please help
Hi ladies i just wondered if anyone could help/advise me? I am about to become a single mummy cry i am trying to work out my monthly income while finding somewhere to live, My baby is 4 months old and i do work. Could anyone inform me of any benefits i would get to help me out. I dont mean to be nosey but i have no idea as not been in this situation before. I just feel awful.
Any help would be sooo much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
sam xx
Any help would be sooo much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
sam xx
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Failing that, you could speak to someone at your local citizens advice bureau?
Hope that you manage to get it sorted
xxx
Try http://www.askbaby.com/benefits-and-financial-help-for-single-parents.htm for an overview on benefits for single parents and the government website for financial help for lone parents: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/YourMoney/DG_4003043
Hope you can find some useful information
Lexi
i work 16 hrs a week so i get child tax credit and working tax credit i get a total of ??676 but that includes childcare for 2 days a nursery per week which costs me ??90 per week. i can get help with council tax but im in the process of doing that so not sure how much that would be. the normal child benefit plus i get ??157 from the csa but u get 15% of ex's earnings theres a calculator on their website, u also get all nhs stuff free, so dentist eye tests . prescribtions etc
hope thats helped a bit
thanks again girls
sam xxxx
im a single mum with a 9 month old baby and im on benefits.
i can tell you what i get but obviously yours may differ as you are working and im not.
i get child benefit
child tax credit
income supprt
as i dont work the council are paying for my rent (privatley rented as quicker than housing) and also my council tax. (where i was on maternity allownace when i moved in i had to pay some towards the rent etc but now im i/s i should get it all paid.
i think if you work upto 16hours a week you can still get tax credits and working tax credits (but you would need t check up on that.)
if you goto www.direct.gov you should find all the help there.
good luck x