How to make money

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I’m 31 year old with a two year old and obviously I wanna go to work but what other ways is there to make money? I wanna make extra money. I’ve tried TikTok and YouTube but it’s so hard to make something out of it and I’m stuck 😞😞😞

So do you not work at all? You said "extra money", what do you currently live off?

If you want to work, what’s stopping you? A job is always going to be the most reliable way to make money.

If you have childcare costs and don't qualify for government help, you might be working for £2.50 an hour, which isn't a reliable way of making money.

It's really difficult for anyone to advise with so little information. What experience and/or qualifications do you have? What salary do you need to earn to be comfortable? What jobs were you doing for TikTok and You Tube?

If you give further info, someone may be able to help.

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Let’s be for real even when I go back to work I’m not gonna be better off since I will have to go part time since I’m going to struggle with childcare.

I’ve got experience in security, cafe and retail but I’m gonna have to go part time since I’m gonna struggle with childcare. I get 15-30hr free but I wouldn’t be able to get a full time job as I’m gonna struggle with my family working too and his dad a no show can’t rely on him 🙄

I’m on benefits atm but even when I get a job will have to go part time cause I’ll struggle to get childcare I will get 15-30hr but it’s the picking up I’ll more struggle with.

What are you really really good at? Even if you can’t see how to make money out of it, write down anything you really love or people say you’re great at and we can help you figure out how to monetise it

Could you get a term time only job in a school? Dinner lady or similar?

Use Google's Gemini and ask for job suggestions, it can be quite helpful- remember to ask Gemini to ask you what questions it wants you to answer in order to give you useful advice, if not it'll just give you a random list - but you want some options tailored to your personal situation - so the more info you can give it the better (about how much you need to earn, how many hours a week, what times of day you can/cant work and how flexible the hours need to be, etc)

Do you have a work allowance OP? Usually with a child up to 18 you can earn £411 a month which is not counted as earnings, so you will definitely be better off. Have you tried any schools? They are usually desperate for classroom assistants.If you have up to 30free hours that will give you loads of scope.

Even 15 hours a week in work will make you significantly better off. At NMW you'd earn nearly £200 a week.

The difficulty is finding hours that fit with childcare. Most jobs in retail/hospitality expect staff to work at least some weekends which will be almost impossible when relying on funded childcare hours. UC childcare costs only pay for registered childcare which is very hard to find at weekends.

Can you drive? What did you do before having your child - is going back to that a possibility?

If you are willing to do care work it can be very flexible as they are desperate. I know a few women with disabled DC who cannot work normal hours, one does 3 x 5 hour shifts a week and the other does one one eight hour shift.
At this stage don't focus too much on what you would like to do, just find something that works for you. UC will expect you to work when your DC is 3, so is good to get any experience in the meantime.

It is possible to work full time.

UC can help towards the nursery fees over the 30 hours.
out of pocket I only paid £80 a month as UC and 30 hours funded the rest.