid. Have you applied for healthy start vouchers, council tax support, warm home discount, free school meals.

BlueEyedGirl

You said yourself you have no qualifications. What is stopping you enrolling at a local college to gain some qualifications. Since finding work is proving so difficult utilize your time and do some voluntary work, which will prove to future employers you are keen to work.

Benefits are there to help you out, not a lifeline to live on permanently

fluffymovie

OP, there is significant help out there for those affected by the Benefit cap. Presumably you are living in a high cost area and so you may need to look for cheaper / smaller accommodation.

You should also apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment from your local council to help. In my LA, we have a Welfare Reform team who are helping customers affected to move into work or claim relevant benefits to get out from the cap. Have you contacted them to see if there is such help out there for you?

SnooksNJ

NYGiants wrote: »

Sell the PS3 and Iphone 5s and that'll help put some food on the table

Hello to my fellow Giants fan.

teddysmum

As you are not tied to your home by work, why not move to somewhere where the rents are lower ?

FBaby

It seems both you and your wife are posting under the same name. It seems that she had a job to go back to after maternity leave, so what happened?

Homeagain

NYGiants wrote: »

Sell the PS3 and Iphone 5s and that'll help put some food on the table

How do you know they have an IPhone 5 and PS3? Just interested to know!