Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

pacifica9

pippo wrote: »

Yep, you've got time, keep calm, get organised and look for new opportunities.
Sending positive thoughts!
Pipx

Thanks Pip.

pacifica9

miss_corerupted wrote: »

Thats terrrible. Could you claim some type of benefit.

We are having a pay restructure at the moment, luckily the are so disorganised its been over 2 years and they have had to push it back another few months again

Thanks Miss C. I may be able to claim working tax credit if it comes to that - as long as I can get over 30 hrs per week - supplementary voluntary work if necessary.

braveheart60uk

Try:

https://www.entitledto.co.uk/benefits-calculator/startcalc.aspx

Also Citizens Advice and maybe local council.

Have a spare room? A lodger:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/renting-a-home/subletting-and-lodging/lodging/taking-in-a-lodger-what-you-need-to-think-about-first/

miss_corerupted

pacifica9 wrote: »

Thanks Miss C. I may be able to claim working tax credit if it comes to that - as long as I can get over 30 hrs per week - supplementary voluntary work if necessary.

The benefit board will have loads of info i'm sure

TrulyMadly

pacifica9 wrote: »

Thanks MrsM.
Actually, as the day is evolving, it transpires it could be even worse. From April I could be down from an average of 28 hours a week to 10 hours a week. That would be about half of what I need to pay the bills/mortgage. Panic mode will be setting in shortly.

Oh dear Pacifica.....tricky times ahead. Hope you'll take comfort from having the weight of the Elite behind you.
Hope it's not as bad as predicted and you can see light at the end of the tunnel

Tinyshoes

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Afternoon, OMG, its so windy out there.



I find it awful that the staff let them swipe the whole shelf in to a trolley, its not fair, because you know they are ebayers, it should be limited to 2 items of the same thing to stop this.



Yes OH did recently, and just had to put card in not no.



Pacifica, sorry to hear your troubles. Get your CV out there before it gets to the panic stage.

Thanks for the info Sarah.

pacifica9

braveheart60uk wrote: »

Try:

https://www.entitledto.co.uk/benefits-calculator/startcalc.aspx

Also Citizens Advice and maybe local council.

Have a spare room? A lodger:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/renting-a-home/subletting-and-lodging/lodging/taking-in-a-lodger-what-you-need-to-think-about-first/

Thank you. I'm going to do some investigating.

Tinyshoes

So here is me sat on the sofa with thick wooly jumper on and a blanket over my legs.

And there is Mr TS in front of me doing Joe Wickes workouts. :eek:

pacifica9

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Oh dear Pacifica.....tricky times ahead. Hope you'll take comfort from having the weight of the Elite behind you.
Hope it's not as bad as predicted and you can see light at the end of the tunnel

Thanks TM. My knee-jerk panic has subsided and the reality that I've coped with being made redundant twice before has surfaced.:)

Westvleteren

Tinyshoes wrote: »

So here is me sat on the sofa with thick wooly jumper on and a blanket over my legs.

And there is Mr TS in front of me doing Joe Wickes workouts. :eek:

You need to join him

That'll warm you up far better than blanket!