EMA/ALG how the hell do you get out of this? :l

[Robbie]

We are allowed three days in the year authorized due to illness. Walk to college?

[Shar]

We are allowed three days in the year authorized due to illness. Walk to college?

Youre lucky, our college never authorises illnesses then I never have money for the train, I need to use my lunch money.

[Aidenn]

Isnt EMA Paid 2 weeks Behind?
so for example if you was absent for today, You wont get payed your ema in 2 weeks time.

[Chippiewill]

Isnt EMA Paid 2 weeks Behind?
so for example if you was absent for today, You wont get payed your ema in 2 weeks time.

That would be the logical solution..

[AgnesIO]

Since nobody else has..

Your ema is supposed to help pay for travel etc, so you clearly aren't using it right if you have to use your mum to get a bus?

[Moh]

Since nobody else has..

Your ema is supposed to help pay for travel etc, so you clearly aren't using it right if you have to use your mum to get a bus?

Guess you didn't read the thread correctly. If one day you miss college, the next week you don't get paid and end up running out of money, having to borrow off my mum. £30 cannot last 2 weeks for both food and travel.

[AgnesIO]

Guess you didn't read the thread correctly. If one day you miss college, the next week you don't get paid and end up running out of money, having to borrow off my mum. £30 cannot last 2 weeks for both food and travel.

You get £30 or £15 a week?

[Samantha]

I find it stupid that EMA is classed as unauthorised when you need to go to the dentist. I have something actually wrong with my teeth that's due to no fault of my own so I would still miss out on the EMA.

In my college if the appointment can be changed then it is not authorised. For example, it is authorised for bereavement, orphodontist and hospital appointments but not dentist or doctors. I'm just about to go to the dentist to have a root taken out, if that had to be in college I find it unfair as it was the first slot she could get me in.

Also, no 30 pound will not last two weeks as you pay weekly for the bus passes and everything. They should take into consideration everyone's stories before issuing the guidelines.

[AgnesIO]

I find it stupid that EMA is classed as unauthorised when you need to go to the dentist. I have something actually wrong with my teeth that's due to no fault of my own so I would still miss out on the EMA.

In my college if the appointment can be changed then it is not authorised. For example, it is authorised for bereavement, orphodontist and hospital appointments but not dentist or doctors. I'm just about to go to the dentist to have a root taken out, if that had to be in college I find it unfair as it was the first slot she could get me in.

Also, no 30 pound will not last two weeks as you pay weekly for the bus passes and everything. They should take into consideration everyone's stories before issuing the guidelines.

If he spent ALL of his money on what he is supposed to spend it on from the start, he would not have been in this problem. I do not believe he uses every single penny weekly on what he is supposed to.

[Moh]

You get £30 or £15 a week?

£30 a week

I find it stupid that EMA is classed as unauthorised when you need to go to the dentist. I have something actually wrong with my teeth that's due to no fault of my own so I would still miss out on the EMA.

In my college if the appointment can be changed then it is not authorised. For example, it is authorised for bereavement, orphodontist and hospital appointments but not dentist or doctors. I'm just about to go to the dentist to have a root taken out, if that had to be in college I find it unfair as it was the first slot she could get me in.

Also, no 30 pound will not last two weeks as you pay weekly for the bus passes and everything. They should take into consideration everyone's stories before issuing the guidelines.

Yeah, and with dentist appointments you book every 6 months. So it's not asif you booked the appointment a couple of days before (unless it's an emergency) and if you do, they're usually booked up so you have to get what you're given.

If he spent ALL of his money on what he is supposed to spend it on from the start, he would not have been in this problem. I do not believe he uses every single penny weekly on what he is supposed to.

I spend £10 on a bus pass per week, so if £30 has to last me for 2 weeks, then that's £20 on travel and then that leaves me with £10 for food for 2 weeks. So that would be £5 a week, £1 a day.

And yeah, I don't spend every penny on what I'm supposed to, but do you really expect me to just stay at home all the time and do nothing?

As opposed to those who are on Job Seekers and usually just because they cba to work get more financial help and can go out a lot more than me, whos in education trying to make something of my life. Yet it's people like you who are pretty much saying you can't enjoy your life whilst in Education