If you are facing no financial impact

[Kannet]

Then what do you plan to do afterwards to help. I have just been discussing this with a few friends, some are in a position where they will get full time pay for the foreseeable and face almost no impact whilst others are on the brink of financial disaster.

My general plan is to make a point of using as many small local businesses as I can. Give extra to food banks. I'm sure there is more I can do. Anyone have any ideas

For now

• still paying my cleaner even though she can't come
• supported a local craft cafe by purchasing their craft packs they made as they realised they were going to have to close
• ordering food from a local business

Once this is over then I will go back to using local businesses whenever I can.

Oh yes and forgot to say - donating to food banks but also to charities supporting NHS staff and places like Women's Aid and Shelter

My childminder isn't charging during this - so I'm paying full wages to him next month and taking the days in September time :) which will help him have income and me as September time xx

At the moment I am not financially impacted.

So far, I have agreed to drive and doorstep drop food for a food bank. We have a local shop on the estate and have done the same for local residents who are vulnerable or isolated. The shop keeper comes out, puts in in my boot, then I doorstep drop it.

The local shop has been fantastic in sorting distancing and supporting local people. Reduced prices as much as they can on a lot of stuff. So, as much as I can I have been using them for basics. They dont have everything and will have to brave the supermarket.

Another localish shop, put their prices up. £9.99, for example, for toilet roll so everyone else is boycotting that one.

I am near a butcher, that suppliers a care home. Instead of keeping the meat for the care home delivery, they sold it at a higher price to the general public making bigger profits.Then went to a supermarket late at night, cleared their chicken. They got permission by telling the store they didnt get their full delivery and the care home needed it (this wasnt true they had sold it). Leaving the store with little stock and them with more profit.

Another butcher is doing free deliveries, to stop people having to go in. I am shopping only with them.

I do try to support local business in general where I can. But, going forward, I will be supporting those that are doing their bit. Not the ones who have made life harder for people.

The manager of the local WMC is remaining there. She is taking in donations and then delivering them to people who cant go out in the village. I will support them as well.

Donating to charities that will help those who need it most right now - refuge, shelter, age UK etc

Buying from local shops and restaurants that are offering delivery/ collection and promoting them on social

Buying gift vouchers where I can (on credit card, admittedly)

If I'd had a cleaner I would keep paying!

There are a few charities I'm looking at that support sectors where most are self-employed and now struggling, not worked out who yet.

Just had the though that the second homera in the KA/Cornwall/prince Charles thread might need some suggestions!

Yup. Have forwarded money to all the people I use who are freelance.
I’ve continued to help out in our community village shop, but have been amazed at all the local food businesses in our area.

They all get a gold star and my continued custom.

i will be helping my adult children two of whom are in the hospitality sector - yest they are lucky that they will still receive 80% of their wage but as it;s not much above minimum wage they will still struggle to pay bills and support my DGC. Also there may be a delay in getting this - the government are hoping to have it in place for the end of April. We don't know yet how the 80% will be calculated. Lots of staff rely on working over and above their contracted hours to make ends meet - will the 80% be based on average earnings or contracted hours. lots of unanswered questions around this

Oh and I am ignoring my employers rules about working from home and having kids for my team. We are pulling together and picking up eachothers slack when needed.

So they remain on full pay. I did have to do 10 hours the other day, but then they covered for me, when I got a migraine yesterday afternoon.

oh and I already donate to Trussel Trust. I am WFH but is this continues I am considering seeing if my work has any issues with me volunteering at our local food bank as tbh there is a limit to what I can do from home

I'm not financially impacted but I'm a nurse working in another sector. I'm trying to apply to the hospital but not get paid which is proving difficult. I do have non invasive ventilation experience though so I think I should try.

It’s not very cool, but one of the best things we can do afterwards is cheerfully pay much higher taxes so that our children’s generation doesn’t have to bear terrifying the weight of the national debt we are building up during this crisis.

Yep, higher taxes!

I’m buying from local business as much as possible. We cancelled hello fresh and are using local independent takeaways now a few times a week (healthy food not traditional takeaway food)

Still paying the dog walker.

Carry on paying cleaner, nanny and nursery, support local where you can, donate to food banks and charities

I'm still paying my cleaner although she can't come, and I'm sending my childcare vouchers to the after school club as I can't do anything else with them.

I live in dk. The welfare system is really coming into its own and Im a part of that. Im trying to support local businesses more than I usually do. Might take dds old bedding to the refuge.

I'm not really suffering financially because I was already reliant on benefits anyway (I have a disabled child who hasn't been in school for nearly 2 years so I gave up work and now claim carers allowance).

It's interesting seeing people suddenly give a shit about how pitiful benefit rates are. All of a sudden "nobody could possibly live on £94 a week" despite the fact unemployed/disabled people and carers have been doing exactly that for years.

So I'm no worse off (yet).

it’s possible that I won’t face much financial disruption in the short term as my salary will continue to be paid. I’ll be able to pay my rent and my bills and have some disposable income. However, I’m part of the working poor in a public sector job and I’ve never been able to afford a car, holiday, deposit for a mortgage or domestic help. I imagine that when it blows over and we’re back to no magic money tree it’ll be the poor that will ultimately pay for this. When I get paid at the end of the month I intend to make some donations to my local cat charity, Women’s Aid, my local food bank and to a cancer charity. I’ve already donated a refund I had back from a cancelled event to a breast cancer charity. Long term I’m screwed financially but there’s people worse off than me locally, nationally and internationally.

Yes, I’ve resigned myself to paying higher taxes FOREVER. And as I work in the public sector, to having salary frozen and budgets slashed. I’ll grin and bear it I guess

Small businesses is a great idea.

And boycott the firms who have treated their staff terribly.

It’s interesting to read how many of you are still paying cleaners etc. I work one to one with people and not one has offered to pay me during this period. Most are still being paid.

We’re trying to use small local businesses e.g butchers etc. Will also use local restaurants (delivery) and takeaways. In addition we are continuing to pay for the dc clubs like swimming and dancing etc. These people are self employed and we have the payments set up on direct debit. They’re just part of our monthly outgoings which we can fortunately still afford. I know the dc can’t do these clubs at the moment, but it seems morally wrong to essentially make a profit at a time like this. I would hate for all of their activities to close down - they will definitely want to go back to them once the current situation improves, but this will only be possible if people continue to pay.

Paid my cleaner for the next two months

Only shopping at the corner shop

Prepared to help out my niece who is a nurse in America

We’re also still paying our childminder. This isn’t much though as we get the 30 hours funding.

I’m paying everyone as normal (cleaner, window cleaner, childminder, after school club).

At the other end provided we still have our jobs I’ll give more to charity and I’ll use more local shops.

I will also become something of a prepper so if this happens again I won’t be rationing fucking loo paper.