Ema

[LiamKenna]

Hey, just wondering, I am getting EMA at the moment, but I turn 19 in July. IF I started the course when I was 18 will I still get EMA when I start my second year in September?

[Truplaya83]

whats EMA?

[Tobes]

Free money. It's good (Y)

[LiamKenna]

^^ What he said:D Any answers?

[phatmuther]

Bloody lucky kids today. Pfft.

[LiamKenna]

Bloody lucky people with jobs today. Pfft. :D

[phatmuther]

J...J-o.....J-o-B :brow: what's a J-o-B?

[Tobes]

Yeh I get £45.50 a week for saying I am looking for a job lol

[LiamKenna]

haha lucky man:D

[phatmuther]

Yeh I get £45.50 a week for saying I am looking for a job lol

Feck, from who? I take it your not in full time education?

[bingo83]

Yeh I get £45.50 a week for saying I am looking for a job lol

Soon put a stop to that, I work for the DWP ;)

[Tobes]

Feck, from who? I take it your not in full time education?
Im not in any education lol. Job Seekers Allowance.
Soon put a stop to that, I work for the DWP ;)
In all fairness I am looking for one lol. It's not JS people that scare me. It's my parents and them constantly saying they are going to kick me out.

[Sean]

If your still doing your course you still get EMA, I do believe there's a grant which, when 19, allows you between £600-£1500. Well, I was on my A lvl ICT course. I think it's called an ALG.

[WACCOE]

EMA is ----ing bull----.
Some kids in my College get loads from this, all because there parents are lazy ----ers, and so they can't give the money.
My parents don't give me ----ing money, nor do I get EMA.
----ing bull---- system, run by our bull---- Government, in our bull---- Country.

[damien©]

----ing bull---- system, run by our bull---- Government, in our bull---- Country.

You heard of Heathrow Airport, that's the Main Exit out of Here...So see you later.

[Tobes]

EMA is ----ing bull----.
Some kids in my College get loads from this, all because there parents are lazy ----ers, and so they can't give the money.
My parents don't give me ----ing money, nor do I get EMA.
----ing bull---- system, run by our bull---- Government, in our bull---- Country.
It's hilarious when people complain about EMA. Because there always the ones who don't get it.

EMA is a good thing for kids. Means they have no excused to by stuff for college work. Besides if they were not at college they would just be on the dole getting more of your tax money like me. AND I ----ING LOVES IT :D

[Truplaya83]

This must have come in just after i left education. I got free money at uni, but i have to pay it back, and that time is now as im earning enough. (they take a % of wages over a certain amount earned).

Do you have to pay this EMA back?
If not, why not?

[phatmuther]

Ha! Its a crap system since most of the money that gets given out is to scum, and what do you think it gets spent on? Hmm let me think, drugs. Wow, what a great system!

Truplayer, its a completely different thing, what you got and I'm getting is a student load, only available to people at Uni, EMA is basically paying the kids to go to school.

[Truplaya83]

OMG! Paying kids to go to school? Thats insane, if they want to be a waster then let them, but dont pay them for it!

[Sean]

Yes but they have to attend everyday or they don't get the money for that week and if the lecturer thinks the kid hasn't done well enough they sign a document and the kid gets nothing.

When I was in college, if I didn't hand in my assignment on time I'd get no EMA :(

Fair enough the kids are just spending it on drugs and whatnot but if they're going to college and doing what's required to get the qualification then it benifits the rest of county when they're working full-time and have qualified jobs.

[LiamKenna]

What age did you leave college, S1on, if you don't mind me asking.

[Sean]

19. Why?, if you don't mind me asking? :P

[LiamKenna]

Just wondering if you knew if I could still get EMA :D

[phatmuther]

Fair enough the kids are just spending it on drugs and whatnot but if they're going to college and doing what's required to get the qualification then it benifits the rest of county when they're working full-time and have qualified jobs.

Are you ----ing mad? And then I suppose you think its good that the drug dealers are getting their fair share so that they can go on and import better, higher quality drugs into the UK. Yeah, rock ----ing on.

[LiamKenna]

---- this EMA bull----, I am gonig to start looking for a job(Y)

[Tobes]

---- this EMA bull----, I am gonig to start looking for a job(Y)
AHAHAHAHA. BS if your going to turn down free money. You can get EMA even if you have a job.

