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desperately seeking money for last semester of college

Posted by journey22 on 2012-04-27 18:58:46

I am desperately seeking some kind of financial help for my son. He is a senior in college and he/we have exausted all means to pay for his last semester. when he first started in 2008, we tried to pay for his tuition but it was taking everything we had. Eventually i filed for bankruptcy which entitled him to get more financial aid money. Now in 2012 he has one more semester to go which will include his internship and one class. We found out that he is not entitled to anymore student loans under a bachelor's degree program. He is not eligible for Pell because our income is just a little over the alloted amount. We have exausted all other means. He needs $2800 to pay for his last semester. The money needs to be paid by May 21,2012. I am trying everything possible to get this money. We were depending on some funds from a WIA program but found out only 2 days ago that was not going to pay. Now with May 21 being only 3 weeks away, we have no idea where the money will come from. My son is 22 years old and will be the first out of my family to recieve a bachelor's degree. He is the youngest of my mothers 9 grandchildren and the only one who will have a degree. He has been trying to find a job and was only able to find a job through a temp service that lasted only about 3 months. If you are not able to donate and know of any other funds available please pass it on to us. Any amount that anyone can or will donate will be appreciated and i am sure you will get a blessing.

suspended from university as I could not pay my fees

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-29 08:58:35

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

Help required

Posted by lozlynch on 2012-03-28 06:58:44

Hello there, my name is Lorraine. I am here as I need help. I am 43 with a child aged 13. New Years Eve 2010 I got married to a gentleman who I adored,hes 55 we didnt tell anyone we was doing this only our 2 witnesses. It was a gorgeous day. Feb 2011 I picked up my Husbands phone to another woman!I cannot tell you how devastated I was, I still am. This had been going on 10 months & whilst we planned our wedding day. He begged me for another chance which I gave him. We moved house for a "new start" which as it needed quite alot of work doing it took my mind off the problems. Well, it hasnt worked out & im devastated. The problem now is that although we are married as its only been a short time i'm not entitled to stay in the property. The mortgage is in my husbands name (long story)& it was his savings paid the deposit. I'm beginning to wonder if this was his plan all along. I have now got to move out before I lose my sanity. I have been sleeping in the spare room & my son is being affected by this atmosphere we live in which in turn is affecting his schoolwork. I dont claim benefits, I'm a hard worker & the only thing I have is my car which I am more than prepared to sell to pay a deposit to rent somewhere. Its not worth much though & I still need to travel to work (15miles) can anyone please consider helping me? If not me then consider my Son? I'm not asking for much, even a couple pence helps towards something. I'm a proud person & this is very difficult for me. Thankyou in advance to everyone that has read my letter.

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-20 20:58:21

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

save my home please

Posted by jacob1wife on 2012-03-20 18:58:06

Hi! To anyone who can help. My boyfriend a vietnam vet past away last month. I stopped work to take care of him. He purchased a mobile home and there are monies still owed on the home. I have two kids which weren't biologically his, so I am not entitled to va benefits. He was a great guy and tried his best to take care of our family. If anyone can donate anything to help me at least pay the mortgage for the next few months, I can get back to work and try to take over the mortgage. I am praying for a angel or somekind of miracle. Thanks

