I am on the dole and are currently doing 17th ED and Part P through my Job Centre at a local college. I am very happy, college is excellent, treating us the same as paidup students. Got brandnew Regs for free to keep. Transport to and from college is paid, exam fees etc. I think thats brilliant. Everybody is shooting Gordon and his team down, but i dont agree.
I even stopped smoking on the NHS , free patches, inhalers etc. Thanks Gordon !
couldnt agree more can guarantee u wouldnt have got this help with the cons
i was in the same position last august signed on for the first time in 15 years.
i was a warehouse manager and after being set up for a fall by some jumped up25 yr old lil **** of an accounts manager whod been put in charge of the company temporarily due to management changes who figured he could get rid of me and employ a min wage fork lift driver save himself 500 quid a month
was going to enroll on the electrical course anyway been looking to get back in the trade 4 a while but with losing my job didnt think i could afford it anymore and was thoroughly depressed.
after a coulpe of times signing on they asked if i was interested in any training and told them abouut the course not really thinking they would do anything as id only recently signed on and had been affectively sacked.
they immediately told me to go enroll on the evening course so i could still look for work and continue to claim if ness and all fees would be waved and certain expenses would be offered. wahoo`
found some work since although not full time and finish my nvq2 in june
my dad has always been a staunch conservative but has changed his mind since being made redundant hes in his late 50s and felt chukd on the scrapheap but says hes had nothing but offers of help and support not all of it monetary cos he in a decent position that way but through job groups and offers of training. and payment breaks in his mortgage backed by the gov. now doin well working with a plumbing company part time and other bits and pieces paintinng and dec while on a course.
he was hit by the recession in the 90s under the cons and says he was basically told to stop winging and take it on the chin while the company director for who he was working for walked away with a fat payout felt left to it and only through help of friends and family kept his home.
thnik about wot u do tomorrow as not liking the leader of a party doesnt change the core values of that party the recession is a worldwide phenomina and how it has been handled and will be handled not the fact there is one should be where your thoughts lie.
apologies if that got political and will prob get my knuckles wrapped
on a lighter note the last time i was in the jobc there was a baseball cap wearing lil 20 somthng gob****e with his slapper gf and kid waiting for him clearly a life doley across the room getting louder and louder
.with his 50yr + women advisor who i had been with b4 and was a lovely woman.
he started banging on the desk and launched across the desk trying to grab her at which point i jumped up to go over only to see her pick up a huge black binder and proceed to smak him repeatedly round the head with it.
he kaked himself lol his face was absolutely priceless
apologies for the long post well bored with no work this week
