What on earth? Why would the state give some kid living at home the equivalent of pocket money?
[QUOTE=Hivemind;17847819]What on earth? Why would the state give some kid living at home the equivalent of pocket money?[/QUOTE]
They don't. The only benefits for Under 18's is EMA, and OCCASIONALLY if the inland revenue cocked up and you HAVE a JOB they'll give you some money that they accidentally took. But that doesn't really count as a benefit.
My mum works for the LSC, they fund schools, colledges etc. proving post 16 education, she also deals with EMA occasionally. I'll ask her some stuff, see what she says. Shes gone to bed now though.
[QUOTE=shill le 2nd;17786922][img]http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bob_Dole__PCCWW_photo_portrait.JPG[/img]
Bob Dole likes money.[/QUOTE]
Bob Dole likes to hear Bob Dole talk about Bob Dole
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[QUOTE=bobske123;17848337]My mum works for the LSC, they fund schools, colledges etc. proving post 16 education, she also deals with EMA occasionally. I'll ask her some stuff, see what she says. Shes gone to bed now though.[/QUOTE]
Oh god, the Learning skills council.
They completly ballsed up the funding for the music department at the college we go to, cutting the funding at the last minute AFTER the building had been built BEFORE they bought the equipment.
So now we have a b uilding with nothing in it apart from a £130k worth of recording Gear and PA System, But we don't have [b]CHAIRS[/b] and we have 3 Working micrphone stands :downs:
I keep having to bring my own Mics, stands and other gear in to get by, terrible.
EMA is £30 a week, maybe they're doing an apprenticeship or something.
ema is bullshit, aparently we where too rich to get it back when I was in school, when both my parents are self employed and some times they are out of work for months.
[QUOTE=occer;17842446]I think it's only for the lowest socio-economic families.[/QUOTE]
Not really, I just have separated parents and now child-support goes directly to me essentially.
[QUOTE=decilling;17850786]ema is bullshit, aparently we where too rich to get it back when I was in school, when both my parents are self employed and some times they are out of work for months.[/QUOTE]
I don't get EMA and I don't get money from my parents. I don't see why my parents earn too much. My dad's just a bus driver. Really annoys me because my friend doesn't even claim his, he says he doesn't need free money.
You can also get Employment and Support Allowance but you have to have some sort of illness to claim it.
(My friend gets it for panic attacks)
But as people have stated Jobseekers and EMA are really the only other things you can claim.
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[QUOTE=Giner;17786785]
I know that I will be a scrounger on the government for a little while but at least I won't have a bad conscience for taking the money, my mum pays the taxes towards it anyway.[/QUOTE]
If your parents work full time they'll be taxed through the nose, and you will be if you get a job.
I intend to work full time when I'm well again, so I have no problem with the goverment giving me money.
The EMA itself is flawed in my opinion; this country should be promoting nuclear families and things like the EMA is discouraging it. You get more money/student loan from the EMA if your parents are divorced, which is understandable of course, because in general they'll earn less money, but in a way it still promotes broken families. I don't honestly know how we would set it right without sounding snobby towards single parents, but there's my two pence anyway.
[QUOTE=Acezorz;17851570]The EMA itself is flawed in my opinion; this country should be promoting nuclear families and things like the EMA is discouraging it. You get more money/student loan from the EMA if your parents are divorced, which is understandable of course, because in general they'll earn less money, but in a way it still promotes broken families. I don't honestly know how we would set it right without sounding snobby towards single parents, but there's my two pence anyway.[/QUOTE]
I agree, my parents earned over the limit (Not by much) so I didn't get anything, so all my friends had more money than me.
Exactly, I had to get a job to get money.
[QUOTE=Acezorz;17851724]Exactly, I had to get a job to get money.[/QUOTE]
I would have, I applied to LOADS of jobs and didn't get one.
I live in a shitty seaside town and everytime a job comes up loads of people apply for it.
