3rd September, 2020
Right …
That’s that idea put paid too!
If you recall? I’d been trying to get hold of funding to buy a laptop? So I could do a European Computer Driving license course?
I got turned down by the Shaw Trust, the people who run the Work and Health Programme I’m on.
They can only buy one if I get a conditional job offer.
So … ?
I did a little research: and found I could possibly get help from what’s called the Flexible Support Fund.
Something that I usually access with help from my Job Centre case worker, and that usually pays for fares to interviews.
So I asked the Job Centre about help.
In theory?
According to them … ?
I could get help in the form of a budget advance.
Which wouldn’t cover the costs … and is something I’d rather save for emergencies.
I could possibly have put in for help from the Flexible Support Fund …
Except — wouldn’t you know it — for two facts.
One? It can only really be used if I have a conditional job offer.
And two … ?
I can’t use it … as I’m on the Shaw Trust’s Work and Health Programme, and help like that is supposed to come from them.
Ever get the feeling you’ve been had … ?
~≈fi≈~