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-13 14:58:02

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-13 14:58:01

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-13 14:58:01

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-13 14:58:00

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-11 15:58:39

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-11 15:58:32

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

Homeless and in major need of help

Posted by selondon247 on 2012-03-07 09:58:46

I am sorry to bother you but i have exausted all avenues i dont know who else i can go to for help.I will try keep this brief as possible as i dont want to bore you but will need to explain a few things for you to understand. I am 28 years old male i came out as Gay to my ex-partner on the 9th of May 2011 who i had been with for 11 years we had a joint tenancy and have a 6 year old son together. My ex partner knew that she could not make me leave our property with the housing assosiation so on the 31st of May she came home and started laughing telling me i would be leaving that night with what she had planned to do me being nieve thought she was mouthing off at 9pm that evening she called the police pretending to cry and scream telling them i was head butting her and trying to attack her and she felt in threat of her life which was a lie as i wasnt even in the same room as her i even made a point of walking into the room and calmly saying why are you lying for , anyway to cut long story bit shorter she had police make me pack my belongings that evening and leave in which my mum said i could temp stay at her house. She stopped me seeing my son even on his 6th birthday she tormented me with saying if i wished to see him i could drive down to the flat sit outside and look at him by window which i did and destroyed me. I had to take time off work as i became in very deep depression and intotal was off work for 4 months was seeing doctor and still am for my depression. On the 9th of May police came to my mums and arrested me which again destroyed me as i have never been in trouble with the law and to be honist am scared of police i spent 12 hours in a cell then was interviewed and given no furthur action as even the police officer said looks like she is playing the system, but even with getting no furthur action i was told i could not return back to the property and that if i did i could be arrested so i was forced out my home which she didnt allow me to have any of my belongings. She is very clever playing system as she is currently still making out she is unfit to work for the hurt ive caused being gay and saying i have emotionally destroyed her. I have been to Greenwich council as well as my local housing assosiation i done a housing application on the 19th May 2011 but was told i am not priority and would be waiting years. I can not afford to go private letting i can not get that kind of money together and am not entitled to any benifit help. My dad found out im Gay and wants me out of there house now i am being cursed every day by family "whens the poof going" , "wont have gay boy in my home" it is destroying me if it was not for my son i would rather die than live this so called life. I went back on numerous occassions to greenwich council and continuiously bid on propertys every week but am told i have a long wait and they will not even help me with tempoary accomadation my expartner allowed me to see son every other weekend but now she has fallen out with my mum she will not let me see my son until i have my own place for him to come , what am i meant to do. My parents want me out , i cant see son yet no one will help me with housing , I am seeing a Gay councilling service to help me deal with coming out and what comes with that but they can not help me with housing this is my biggest problem of them all as without me having my on fixed secure property i will not be able to see son and my emotional state will never improve and this scares the hell out of me. My dad is telling me i have till end of january and he is kicking me out and then what??? i have no where to go no friends or family to go to i even looked into letting rooms and then ex partner said she will not allow me to see child as its not secure for him.I AM TIRED AND EXAUSTED and in all honisty would rather be dead then alive but cant because cant do that to my son. I really need someone to help me even if it is with a tempoary accommadtion whilst i am bidding for a permant council place i have again been to greenwich council and was rudly told by a member of staff "well you should of thought about that when you decided toi tell your expartner you were gay" and told "your old enought to take care of yourself sleep in a car if you have to" i am horrified and disgusted that my own local council can treat someone in this way and again is this because im GAY . I only have one option after fighting all avenues and thats to try rase £1000 to put down as a deposit on a place i am homeless with nowhere to go have been sleeping in car and at work place i am having to resort to asking peoples good nature to donate what ever they can to help me this would be more than greatfully appricated and i make a promise that when back on my feet all money raised i will match that value and donate to charity one being young people that are homeless and mcmillian cancer. I am very sorry for having to ask strangers for help but this is my final last resort. Many Kind Regards

suspended from university as I could not pay the tuition fee!

Posted by bardha2 on 2012-03-04 13:58:59

My name is Bardha. I am currently on my final year of university. I have been struggling with my studying due to my depression resulted from my fathers death. Hence, it took me longer on university then I was supposed to. I have tried to apply for a loan from student finance but they refused to give me loan because you are only entitled to get three years loan and it took me in university longer then that. I have tried to find a job in London but was unable to do so for so long now and my sister promised me to pay my tuition fee but she is not paying it now. The university has send me several letters asking me to make the payment for university. They now suspended me. I am in an a very tremendous situation and I am very sad, hopeless and do not know who to ask for help. Please please open your heart and resuscitate my spirit so I can complete my final year and have a brighter future. Any little help would mean so much to me. If anyone can offer me I job that would be great to. I am willing to do cleaning, nanny, any sort of job that would enable me to pay my tuition fee.

