poverty is no joke- single working parents living in poverty (6)

Hi , are you a lone parent who works , but is living in debt , with daily stress , and just simply not getting by!
Join the club!
Im a lone parent who has struggled with no support from the non resident parent - (CSA have only applied themselves when the MP was involved and have still got nothing)
The impact of funding basics like school bus fare is kncking me off my feet. Im overdrawn , cant meet mortgage payments, live on such a tight budget , and cant afford house maintainance or any form of social life, even though Ive worked all my adult life and want to be a good role model to my children by not becoming unemployed.
I want my children to have pass times such as clubs but simply cant afford them.
I know im not alone as many others say the same as me, we work and for what ?

What my point is , we get no help toward school transport,school meals,school trips, school uniform, council tax , rent/mortgage etc , yet we are on less than the unemployed in some cases, as they get all these allowances and more.
We also have to get to and from work and if we get a chance to do extra hours at work we get penalized by our working/family tax being cut back.
Most of us live with huge debt and stress, which directly impacts on our childrens welfare and our own health.
We arnt spenders , we dont want the newest or the best , we just want to be able to live without being in poverty.

I have set up a petition which i am hoping to send to the PM at the beginning of June , and if you want to get on board and get heard, I will send you a copy and ask you to send to your MPs individually.
If you would like a copy to sign or would like me to send you more info email me at singleparentslivinginpoverty@yahoo.co.uk

The CSA are another issue and the non resident parents who dont support thier own children are a main cause for this poverty trap ,however the government are aware of that yet , I , 6 years on still get no support from my working ex.
If he owed Income tax , he would now being doing time in prison.

Get on board and get our voices heard , i want to get the petition in by the beginning of june , so if i can send you a copy , get it signed and send it me back by then and i will send all names to Mr Brown- its only going to get worse if we dont make ourselves heard.

singleparentslivinginpoverty@yahoo.co.uk

i pay child support to my ex . but she still not satisfied with that

POVERTY. yes poverty was a constant companion of mine.
having spent my childhood during the war years.

Very little FOOD. My poor mother would have to wait hours at the bakery for bread.

school transport did.nt exist we had to walk several miles to school with a pack lunch consisting of DRIPPING on TOAST.
Every thing was RATIONED.
I could give you a very graphic description of my childhood but i wont bore you.

It cerinly did.nt include any type of social life we see now.

But i think the word POVERTY can only be used in the context of countries like RWANDA ETHIOPIA these countries dont even have the basic needs to sustain life.. NOT EVEN a COMPUTER
i for one wont be interested in your petition.

I respect your opinion but think you are being a little harsh.. My daughter is a single parent thro no choosing of her own . She works because she does not want to be kept by the state, but can only work part time because of her daughter . Since working her benefits have been cut so in a sense she is penealized for trying to help herself. She would actually be better not working at all but she has her pride and wants to work.

Her ex husband enjoys holidays abroad and a good social life. She cannot afford a night out. There have been times during the winter when she had 11 pounds left for one week to feed herself and her daughter and pay her bus fare to work, which was 3 pounds a day. This was after she paid her bills, gas and electric which are on meter.


There is still poverty in Britain today and some people are doing there best to help themselves

yes Morganlee . i suppose it does come across HARSH as you say.
But its only a reflection of the BAD OLD DAYS which i grew up in. And i do take your objectives account of how it is now.
Yes and i understand what with the rise in the cost of living. utilities food. we are on a never ending spiral


. But i just wanted to portray. my childhood compared to now Children conveyed to school in 4x4s i was lucky o have the shoes to attend school in
Of course time have changed its just that im from a generation who grew up with poverty.
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