Grants available for individuals

danha2011

Hi. im in desperate need of some advice. im a lone of two girls, one at primary and the other in college, i am currently on esa and have just been awardejd dlaa. my laptop is broken and am using my phone for internet. both my girls come home with homework involving reserch but they cant do it. is there any grants i can get to help? Or maybe a charity that could help? I dont want my childrens education to suffer, please help

kingfisherblue

I don't know of any charities that can help you, but your children's education shouldn't suffer because you don't have a computer. Your older child can use computers at college, and both can use them at the library.

Savvy_Sue

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I don't know of any charities that can help you, but your children's education shouldn't suffer because you don't have a computer. Your older child can use computers at college, and both can use them at the library.

Not to mention the fact that primary school children shouldn't IMO be given homework which assumes they have access to a computer, and the class teacher should be made aware of the lack (if it is a lack) and asked to suggest alternatives.

I always had to make the boys' class teachers aware that they didn't have ready access to TV - we didn't have one at home - and that did cause some problems, like when one of them was meant to be doing something on weather, and it was assumed he'd know what the simple icons on the TV weather reports looked like and meant. No on both counts ... but we went to the library and did our best.

zalker

Hi Me and my partner have recently separated and I will be moving to a council flat as soon as my bid for one is successful. I am currently on job seekers allowance and I need furniture carpets curtains etc as I will be leaving the property with nothing does anyone know of a grant I maybe entitled to apart from community care grant?

thanks in advance

Oakey76uk

I live in west yorkshire and wondered if there are any grants to help towards double glazing.
We line in private rented but the landlord is ok with getting double glazing but a bit reluctant to spend.

[Deleted User]

You should consider the governments new green deal?

It's not a grant but a loan, I think this replaces all of the old "grant" style options for energy saving - such as your need for glass.

Don't know if you are elegible - but I think I'd just be moving on if the landlord wouldn't provide it.

[Deleted User]

zalker wrote: »

Hi Me and my partner have recently separated and I will be moving to a council flat as soon as my bid for one is successful. I am currently on job seekers allowance and I need furniture carpets curtains etc as I will be leaving the property with nothing does anyone know of a grant I maybe entitled to apart from community care grant?

thanks in advance

Community care grants end in 3 days time but you can still apply for a budgeting loan or ask to be referred to a furniture project via the council

An actual grant in your situation would be nice , it's pretty daunting starting with NOTHING but with no grant as such it is a matter of building things up bit by bit with necessities like a cooker first

Do you have children? Social services may able to advise you or I don't know if there are any charities who can help now but I don't think it will be any financial help , just possibly free or cheap furniture from a furniture project then simple things like affording to FIT the cooker by a registered corgi engineer becomes a problem but am not sure what to do in that situation so I suggest a BUDGETING LOAN WHILE THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE

There will probably be an influx of budgeting loan applications once the community care grants stop on 1st April so I would either get an application in QUICK or wait until the first influx of fresh claims die down in a few months time hopefully ( same applies for the demand on the furniture projects I should imagine ) x

paddedjohn

zalker wrote: »

Hi Me and my partner have recently separated and I will be moving to a council flat as soon as my bid for one is successful. I am currently on job seekers allowance and I need furniture carpets curtains etc as I will be leaving the property with nothing does anyone know of a grant I maybe entitled to apart from community care grant?

thanks in advance

Unless you are very very lucky you will be waiting on that list for years and years and may never get a council place, private let may be your only option in which case look around for a furnished let or get on freecycle or freegle and start collecting stuff you will need.;)

Oakey76uk

assj wrote: »

You should consider the governments new green deal?

It's not a grant but a loan, I think this replaces all of the old "grant" style options for energy saving - such as your need for glass.

Don't know if you are elegible - but I think I'd just be moving on if the landlord wouldn't provide it.

Thanks for the help i will look into it.

Both us and the landlord plan on us staying here longterm so if we can help towards the cost we may aswell.
They are good landlords on the whole so we would not want to move

seaweed5254

Hello, not sure if this is where i can ask for help. Just as a summary, i have been made redundant twice in less than a year. I am claiming jsa, council tax benefit, and got around 40% help with my mortgage. I have been out of work for 9 weeks. I am worried sick that i wouldn't have anymore enough savings to pay for my bills in 3 weeks' time. I know the crisis loan have been scrapped and i'm not sure if i have to be 26 wks out of work to be entitled for an advance payment from my jsa.
I dont know what to do anymore. I have been keeping my expenses for food, and petrol at a minimum. I don't have any family i could ask for help. I am on my own.

ANyone, please i need your advice on how i will be able to survive the next month. Been suffering from stress and anxiety

By the way, this is my 4th redundancy in 7 yrs all mainly due to either economic downturn or company shutting down to relocate abroad
Thanks a lot in advance