feeling picked on

i am having major issuse with winz they have refused to give me a tia for study as i have a cert in edly care and should do that job and now i have a signed cert from my doc for james child dissability allowance they want assement from his specialist which i have but since when were winz medical people since when could they ask for any of this as long as a doc has signed it off arrghhh relly like i need this stress now i have to bike 8ks to ploy and back mon to friday because they wont help me with travel i will be ringing my mp tomorrow and them also the socail worker at era haywood were james had all his therpy but all this stress because that horrable wants to save a few bucks whats the bet this get deliged

have u asked for another case manager? mine has been great, am on DPBCSI since my hubby walked out 2 months ago, (DPB Caring for sick or infirmed) i have three kids and youngest is chronically unwell. They have been really helpful, though things are tight and am so not used to being poor, the buget adviser has got me on the right track. I found that u have to ask "is there anything else that i am entitled to?" they cant stop u from applying and they have a set of rules to run by, this is not personal, if it is for you then ask for another worker. I did and it was so much better. Good luk xoxoxo and be strong, oh yeah wot is TIA i am guess additional support?

Don't even get me started on them scrapping the Training Incentive Allowance. ARGHHH.

And yeah Lu, sometimes they do make you feel like sh*t. But if they do, as drumstx said, you can totally change case manager.

A new case manager may also be able to figure out if you are entitled to any other assistance, like for your travel costs?

It drove me mental having to convince each and every single staff member of WINZ that I was worth their time of day. When you find someone good, STICK WITH THEM!! heh

we as dpb mothers arent allowed that part of the loan

because the goverment want to save money and look good for the "rich" people i just stuggle they are not going to beat me i am doing my course and i am passing hahahahahaha

thank you two-boys its not a easy jounry but i am enjoying the course so that makes it easer

WTF? You can't get an allowance you have to PAY BACK if you're on dpb? That doesnt make ANY SENSE at all. May put a cap on my plans to study myself a better career once baby is here.

Well done for keeping perservering hun xo

clover wrote: As a "rich" person, I agree, not allowing you to have the living costs portion of the loan is crazy! It really annoys the crap out of me, we are forever complaining about people on the doll and dpb yet there are ladies like you struggling to study and do something better for themselves and their families and they can't even get all the same assistance I'm entitled to. That is absolutely rubbish. I hope you managed to at least get something sorted for your travel costs.

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I would definitely check with studylink as there are some single mums on my uni course and I know they have had the course related costs approved and added onto their student loans

You can get course related costs but that gets eaten up pretty quick. For example My textbooks alone cost $1200 (although I got my for cheper second hand). Theres still petrol, childcare, placement costs that cost more than not studying. Even an extra $80 a week (which the TIA was) to pay back would make my life sooo much easier. Basically it takes a huge commitment to take on study as a single mother because you do have to find the money out of an already tight budget and quite honestly I could not do it without the help of my parents. Single mothers without that support may quite well find studying impossible financially.