Done.
I was on the petition site that Harissa had in one of her posts.
I added:
Decent, caring lone-parents who's children are their main concern are being classed as scroungers.
There are scroungers in every walk of life, yet due to media attention, lone-parents are being an easy target for the government to be 'seen' as doing something.
Focus on the fraudsters. Most lone-parents need to be praised for raising tomorrows tax-payers.
Doesn't seem to want to 'sign' though...
That was really good Sparkling. Will have a look for the other site you mentioned.
Also, guys, there is a report out today that children of working parents are less healthy!
From what I can see, anyone can set up a petition. A thought perhaps for a lone-parent group to compose one? Would Gingerbread back such a petition?
Louise and Anna - what are your view points on petitions relating to this? I feel it would need to be well publicised to get a large number of signatories and therefore the necessary attention.
A link for petitions.
Hi sparkling lime
I will ask and see what One Space's position on petitions is, Okay? ;)
Hi sparkling lime
I will ask and see what One Space's position on petitions is, Okay? ;)
Thank you very much.
Hi Sally
If I have read this correctly, it wouldn't matter if you home school, you still have to go onto JSA, and be seen to be looking for work. On the front of One Space page, if you click on benefit changes, to the right of the screen, it should tell you in there.
Hope you are having a good day
Take care
Alison
x :)
That was on the Gingerbread site.
Yeah you have to go out and work!
But in all reality... wot jobs? where? I was looking at the front pages of the papers a while ago and apparently all the immigrants have them, that and free TV's and houses and cars.
It's all bureaucracy and politicians making policies to garner votes that ends up in a situation that has absolutely no bearing on reality, resulting in lots of people playing some bizarre charade in order to keep their jobs (those at the job centre PLUS!), and we at the bottom of the ladder are left playing a sort of pantomime, where we sit down, talk to some people, play a game as if there are some loosely defined rules where we have to pretend we are doing certain thing, showing willing, or else they will stop our benefits, they know you know, you just have to sit there all humble and meek, play a bit dumb, act all interested when they swing their monitor round and show you some inane job or other, just let them go off and print out a few A4 sheets of info and give it to you and they will be happy and send you on your way with your reimbursed bus fair....
Basically you must show willing to work and this showing wiling to work is some list of things that has been put together by a group of people who have probably never been unemployed in their life times, let alone been a single parent.
It's all bull!
Just play their game.
Hi bubblegum
But in all reality... wot jobs? where? I was looking at the front pages of the papers a while ago and apparently all the immigrants have them, that and free TV's and houses and cars.
The media is often so biased against minority groups. We as single parents know of this with our own bad press, which tends to further society's negative viewpoint of us.
It is unfair of the media to stipulate that any minority group gets more than others, when we need to remember most minority groups are often in the greatest of need.
We don't need to be fighting against each other, but finding solutions together and getting heard!
Hi bubblegum
But in all reality... wot jobs? where? I was looking at the front pages of the papers a while ago and apparently all the immigrants have them, that and free TV's and houses and cars.
The media is often so biased against minority groups. We as single parents know of this with our own bad press, which tends to further society's negative viewpoint of us.
It is unfair of the media to stipulate that any minority group gets more than others, when we need to remember most minority groups are often in the greatest of need.
We don't need to be fighting against each other, but finding solutions together and getting heard!
It's very difficult to win against the ignorance that is perpetuated by mainstream media... and unfortunately the views expressed from day to day in papers and on TV are swallowed up by the large majority of people unquestioned. People in power are always using people like immigrants, people on invalidity, people on housing benefit, kids in the streets, all those sort of things, things that they can get people to get worried and scared about and then promise to save them from it all, terrorists are another one they want to save us from.
And on the subject of immigrants, it's the migration of people that makes for interesting mixes of culture and interesting people, stopping the stagnation of culture, and if it wasn't for the migration of people I wouldn't have my two children.
:)
I had quite a debate on one forum as someone claimed that those on income support also had their utility bills and TV licence paid.
By the end of the debate she had a better appreciation of how tough being on benefits can be :D
I'm also curious, and know this is the wrong place to put it really, but as the inflation rate was negative at a certain point this year, will income support rates be reduced?
I'm also curious, and know this is the wrong place to put it really, but as the inflation rate was negative at a certain point this year, will income support rates be reduced?
HI,
I don't know how they calculate it, but even if it was negative for a period, I'm sure the over all yearly trend would be in the positive.. but I don't know.... just guessing : )
it would be very unfair if it was! The main thing that has gone down is the cost of mortgages due to low interest rates, I don't think that will affect many people on income support. The rail fares in our local train company are linked to inflation; I don't see them going down, they have gone up! :x
Our culture of blame.
Thanks Bubblegum :lol:
I agree with you.
I was looking through the petitions website yesterday evening and can see no petition to support a lone-parent staying at home. Personally, I feel the media has a lot to answer here, and only by getting the media on the side of the parent - lone-parent or not - could the situation change.
People are happy to wag that finger our way, unfortunately.