Are you ----ing mad? And then I suppose you think its good that the drug dealers are getting their fair share so that they can go on and import better, higher quality drugs into the UK. Yeah, rock ----ing on.

Don't worry Phat. I didn't spend it on drugs as such... just Alcohol and games. Also just to add I worked at Woolworths as well :)

[LiamKenna]

Whoa Whoa Whoa, who said anything about turning it down:D Just I dont want to reply on at as my main financial source(Y). As if I would turn now free dosh :)

[WACCOE]

Yep, I know of 3 lads in my class (out of 7 who get EMA) and all of them 3 spend it solely on drugs.
I mean, WTF?
Scrap EMA - make them get a job, and earn money properly, ----ing bollocks, it is.

[LiamKenna]

I think it can sometimes be a bit crap, there are a couple of kids in my class who come in maybe once a week and still get their money, because the teacher likes them, stupid chavish teacher:(

[Dvx Uk]

Is that how you got your 360 back :p

[LiamKenna]

haha, no I scrounged that of Mummy:), anyways not getting it anymore, different story...:D

[phatmuther]

Ooooh, update us in your thread!

[LiamKenna]

haha, Done and Done!

[Daniel 89]

I get EMA and I love it. I get paid £30 every week for just going to school so I can keep buying new games :D

[Truplaya83]

Enjoy it while it lasts you lot that get it, eventually you'll have to pay for other people to have it. At least you got some of it, so when you pay for it, you dont mind as much as me

[Superbean]

Everbody seems to be getting this next year when we return to school.

I cant get it because my parents earn over £30k a year or something like that?

[WACCOE]

Im going to apply for the ----er when I go back.
And argue with my tutor that I don't get a penny off my parents, like the kids who do get it, therefore I should be entitled to is as much as them.
Mehhhh

[damien©]

Im going to apply for the ----er when I go back.
And argue with my tutor that I don't get a penny off my parents, like the kids who do get it, therefore I should be entitled to is as much as them.
Mehhhh

It has nothing to do with the Teacher whether or not you are entitled for it, they just sign it every lesson to say you were in. It's totally based on your Parent's Income and I agree these lads were getting more than me a week at school and I wasn't entitled to nothing, however you can hardly complain if you do work....As you only have to pay NI and don't get Taxed and if you do.

You can claim it all back, I did it when I was working in the Summer Holidays a few years back. I was making a tidy sum :D

[Outlaw]

I get Ema, so thanks Thornbag for calling my Mum a lazy ----er who wont support her kid (Y)

Anyway enough of that ----, Ema IS a good thing, and I know i've probably got a biased opinion as I get it, but the people who don't get it will most probably also have a biased opinion, for example Thornbags opinion of my lazy ----er of a mum.
Theres some 18 year old lad on my college course who has no parents, never asked him why, dont really want to, and his Ema helps him towards keeping his flat, like paying his water bill, TV license whatever. Without Ema he'd be ----ed having only his Job to support which he has told me isn't enough.

[Truplaya83]

Yes there should be money for people like that, no home etc...

But i didnt get paid for going to school, nor did i get money from parents.

School is free, only meals cost anything, and you could bring in packed lunches at my school.

What is the money for? Books - free, no tuition fees, bus pass - free for school kids.

What do most kids use the money on? Computer games, junk food and drugs. This is my problem with it.

[Tobes]

School...

Dont think school kids get this.

[Outlaw]

I'll use my self as an example.
Ill use my Ema to get to and from college, so thats like 2 quid a day.
Breaks , and at Dinner, I will buy obviously food or whatever, about 4 quid a day.
And by the way School kids don't get Ema only people in College or sixth form

[damien©]

Nar this is for College Students under 19...They are also testing another thing call ALG for people under 24 and in College Education.

[Outlaw]

Are you sure its for under 24's, cos theres this dude called Dave on my course and he's like 50 and I'm sure he gets it, may be wrong though.

[LiamKenna]

Naw, it is if you stay in full time education after school, like college and Sixth form and stuff.

[WACCOE]

It has nothing to do with the Teacher whether or not you are entitled for it, they just sign it every lesson to say you were in. It's totally based on your Parent's Income and I agree these lads were getting more than me a week at school and I wasn't entitled to nothing, however you can hardly complain if you do work....As you only have to pay NI and don't get Taxed and if you do.