My email address is b.paloja@hotmail.co.uk. Please please please take my deteriorating situation into consideration and help.


Kind regards

absolutley skint still

Posted by nicky on 2012-02-27 15:58:41

hello i carnt find my last plea or beg, im 43 live in spain female cut trees all day look after 70 animals i am unpaid have no money at all treated as a slave.live in broken caravan no kitchen bathroom or toilet.or tv ,just had operation for a big tumor resulting in high level of anemia 5 months of pills for iron.have bad diet boss gives me no food only instructions .at the point of looking in the bin for food again.have no other place to live i work really hard and he dosent ever say thanks i need money please iam not entitled to government money thanks bye

absolutley skint

Posted by nicky on 2012-02-24 16:58:14

hello i work in spain on land that has hundreds of overgrown lemon trees,i am currently cutting about 2 a day removing the lemons and putting them in crates also making fire wood and burning the rest of the branches after having cleaned them,i look after about 70 animals dogs, cats, chickens, geese, ducks,,pidgeons and two lambs.and my job is to guard this land.water it and do whatever my boss wants.including opening and shutting the gate for him ,including heavy digging and loading lorries of lemons ,there is a warehouse a flat and a 2 houses.to clean i live in a broken caravan which belongs to my boss,ive been here 3 and a half years he dosent pay me at all,he just wants more and more free labour.in exchange for a place to live he dosent even give me food the first year he paid me 200 euros and 30 cents for a years work.he says he dosent pay people like me...last year he threatened to hit me over the head with a bottle when i asked him for 2o euros the last lime he gave me money was 20 euros two octobers ago he ownes a supermarket and when he brings bread for the animals he takes all the good stuff for himself and leaves me with hard bread he has so much money it dosent even fit in his wallet.. i am his slave and treated like a fool i am bieng exploited, i am very unhappy to see his utter greed everyday,i have just had an operation in december to remove a tumor in my uterus of 16cm by 8cm x 11cm ,i am still delicate i am not entitled to any government money until september and i have a house in england and a mortgage which of course i cannot pay and im not sure if it is currently rented out there is no money left after the mortgage and my direct debits go out,ive been looking on the internet for ways to make money because i am worried about my house and i found this site. even though i carnt afford to use the www i am inteligent and i enjoy cutting the trees but i cannot stay at home making no money day after day...the people around me give me clothes i used to go to the nuns for food and ive eaten out of the bins several times men offer me 10 euros for sex quite often but i do not accept,i am becoming depressed because my boss has some sort of illness for making money and it upsets me to see such a miser everyday,he never even apreciates my work,im just expected to stay in and sort out any problem that may occur.he says if i get a job he will throw me out because im not looking after the place if im out, i have no where else to live, it is actually a nice place.the autorities sugest i go on the street.every place i have looked after in spain i have been thrown out when all the work is done and the place is tidy im 43 years old and need help to surive because im tired i work from 8 am till it gets dark 7 days a week, please help me if you can because i have no answer any more thanks nicky

Struggling student stuck in another country

Posted by girlabroad on 2012-02-19 11:58:54

Hi,

First of all, thanks for reading this.
I am a 21 year old Irish student and am currently studying abroad in Madrid for a year. I have been working since I was 13 so that I could help out at home, and am also paying for university by myself with loans and by working.
I am not entitled to any grants and now my loans have been maxed out. My family tries to help me when they can but at the moment it's not an option.
When I am at home in Ireland I can manage to work and go to university, but since I moved to Madrid I have been really struggling financially. My dad got really sick in August and so, I've had to fly home to see him twice- any money that I had saved was spent on flights.
I was working nights in an Irish bar but it didn't pay my rent so now I teach English classes. They just cover my rent, but I can't afford travel, loan repayments or food. I'm late on my rent because I had to take money from it to try and pay all of these small bills.
I'm really stuck and that is the only reason that I am asking for help. I've spent the last 7 years working and I help out others when I can. Once I get back to Ireland I can start working in a restaurant or something again and I might be in a position to help someone else.
Every little helps...

