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You are right about the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) still being paid if they accept your claim and it could be more than the minimum £16 a week. What stage are you at with the DLA claim? Have you already submitted it? They usually backdate it from when you requested the form (if you sent it off in time) if they do award it and then you'd get a nice lump sum (although not much use for when you have no money whilst waitig to hear if they will give you anything).
Sorry, I probably shouldn't laugh but becoming incapacitated IN the jobcentre and still not managing to make a quick and successful claim is just too fucked up for words. Good god!
(I know what conditions you have to satisfy to get it)
Also, if you haven't made 2 years of NI contributions, you won't get it anyways.
I don't think students are elible for it tbh. Its for people who are incapable of work. You are a full time student. Alot of students don't work.
Don't you get income support or something instead?
I was thinking this as well.
She would have a hard job also illustrating that, whilst she's fit enough to do a college course, she isn't fit enough to do a hard day's grafting. And especially such a physically demanding course as the one she does, too.
It seems that nothing has changed, really, Ilora just wants to cream as many benefits as possible. Sure as hell beats working for the £50 bra sets from Agent Provocateur, doesn't it?
Is there a sale on then?
I don't know, I can't afford to even look at Agent Provocateur
I think your NI contributions keep getting topped up whilst claiming income support yes as you cannot actually got out and get them
My thoughts exactly tbh.
I'm trying to do as much as I can to maintain a normal life by not paying in to my illness. If that means claiming benefits in order to do that, then c'est la vie.
I can either go to college, or work. Since I don't want to be a shelf stocker in tesco's for the rest of my life, I've put my education first. Isn't that what we're taught to do? :chin:
Put it this way. If I was so hellbent on being a benefit sponger, I'd quit college and live on benefits with an easy, lazy life. However, I'm not doing that, so back the hell off.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10016082
You can even apply from a link on that page.
It took me a few seconds to find this also -
Which was on a student union website.
I could assist a makeup artist and do it that way but living in Milton Keynes, there aren't many about... and I wouldn't get paid for it.
So, in short... no. I have to study makeup artistry in order to get a job.
I think you're right. Well, that's what we got told last year - we need to do at least 3 A Levels (5 hours each) + an hour of tutorial per week to be classed as a full time student.
I was going to say something about this but thought that I might get flamed or something (which has happened on here before when there was a similar topic made about this subject)
And so she should if she's entilted to them. It's what they're there for.
If being on your feet all day is a problem, and that's what your course involves are you making the best plans for your future if your illness makes that difficult? While you shouldn't let your illness rule your life you need to be realistic and accept your limitations and make realistic plans.
If you're on a physically demanding course you're unlikely to be able to persuade anyone you're not capable of any kind of job.
there are less physically demanding jobs that you could do. till work is fairly umm..well it's not exactly labour intensive!
Why don't you do call centre work?
You sit on your arse all day (or stand if you please) with a headset on your head. All you do is talk! Thats hardly going to hurt your joints!
Surely you'd be capable of that Ilora?
And Blagsta, I wish I knew.
I was kinda on the fence until this comment :yeees: :mad:
Anyway, just to clarify a point that some others have made... full time education is classed as more than 12 hours per week of supervised study in a classroom being taught by a teacher or tutor. This does not include breaks for meals or tea breaks, or time taken to do homework or prepare for exams. It does, however, include time taking exams (in June etc.) [Anyone would think I say this several times a day
I know it's totally irrelevant to the original post but some people might be interested.
Hmm, I was also on the fence until this comment. So you have higher "aspirations," than working in a call centre but you would rather claim benefits than work in a job that wouldn't have any negative effects on your health? Strange logic if you ask me. Surely you don't think too highly of yourself to do this type of work as a part time job while studying as well? If you are in such desperate need of funds that you would be willing to accept a minimum Incapacity Benefit of £16, then surely you would rather make much more working one or two days a week in a call centre? :chin:
It isn't someone, its Ilora-Danon. Someone who has previously admitted to claiming benefits simply so she can buy Agent Provocateur lingerie. Go and do a search.
If you're fit enough to go to college then you're fit enough to work. Whilst she shouldn't be expected to work as well as study, she shouldn't expect to be classified as Disabled when she is clearly fit enough to do a strenuous college course.
I have never EVER said that I was on JSA so that I can buy underwear, that is putting words into my mouth completely and I am disgusted by it. I suggest YOU go and do a search, pretty sharpish.
I was on JSA because I couldn't find a job, because generally, that's what it's there for.
And finally, there's a HUGE difference between being fit enough to study, and being fit enough to study AND WORK. I'm struggling hugely studying for 3 days a week, I am therefore NOT fit enough to work on top of that.
Why is this so hard to accept?????