AIBU?
to think that i should be able to get help regardless of where i live
nappyaddict · 22/05/2007 11:55
I went to our local surestart centre to see if there were any groups me and ds could attend to get us out of the house cos i can't really afford to pay £4 a week for the ones round here. i was told i didn't live in the right catchment area to receive help.
now is it being totally unreasonable to think it should be income assessed - fair enough, but why should where i live have anything to do with it. yes, ok i live in a nice area but thats cos i live with my parents. my friend lives in this area too cos it was the first place that came up on the council list and now cos she lives here she can't get as much help as if she'd waited and lived in a not so nice place.
just annoys me - rant over!
NuttyMuffins · 22/05/2007 11:59
I was told the same thing when ds was a baby, and more recently have been told that as a single mum on income support, trying to get back into work, I am not entitled to help from a government funded job brokers because my postcode puts me in an affluential area.
nappyaddict · 22/05/2007 12:02
oh and don't even get me started on that one. i'm all for the council letting you buy your house after so many years - great way to help folk get on the property ladder. but is it so hard to work out if you sell all your houses you are going to have to build/buy more so you don't have 6 month long waiting lists!
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