Money

[Chezzy427]

Never posted before. Live on own and have some mental health issues. I've ran out of food literally and money doesn't come till Monday. Any idea's.

Small loan from friends or family, food voucher, crisis payment from LA, sell or pawn something, borrow from any children's savings, use any points on loyalty cards.

See if you're eligible for a food bank, OP. Citizens' Advice or your GP can issue requests.

Thanks for reply. Unable to do that as no family. Food bank not eligible. Many thanks for reply though.

Can you find any change around the house bread is often 10p at closing time in supermarkets. Tesco jam is 28p. Boring but would be filling.

Anything you can live without and sell on Facebook marketplace or gumtree to raise some quick cash? Sorry things are rubbish 🍷

The food bank will be very unlikely to turn you away, even if you’ve used your limit of parcels. They will at least be able to point you in the right direction.

Any clubcard vouchers?

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Sorry to hijack your thread briefly there, OP – we really hope you get it all sorted soon.

Can you ask a neighbour to lend you a fiver til Monday? If one of my neighbours asked for a small loan for a few days because they literally had nothing to eat, I wouldn't hesitate. I'd probably give you a bag of food as well. Do you have children? What about your MH support worker?

ask your family for food/money.

Can you ask a friend?

Roughly what area do you live in? Maybe I could drop some food off if you're in my area

Why are you ineligible for th food bank, if you don’t mind me asking?

Have you got no food in at all?

Very vague post.

You've no food and ran out of money and wanting a parenting forum to give you ideas. Ideas for what? Ideas to get more money? Ideas to get more food without money? What ideas have you already exhausted before deciding to come on here and post? No point a bunch of strangers giving you ideas out of nowhere when we have absolutely no idea ourselves what would or wouldn't be feasible for you. So ... what have you already tried or was Mumsnet your first resort?