Thanks for your time

Help where the government FAILS

Posted by yerkess on 2012-02-01 13:58:39

Hi I am a student studying fulltime at college working towards a degree in admin/office tech, currently I live with my partner in a local authority rented flat. The government decided that £3995 was how much our household was entitled to claim and that was mostly a student loan and small bursary. We have applied for many other grants and been refused. We are now in debt with our rent, gas and currently feel like we are both going hungry too much. The government are more than happy to pay for anything for you if you are a heroin addict or alcoholic or have 6 children but someone who wants to better themselves by studying to earn a living has very little help. Its no wonder the uk is in such a state with unemployment when people are encouraged to become mothers to get benefits and houses, or encouraged to be a junkie. PLEASE if anyone out there can help in any way please donate and help me to stay in education and get the career I deserve.

help me to pay bills

Posted by superdaddy1003 on 2012-01-30 09:58:43

hello my name is martin mead, currently have a wife and daughter to support, i was on job seekers allowence but the government have decided i'm not entitled as my wife earns over the accepted allocated hours however my wife does not earn a full time wage and her hours fluctuate and every month it is harder for us to manage so please please help. Than you so much

80 year old man needs divorce attorney, victim of domestic violence

Posted by autitornow on 2012-01-30 06:58:52

Recently, my 80 year old grandfather had become a victim of domestic violence/elder abuse. His bipolar, alcoholic wife of 22 years began abusing him. She has been criminally charged and is awaiting trial. In the mean time, she has filed for divorce and is asking for spousal support/alimony and much more. Being 80 years old, he is on a limited income and cannot afford a divorce attorney to represent him. He doesn't have much, but what he does have, he worked hard for and I don't feel that she is entitled to anything due to the abuse. Help me, help him. I am only looking for attorney fees, any amount received above that will be donated to veterans charities as they have done a lot for my grandfather. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Debt after partners suicide

Posted by suicide_survivor on 2012-01-28 16:58:53

Hi,
Firstly thank you for reading this :-)
Two years ago my partner of 7 years never came home one day. His body was found in our car a day lata, he had comitted suicide, he was 41 :-(
He had run up debts in my name of over £40,000. Due to debt and being unable to pay the rent I lost my home a month after the funeral. Due the debts being in my name I couldn't do a thing about it. Also due to me not being 'family' as we weren't married I wasn't entitled to anything, not even the pittance that was in his bank account that was our money to pay bills. I will be 40 this year, I have never been out of work since I left school and even so I now have to live back home with my parents, due to debt and the fact a single person on minimum wage could never in a million years afford their own home :-( I'm not asking for loads of money, just a small amount to help me get by. Thank you for your time & your help :-)

Need money to pay my tuition fee

Posted by Bardha on 2012-01-25 13:58:35

I am a student in university. when I was 10 years old, there has been an attempt of rape on me and since then I had anxiety, depression and have not been totally well never. When I grew up I had problems with relationships and have not been able to stay in a relationship for long. I am not entitled of loan because students are only entitled for three years loan and my studying has taken more then three years because I could not finish it on time due to my depression. I have been trying for a job for more then e year and I could not find any. My health condition is deteriorating as a result of this because I am not able to pay my tuition fees and I do not have any earning what so ever. My mum has only supported me with travelling and nothing else.I stay in university whole day and I do not even have money to eat and I only eat when I come back home. I am taking a very high dosage of depression tablet which is 150 mg. I feel so down, lost all my confidence, I have pain everywhere on my body and I am very paranoid. I think that since I can not find a job for more then a year this seems to me as I am not capable of doing anything and I am different from anyone else. I am so down, I cry almost everyday. Please open your heart and resuscitation my spirit. If you could donate some money to me so I can pay my tution fees you would change my life. God bless anyone who is willing to donate. I appreciate however much you are willing to pay. My tuition fee is 3000 and something pounds. Only God can bless you..I am still young, I think I need a chance to change my life.

