Okay, this is serious.

So, I need help. I don't know what to do, I'm a good girl.

So here it is, help is appriciated. Firstly, whoever doesn't know what EMA is, this is off a site about it:

Quote :

EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) is a scheme providing young people who wish to continue in education after school leaving age with an incentive to earn awards through good attendance and achieving agreed objectives.

Depending on your household’s annual income, you could get £10, £20 or £30 weekly.

So, last year I couldn't get EMA, but since a couple of week back, I have been eligable to get it. So I got all the forms, got everything filled in, got my parents to fill in their bit and everything is fine. But you have to send off these forms for how much was earnt LAST year, so I called the helpline etc, and they said just write a letter and get proof off my dads company about the change. My dad has a letter that I could easly sent off and get EMA, but, heres the problem, he has been offered another month on the wage he had last year, making me not able to get it, but if i sent off this letter from the company before he was offered it, I would still get the moneizz. My dad said yeah, but my mother won't let me <_< She thinks she will be charged or something, i don't know.

So what should i do, get a photocopy of this letter that could get me £20 or £30 a week without my mum knowing, or do nothing?

go 4 it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u need the money 2 go up hanley ;-) plus i doubt you will gt charged, da worse tht will happen, i think, is tht u'll have to pay back what u got in the month when he earned 2 much :-P nd with the letter there will be no reason 4 suspicion :-)

..........hold on this after this month then ur father's wage will make u eligble again right? so u could wait it out, one thing about governments is that they are masters at screwing people over, they might smell u out, but I have to agree with Bo its not like they might care bout 30lbs...............

plz stop calling me 'Bo', the threes are suposed 2 b Z's :-P

ALWAYS take advantage of the system, you will learn it will take advantage of you a lot more, so try to make it happen the other way as much as possible

In other words, claim

Right ok, more questions:

If i were to do this, how do i get the letter and get it photocopied?

Secondly, anyone who has EMA before, do they reply saying everything is fine? I don't want a letter through and my mum asking questions.

........sorry no clue here.........
........BTW sorry Boz didn't realize it got to u.........

Bozzy is right

Hyotoshi wrote:

........sorry no clue here.........
........BTW sorry Boz didn't realize it got to u.........

it it's ok m8, i jst get it all the time on the internet. but one thing tht annoys me more is when people call me 'bozzy'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know haha, Kez told me Sorry bozzy

Heavy Metal Trader wrote:

ALWAYS take advantage of the system

...before the system takes advantage of YOU!

The Doctor wrote:

i know haha, Kez told me Sorry bozzy

We knew that anyway, and she didn't tell me.

Btw, none of you are allowed to tell anyone this. <_<

..........like any I tell is going to believe me............

ash wrote:

Heavy Metal Trader wrote:

ALWAYS take advantage of the system

...before the system takes advantage of YOU!

The system has failed

Or... the system will fail?

just go for it, these people in charge of it are stupid

EMA?

You make me sick!

well it would, if i didnt claim it...

TO THE BREWERY!

you one of Bo33a's friends 03gamedwards?

xD he is indeed '03gmedwards was my login at high school :-P