You can claim it all back, I did it when I was working in the Summer Holidays a few years back. I was making a tidy sum :D

And what's to stop them getting a job aswell?

[JoshD182]

And what's to stop them getting a job aswell?

nothing, other than the fact the probably couldnt keep it, and then they would probably just spend the extra money on more drugs anyway, i ----ing hate chavs.

[Outlaw]

haha lol, so i'm a chav (Y) nice assumption there

[phatmuther]

Outlaw, fantastic if you actually spend the money of college and whatnot, and that your mum isnt "lazy". But you cant tell me that 90% of the people that get this arn't chav's and dont spend it all on drugs. I cant believe the government suply kids with drugs, because thats what they are doing. Its great that it helps people like you, but they should really filter out the kids that are abusing it.

[Outlaw]

I agree with what your saying Phat, only problem is there is no way of determining if someone is going to spend it on drugs, only way to stop that would be to stop Ema all together, but then that woudl affect people who are using it Legit

If there was a way of not giving it to druggies and whatnot then i'd be all for it

[phatmuther]

Well they should stop it then, I got through college fine, my parents arn't rich, I had to pay for the bus everyday, I had to buy supplies and food without any pocket money from the government. As did many other people, we all got through. The druggies? well there in McDonalds working thier way up where they belong (well not really, they belong in prison, but there overcrowded as it is)

[Outlaw]

and thats exactly why you want it stopped because you never had it, if you had of recieved it i bet it would of been a much different story, notice the only people complaining are people who dont get it or never lol

[phatmuther]

And you expect it to be any different? People getting free money are never gonna say stop giving it to me, and people that never got it are always gonna feel that they got along fine without it, why should you get it. Thats how it will always be.

[Scotty Boy]

Same story with me. When I was at Uni, I got sweet FA from the state cause of my Dads earnings. I had to go out and get a part time job to help support myself cause my parents don't believe in giving hand outs when you can support yourself. Of course they did help out by letting me live at home free.

These days I'm still getting sweet FA from the state while others (not meaning anyone on here - just in general) seem happy to scrounge every penny they can. Exactly where is the incentive to get a job when you can "earn" far more by staying on the dole and claiming every benefit and allowance going.

*now pissed off for the rest of the day* :@

[Truplaya83]

Same story with me. When I was at Uni, I got sweet FA from the state cause of my Dads earnings. I had to go out and get a part time job to help support myself cause my parents don't believe in giving hand outs when you can support yourself. Of course they did help out by letting me live at home free.

These days I'm still getting sweet FA from the state while others (not meaning anyone on here - just in general) seem happy to scrounge every penny they can. Exactly where is the incentive to get a job when you can "earn" far more by staying on the dole and claiming every benefit and allowance going.

*now pissed off for the rest of the day* :@

maybe, but at least now you have the knowledge and know how to go and get a job. I got my first job at 15 nearly 16, washing dishes. Worked in kitchen to pay for partying at college. Im glad i did it that way. Teaches you more than hands outs can.

[Scotty Boy]

Worked in kitchen to pay for partying at college. Im glad i did it that way. Teaches you more than hands outs can.

Quoted in agreement (Y)

[WACCOE]

maybe, but at least now you have the knowledge and know how to go and get a job. I got my first job at 15 nearly 16, washing dishes. Worked in kitchen to pay for partying at college. Im glad i did it that way. Teaches you more than hands outs can.

Too right.
Working in kitchens is probably the best working environment there is, though.
Great laugh, and you get taught some valuable life lessons.
Which cannot be taught by watching your bank balance go up £10-£30 a week.

[Sean]

Are you ----ing mad? And then I suppose you think its good that the drug dealers are getting their fair share so that they can go on and import better, higher quality drugs into the UK. Yeah, rock ----ing on.

When I said 'Fair enough' I meant that what the person said about them spending it on drugs was a fair opinion, not that it's fair enough for the person buying the drugs using their EMA. People using the governments money which is their to help them not kill them should be shot anyway.

I worked in a kitchen for two years. It was amazing. I remember once we we're fighting with knives and I accidentally caught my mates finger. Horrible mess :S

[Outlaw]

Exactly where is the incentive to get a job when you can "earn" far more by staying on the dole and claiming every benefit and allowance going.