Head down the job centre, they know more than us
Also once the tory government gets in expect it to be a lot harder to get it
[QUOTE=Acezorz;17851570]The EMA itself is flawed in my opinion; this country should be promoting nuclear families and things like the EMA is discouraging it. You get more money/student loan from the EMA if your parents are divorced, which is understandable of course, because in general they'll earn less money, but in a way it still promotes broken families. I don't honestly know how we would set it right without sounding snobby towards single parents, but there's my two pence anyway.[/QUOTE]
£30 a week is not going to be a facilitator in a divorce
Single parents are less financially stable than a family
EMA is support for the financially unstable to continue education
[QUOTE=DaveP;17851812]
EMA is support for the financially unstable to continue education[/QUOTE]
True, but they flout it as a reason to stay in college.
I knew loads of people who went to college for EMA, not because they wanted qualifcations.
People are expecting EMA too easily, it's for the lowest-of-low income families.
I only get it because our family is very financially unstable, I am not going to let this continue, I am doing my best to get good qualifications (Got an A level at age 14!) and once the UKs financial state is back on track I am starting a company (Sound and lighting)
[QUOTE=Rosek;17851909]True, but they flout it as a reason to stay in college.
I knew loads of people who went to college for EMA, not because they wanted qualifcations.[/QUOTE]
To quote my friend: "I might just stay in 6thform another year just to get the EMA".
Yeah, it bugs me too.
Both my parents work - one a teacher and the other a civil servant - and therefore I'm above the bracket for people who get EMA. I'm lucky enough that they pay me £100 a month... but then my friends have jobs (lucky enough to know people who'll employ them personally, goddamn) as WELL as EMA, and they get £200+ bonuses from EMA occasionally too, and they STILL complain that they don't have enough money. All it takes is for them to quit buying expensive food every day and they'd actually be loaded.
I think those who are fortunate enough to have parents who'll pay them should just stick with their parent's money, not EMA. I feel a lot less likely to waste money from my parents... I use the £100 I get a month to get by in college, and any extra I spend on 6thform parties. I've worked out a budget for myself, which'll be helpful come University (:
Even if you are over 18, you still can't claim jobseekers if you don't have to pay rent (or the council pays it for you) and if you don't pay council tax (or normally would do but don't i.e it's paid for by the council).
I might be looking at claiming housing benefit, due to a wierd situtation I have with a flat at the moment, and even then it's £30 a week max, so I spent ages looking up different benefits and if I was eligible for them. Oddly enough, you can still claim Jobseekers even if you are working up to 16 hours a week.
[QUOTE=TehDoomCat;17852170]-Snip-[/QUOTE]
Fucker, I only got £40 a month. :(
The bonuses are £100 in england and £150 in scotland, where did you get £200+ from?
My EMA goes on college stuff or my money pot I am going to use to kick start my buisness.
Some people though are just pathetic, I know one guy who spends his EMA on drugs :/ - Ticks me right off, gives us a bad name.
Try calling the Citizens Advice Bureau. They can tell you if you are entitled to anything.
[QUOTE=Rosek;17851909]True, but they flout it as a reason to stay in college.
I knew loads of people who went to college for EMA, not because they wanted qualifcations.[/QUOTE]
But in turn they might get A levels
And might go to uni
Which is a good thing
hehehe, I get £280 a month for going to college, but that's because it's an actual bursary and that I'm 18
[QUOTE=DaveP;17858049]But in turn they might get A levels
And might go to uni
Which is a good thing[/QUOTE]
These people couldn't, they were dumb shits.
I get £95 per week for my apprenticeship plus another £30 a week for EMA. So I'm getting £500 a month for working in I.T.
(I am entitled to the EMA, because it's an Entry to Employment Apprenticeship done through college)
[QUOTE=Acezorz;17851570]The EMA itself is flawed in my opinion; this country should be promoting nuclear families and things like the EMA is discouraging it. You get more money/student loan from the EMA if your parents are divorced, which is understandable of course, because in general they'll earn less money, but in a way it still promotes broken families. I don't honestly know how we would set it right without sounding snobby towards single parents, but there's my two pence anyway.[/QUOTE]
Yes, families break up so their children can get EMA
are you serious
[QUOTE=Hezzy;17859092]Yes, families break up so their children can get EMA
are you serious[/QUOTE]
Yeah what the hell are you thinking Acezorz.
[QUOTE=Latias;17786842][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gduSoLtdqVQ[/media]
I didn't know that bananas were legal currency[/QUOTE]
Why the hell did I end up watching the entire video. .___.
I'm hungry for bananas.
How about canada anyone?
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