To think there MUST be a way to top up my income

And selling your used knickers 😬

Erm excuse me I do this myself and do amazingly well from it. Why is it whenever something that can actually help is suggested for someone people like you want to nip it in the bud? I'm sure the op can do her own research if she wants to? I'd rather suggest something I know works ( because I do it ) than insult her with some of the tome consuming, pittance earning crap on here.

I do it myself and have excellent results, I'd rather suggest this to her and actually help her than soke of the time consuming, pittance earning suggestions people are insulting her with on here. Have a look at Tik Tok and other people's results before dismissing it. I don't do my own trades, i copy and paste them- very different.

This may be an obvious one OP but just incase you haven't done it - have you reviewed your bank account and all your outgoings? Rather than earning more, can you spend less?

Changing you energy suppliers to cheaper ones, cancelling any extra direct debit (ie gym/tv subscriptions/charity donation).

We spend a fortune on food so the first thing I would do is cut that back with strict meal planning, not eating out etc

@SparklyOpalEagleyou need to rethink working full time - at the moment if you only work term time then you are off around 13 weeks per year. Most people working full time only get around 4/5 weeks annual leave so you need to get a job for the holidays. How about a nice restaurant - tips would be all yours too no declaring could do when kids are in bed if you have a partner?

what ages are children can they be left alone?

Buying clothes from car boot sales and selling on Vinted can make £2-£3 per item. More if you have a good eye for a bargain.

You only work term time, 39 weeks of the year. The simplest option would be to work the other 13 weeks of the year. You could register as a childminder and provide holiday care.

If you are handy at design then you could sell digital products you have designed. No need to invest in a printer etc as it’s all digital.

I sell digital products on Etsy but there are other websites depending on what you are going to sell. It makes a decent second income for me.

Once you’ve spent the initial time setting it up (over the holidays) it pretty much runs itself.

What part of the country do you live in?

if you asked on my 'Nextdoor' you'd be inundated with applicants!

If you're going into OF territory, check out "pay pigs". These are literally men who get a sexual thrill out of women who demand money from them. Its insane. The woman demands a specific amount of money and trash talks them, the men then make a bank transfer and presumably get their rocks off. That's it.
Men are absolutely mind-blowing 😅

I have no idea how you find these pay pigs though

My friend has OF and makes money from sexting / phone chat and content
it’s taken a while but she can easily make a few hundred a week from it

Okay I just checked this on chat GPT and it’s high risk and the OP could lose all her money or get scammed. You shouldn’t be suggesting stuff like this to hard up mums.

To make that kind of money she will literally be spending hours and hours online a day.

what people who actually make money doing these things don’t tell you, or even realise sometimes is that when they break it down they’re only making pennies an hour doing it.

added to which a lot of the online stuff is now being taken over by AI.

🤮

She won’t be able to switch if she’s in overdraft.

Sign up for medical research, some of them pay thousands.

How?

I've tried a few but they were all paying pennies per (long) survey🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

How about SEN babysitting over the summer? With your kids coming along too?

Most working families with SEN kids really struggle over the summer holidays if they can’t use the regular kids clubs and would love someone experienced and knowledgeable to hang out with their kid for a week.

Id also rethink tutoring offering something like 6 sessions per child across the summer as a package to work on one specific thing eg times tables or spelling.

Hospitality work.

This won’t be popular on MN but I do OnlyFans on top of my normal job. Brings in about £1000/mth on average. Have been doing it for several years now building up a following and at the point where it ticks along with only a few updates needed a week. Doesn’t take a lot of effort at all.

Hello, how did you get into this please?

I'm a casual celebrant with the local council. I can do as many or as few weddings as I like. Very busy in the summer holidays. Pays £65 a wedding plus mileage. Something to consider

Holiday pet feeding sounds best with a term time job. If you have any neighbourhood groups, people might also be looking for plant watering while they're on holiday. I've paid local kids to water mine before.

Holiday pet feeding? Cats/fish/chickens etc where you do your rounds twice a day. Could involve the kids too

Apparently it doesn't pay