Money for my tution fees in university

Posted by Bardha on 2012-01-25 13:58:33

I am a student in university. when I was 10 years old, there has been an attempt of rape on me and since then I had anxiety, depression and have not been totally well never. When I grew up I had problems with relationships and have not been able to stay in a relationship for long. I am not entitled of loan because students are only entitled for three years loan and my studying has taken more then three years because I could not finish it on time due to my depression. I have been trying for a job for more then e year and I could not find any. My health condition is deteriorating as a result of this because I am not able to pay my tuition fees and I do not have any earning what so ever. My mum has only supported me with travelling and nothing else.I stay in university whole day and I do not even have money to eat and I only eat when I come back home. I am taking a very high dosage of depression tablet which is 150 mg. I feel so down, lost all my confidence, I have pain everywhere on my body and I am very paranoid. I think that since I can not find a job for more then a year this seems to me as I am not capable of doing anything and I am different from anyone else. I am so down, I cry almost everyday. Please open your heart and resuscitation my spirit. If you could donate some money to me so I can pay my tution fees you would change my life. God bless anyone who is willing to donate. I appreciate however much you are willing to pay. My tuition fee is 3000 and something pounds. Only God can bless you..I am still young, I think I need a chance to change my life.

Please help me to keep my daughter at university.

Posted by faithhope on 2012-01-25 06:58:21

We have always worked, paid tax and contributed to everything we should but occasionally life takes unexpected and unfortunate turns which have happened over the last year and our circumstances have become so reduced that we can no longer pay our daughter's rent while she is in her last year of university. A year ago we both had jobs and appeared in good health, then within a short time my husband was diagnosed with throat cancer and had to leave his employment as it was a "contract" job. Since then he has undergone chemo and radiotherapy and I have had to take so much time off to drive him to daily appointments that I had to relinquish my part-time job. As my husband has a small pension of just over £500 a month we are not entitled to any benefits. This goes towards paying the bills but there is nothing left over. I feel terrible about letting my daughter down and she is waitressing to help pay her own way but her rent is the catalyst. I feel so dreadful to suddenly pull the plug but there is no option. I cannot go back to work as my husband is too unwell to leave alone. I just pray that there is someone out there who can give me some help and when we can get over this tough time we can do the same for someone else.

Please help with some income through PGCE at uni!

Posted by Ineedu on 2012-01-24 15:58:53

I am asking for help as in September I am doing a PGCE in Maths at university. Unfortunately I will not be entitled to a bursary as I received a third in my honours degree and Gove has decided in his wisdom not to fund people with thirds!
I have worked in a secondary school for 4 years covering for absent teachers and have proven myself to be effective in the classroom. I believe teaching is my vocation, I really want to work within the community giving something back. Whilst doing my degree, which was completed through distant learning, so I was completely on my own, I worked full time and raised two children. I have worked really hard to get where I am and have never asked for anyone's help until now! I'm desperate to do it, if I could work during it I would but it is such a time consuming training course I would never have the hours in the day to do it!
I hope you can find it in your heart to help me.

Thank you for listening.

Jo x

Struggling mum on maternity leave.

Posted by Cashewnut on 2012-01-24 08:58:33

I recently had my daughter on the 7th of December, and all was going well until the beginning of the new year when my maternity pay went down, and now isnt even enough to pay our rent. Ive worked non-stop for the last two years, and now feel like its not been worth it. We arent entitled to any grants from the government, my partner cant get JSA, and child tax have told us itll be upto 12 weeks before they can do anything. Any donation would be greatly appreciated, even 50p! I just want to get back on my feet again. We havent been able to pay any bills this month, and have barely had enough to buy food for ourselves, and nowmy daughter wont even fit into 0-3 clothes properly. I really hate asking for help, but Im now officially desperate.