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[lovemylittleman]

hi all any ideas how i can make some money quite quickly need to make enough to get food and elec for me and my son until i get paid on tuesday ive nothing to sell only reason im on here is i have my brothers laptop and dongle at the moment really struggling lots lost my job etc waiting for benefits and other stuff to come through now struggling but get paid tuesday any ideas would be great cant have a crisis loan for some reason im not elegible

Anything you can sell? Gumtree etc?

Can friends and relatives (your brother?) give you £20 or so to keep you going? I'd always stump up for a friend if they were in a fix.

Here are a few things you could try:
-Find out if there's a food bank nearby.
-Use up all the random food from the back of the cupboard even if it doesn't fit a particular meal.
-Do odd jobs for neighbours in return for meals or cash (which you will obviously declare to HMRC and the benefits office as you are a model citizen)
-If you are metered, save your electricity by switching everything off at the wall, including the fridge and freezer if they're empty. Go to bed when it gets dark instead of putting lights on, read instead of watching TV etc.

It's not a way to live long term, but it's bearable for a week until you get paid.
Please seriously consider making a realistic budget so you don't get in this situation next month.

I really think that you need some help with budgeting, isn't this about the 4th time you have started a thread asking for money/help with money since about April? If you're still struggling so much to last the whole month, you need to get in touch with CAB and ask them to help you to budget, I doubt if there's anything people on here can suggest that hasn't already been said on a previous thread you started; eg food bank, friends etc

What suggestions are you looking for, OP? You say you are ineligible for Crisis loans, and have nothing to sell. Do you have any ideas?