please advise me no judging please

tryingforabetterlife

hey everyone please remove if not allowed
i came across this site why googling and there seems to many knowledgable people
so here goes ...
my partner is on a 0 hour contract at work theyve recently changed payment providers with out telling the workers anyway when he got his wages he was only paid one day he is 4 days short on his wage after sending numerous texts to his agency yesterday and friday and actually going in and talking about it today as he is on shift the text messages where ignored and today theyve told him he and many others need too fill in missing hours forms and hopefully he will be paid it next week
we have 2 children one is autistic and limited with foods he will eat we are currently on our last bit of food and im worried sick where can i get some help like a loan i no there is foodbanks but for my oldest it wouldnt help as he wont eat much stuff
i put what i had on electric and gas bought bread and milk and paid my sons snack money
i have barely anything in as we live week to week sorry for rambling but i dont no where to go with this we do get universal credit top up be we opted for this too go direct to our landlord so our rent is always covered child benefit isnt due for 2 weeks last time we got it i used it for winter coats for the children

i have a few bits of frozen chips ,frozen veg and a bag of nuggets so covered for today but after that hes work expect us to wait until friday and there renowned for not sorting missing hours quickly please help any ideas i havent got anything i can sell currently as i did all this months ago when i had an unexpected cost in my household so sold everything i could then
thanks for reading if you got this far


I just want advice what would be the best things to get wit the £6 thanks

Helebore

I really feel you should go to a food bank, if there is one nearby. I think that they may be able to help with different food needs. If you go to them you may be able to spend the £6.00 on your autistic child. I'm not sure if you have to be sent to food banks via nurses/ doctors etc.

D&DD

Hi there what are your ASD childs issues around food are they sensory/texture,smell,touching,colour etc?


Have you anything in the cupboards at all??


Is the list you provided absolutely everything you have?


We have some absolutely brilliant people here who can help but need a bit more info as to what if anything you have in store.


Definitely seek help from either the local church/foodbank if possible too.


If the kids are at school there should be someone there in pastoral care who can also advise XX

Helebore

I was also thinking 'local church'. Also Salvation Army, they are pretty good as well. If you have any small local shops, not cheap I know, but could you go to one and ask if you could get food off them and pay later in week? If you have a Muslim mosque around they may also help too. Or facebook, sometimes there are local pages that you could place a plea on. You really would be surprised how people want to help.

Farway

tryingforabetterlife wrote: »

I just want advice what would be the best things to get wit the £6 thanks

I've PMd you

tryingforabetterlife

hi all sorry ive only just worked out I have replies
my asd son hes food preferences have been pretty limited for a while its more to do with the texture i feel and sometimes he wont eat things if there a certain colour he eats mac and cheese because it yellow but wont eat a chip because its not as yello as he would like if thst makes sense ..
wil try and contact the food bank first thing and hopefully if they can sort us we can use this to then sort son out
the list above is everything i have yes
thankyou everyone feel really nervous to talk to school about it would have to be youngests school as oldest is attending sen school but currently hes not attended this term due to issues beyond our control

D&DD

Don't worry hun I still can't work the thing and I've been here years lol...


Right so he's more a soft and squishy food rather than crunchy and dry?


Hang fire on the shop as the foodbank most likely will have pasta/mac and cheese boxes etc


So you need lunch for him at home too and yourself,OK how about any others in the household does your other little one need packed lunch and is Dad eating lunch or ?


Just helps us plan meals better the more info given.


I suggested the school as some will allow breakfast club and pay later if benefits are withheld etc so might be worth asking.


Are you claiming everything you are entitled to as well DLA etc the local CAB can help with a benefit check so that's another avenue for later,most important thing is to get you sorted this week.


Also what stores are available locally (no fares) ??

tryingforabetterlife

yes prefers soft food most definitely
yes just me and him at home during the day little one receives free school meals due to age
partner is working until 2pm this week he will only be home for main meal at tea time
we don't get dla didn't even realise we would be allowed too apply but im going too look in to it for my oldest

we have a lidl and morrisons quite close by but I don't mind a walk to aldi etc if better value

Kim_kim

Helebore wrote: »

I really feel you should go to a food bank, if there is one nearby. I think that they may be able to help with different food needs. If you go to them you may be able to spend the £6.00 on your autistic child. I'm not sure if you have to be sent to food banks via nurses/ doctors etc.

I would urge you to try a food bank as well, they are just for these sort of emergencies.

Mojisola

Kim_kim wrote: »

I would urge you to try a food bank as well, they are just for these sort of emergencies.

Also, they usually have advisors who will help with a claim for benefits.

tryingforabetterlife

I will be contacting the food bank in the morning the ones in my area don't open weekends but I will go first thing