can i get help to move

[tigga_1961]

Hi can anyone offer any help please im currently on esa, contribution based and live in essex ive been offered housing back in my native north east which i desperately want to take but the cost of moving is restrictive to say the least i only recieve £65 pw esa and no other benefits and im not entitled to a budgeting loan or community care grant because im contribution based esa does anyone know of any help i may be able to get to help me move? would i be able to get a crisis loan for this? all help appreciated thanks:(

[SOD'EM]

Found this on another forum tigga, hope it helps.

 

Budegting loan

[tigga_1961]

hi thanks for that sod-em means cos like i thought im contribuation based esa i cant get any help with anything, oh :-xthe joys of working all your life and paying into the system, that dont help you when u need it makes me angry:-x

[Allwood]

Ask your council they will probably help you....as you will be leaving accommodation that they will need and you are moving to a part of the county that is not overcrowd.

 

Councils use to help people to move out of London and especially if they are leaving a bigger property and move out of the borough to to a smaller property. Things have change, hopefully they will help you.

 

Good luck:)

[Allwood]

Also if you are leaving a property that is 3 or 4 beds the council would give you a premium for that move you should asked them about that as well.

[loan_ranger]

Found this on another forum tigga, hope it helps.

 

Budegting loan

I looked on that link and found the posts rather confused and contradictory.

 

I wouldn't want anyone to raise false hopes, so here's the facts as stated in the most current (April 2010) Social Fund Guide for Decision Makers and Inspectors (on page 116):

 

Part 4 – Budgeting Loans

 

General

1. Budgeting Loans (BLs) are intended to help those in receipt of Income Support (IS), income-based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA(IB)), Pension Credit (PC), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA(IR)) or payment on account of such benefits to spread the cost of intermittent expenses over a longer period.

[Allwood]

hi thanks for that sod-em means cos like i thought im contribuation based esa i cant get any help with anything, oh :-xthe joys of working all your life and paying into the system, that dont help you when u need it makes me angry:-x

 

You must bear in mind that you have been paying for 2 accommodations for MP's

 

Now we also have to keep paying for the two public school boys that are PM 1 David and PM2 Nick for each of their two homes and I bet you on their large salaries they did not have to fork out for removal to the their large homes. Also these poor 2 PM's public school boys has an extra small retreat of 100 rooms mansion for a with a large garden to play games in when they get tired of the good life (we saw a couple of years ago with John Prescott when he was off work and getting full salary playing games with is friends):? This as well as their other 2 homes. :-?:? We that we have/are paying for... poor joe public has to grovel for to make ends meet.

 

Hope the council will be able to help you but over the years this organisation has been too busy helping them selves that they are there to help the people that have/are paying their salaries.

 

If you do not get any joy write to the CE of Esses she is only on 240k a year and the poor thing may have to do a bit of work so go easy on her.

Forgot she gets consultants in to help which I think is costing the tax payer in the region of 20 million a year according to the bbc news.

Edited May 20, 2010 by Allwood

[jack1966]

haway back yerm pet, do you have family up here who could help? do you have a family member who needs your help, just a thought

[loan_ranger]

@ jack1966:

Hi there Jack, that's quite an interesting thought. For example, if tigga has a friend or relative in need of care (up there) then it might be possible to get a Social Fund "Community Care Grant" to cover moving expenses to be nearer to the care receiver. On top of that tigga could apply for more CCG money for all sorts of things relating to the care and support purposes of CCGs.

The great thing about CCGs is that they don't need to be repaid.

 

Regards, Paul.

Edited May 20, 2010 by loan_ranger
inserted link to Social Fund Guide - CCGs.

[honeybee13]

So if I could find a friend in Hawaii who needs help, could I be sent there please?

 

Seriously though, I didn't know that was a possibility. Food for thought.

 

Good luck Tigga. HB x

[ErikaPNP]

She would not be able to get a Community Care Grant because she is not in receipt of a qualifying benefit; her claim is contributory based.

[jack1966]

im so tempted to say just jump on a train and come home

 

its just the motherly thing in me

 

i hope you can sort things out

[loopinlouie]

im so tempted to say just jump on a train and come home

 

its just the motherly thing in me

 

i hope you can sort things out

 

Sorry I thought you were a man, due to previous threads.:grin:

[tigga_1961]

im so tempted to say just jump on a train and come home

 

its just the motherly thing in me

 

i hope you can sort things out

 

thanks for the reply jack i wud so love to jsut jump on a train but as i only get £65 quid a week i cant even afford 2nd class ticket. i dont have any family that cud help me out the removals are going to cost in the region of £500 +, and as erika states im not on a qualifying benefit for a community care grant, been in touch with council welfare and health in mind who im under to see if they can offer me any help but so far cos ive worked all my live im 48 now and worked since day i left school i cant get help yet i get the same to live on as people on income based but have to stretch mine further, think i may as well give up...

[Allwood]

Councils have obviously changed their policy because of article like this one below:

 

Council house tenants offered £30,000 bribes to move out - Times Online

[loan_ranger]

@ Allwood:

Councils have obviously changed their policy because of article like this one below:

What makes you think tigga has a council property? I saw no mention of it in this thread, did you read this elsewhere?

[Allwood]

@ Allwood:What makes you think tigga has a council property? I saw no mention of it in this thread, did you read this elsewhere?

 

You are correct, tigga did not mentioned about council property I assumed it because of the removal costs enquiry. :-|

[tigga_1961]

hi guys please dont fight on my behalf lol, i live in a housing assoc flat and have been offered council housing, im greatfull allwood didnt know anything about the above and as my local council was mentioned in there,, ive applied to their floating support services before i curl up and die.

[loan_ranger]

We ain't fighting are we Woody? It's just that I'm a stickler for accuracy and fine detail, a common symptom of my illness (Asperger Syndrome).

Good information is the key to opening channels of help, e.g. now that we know that you're renting from a "social landlord" the situation becomes clearer and certain options can either be considered or discounted.

 

Kindest regards,

Paul.

[tigga_1961]

thanks guys, there is a possiblity i may be able to get a grant from macmillan having had cancer last yr and now unable to work, im hoping my councellor/star worker can help me with that, fingers crossed x

[loan_ranger]

thanks guys, there is a possiblity i may be able to get a grant from macmillan having had cancer last yr and now unable to work, im hoping my councellor/star worker can help me with that, fingers crossed x

I can't possibly answer that, however I'll also be keeping everything crossed for you;)

If you have any little tiggas you could ask "The Family Fund" (a charity - nothing to do with the state).

If you were fleeing domestic violence (which surprisingly now includes problem neighbours) then this might open some other options.

Best regards,

Paul.

[tigga_1961]

hi thanks again lr, although i have 2 teenage daughters, the youngest is 14 and waiting to go for heart surgery, hence my need to move i cant get a grant from the family fund as she is not "severely disabled" im really appreciating your help here guys you keep giving me something to aim for,