So your saying the fact I get 30 pound every college week (don't get it in times like Easter, Summer Holidays etc.)
Is gonna making me think, "oh ---- a job which gives me 100 odd quid a week, I'm happy with my £30" Obviously that isn't the case, anyone who does think that, is most probably mentally retarded.
Of course I wanna work, and i have a great incentive to wanna work, so before you ask, no I'm not working, and that's not due to the fact I get Ema as I have applied for jobs.
Tob3z can back that statement up as we both applied for the same job coincidentally (Paintball Marshal)

[WACCOE]

What about your Crimbo bonus for doing sweet FA?
Some lads in my class got over £100.
I nearly spat in there face.

[Outlaw]

No lads in your class got over a hundred, they got A hundred, and i'll admit the crimbo bonus is a stupid idea, I can't understand why we get that tbh

[WACCOE]

They did.
Because one bought a Wii with it.
And got no change.
That's how much he got.

[damien©]

---- this EMA bull----, I am gonig to start looking for a job(Y)

Don't let these people put you off, if you are entitled to get it then get it. Although there is merit in being able to say 50 Years from now that I never received a Handout from the State.

[Scotty Boy]

So your saying the fact I get 30 pound every college week (don't get it in times like Easter, Summer Holidays etc.)
Is gonna making me think, "oh ---- a job which gives me 100 odd quid a week, I'm happy with my £30" Obviously that isn't the case, anyone who does think that, is most probably mentally retarded.
Of course I wanna work, and i have a great incentive to wanna work, so before you ask, no I'm not working, and that's not due to the fact I get Ema as I have applied for jobs.
Tob3z can back that statement up as we both applied for the same job coincidentally (Paintball Marshal)

Apologies, was going slightly off topic and refering to the people that just leech off the state. The people who make a good bloody living from -effectively- stealing tax payers money. It's the people that milk the system that piss me off.

For example, we recently had a new guy at work on a placement through the job centre. Fair enough that's what the job centre do and it can be succesful for both parties involved. Anyway, this was the first job this guy had ever been to, at the ----ing age of 50. Supposedly the jobcentre or whoever had finally threatened to stop his hand outs if he didn't even at least try to get a job. Not bad after 30 odd years of living for ---- all.

It's these people that make a career out of living on hand outs etc that piss me (and hopefully every other tax payer) off, not the people getting support to train at college or uni.

[phatmuther]

Although there is merit in being able to say 50 Years from now that I never received a Handout from the State.
But you got a ---- load from your parents :D

[WACCOE]

I don't get anything extra off my parents anymore.
Excpet Christmas.
Dinner money, bus money, clothes, games, going out etc etc etc all paid for by myself.
Best way imo, learn from a young as age as possible.

[Daniel 89]

What about your Crimbo bonus for doing sweet FA?
Some lads in my class got over £100.
I nearly spat in there face.

Haha. I got the January bonus £100 plus the £30 I didn't spend until after the christmas holidays :D

[just Jam Man]

I <3 outlaws EMA.
I <3 my paper round.
I <3 this thread.

[damien©]

But you got a ---- load from your parents :D

Yea but there is no merit in saying Mummy and Daddy brought me this, and this and this...Lol

Oh well when they pop it I'll get there money so everyone's a winner! I am of course joking, I haven't started paying the Large Life Insurance Fee's.

[Outlaw]

Anyway lol, enough of the arguments, end of the day Ema both owns, and un-owns if there is such a term.
£100 Easter Bonus FT Absolute Win

Oh and Thornbag, if you do sign up for it, you may get back dated from week 1, just make some ---- excuse as to why you've not been able to sign up, so if you've been in every week, theres a possibility of a good £800 there (Y)

[LiamKenna]

When do we get the easter bonus, didn't hear about that!

Edit: Notice how my original question remains unanswered...:D

[Daniel 89]

Theres a easter bonus to???

[Outlaw]

Indeed there is, theres a bonus every full term, and the Easter holidays signal the end of a full term, so yeah theres an Easter Bonus

[Daniel 89]

Cool never knew that :D so I'll have £100 to spend after the holidays :party:

[LiamKenna]

So we get it when we go back, I dont have ---- yet:D