Starting a small but serious business...

[SamanthaUK]

Guess I could Ebay some things..

It's 340 a year for a bus pass so i'll get that.

Thanks all

 

[Honey08]

We have a 15yr old feed, hay, muck out and water our horses every Sunday so that we get a lazy morning for one day a week. Loads of other people probably would.

 

[SamanthaUK]

Do not mean to sound catty but if you don't have time to do some part time work at a yard what else are you going to fit in? Yards often look for weekend cover and it would give a you a reference for after college and as a lot of other posters have said you can get other part time work, glass collector in a club (as not over 18), shop work etc.

Also you can legally work on a yard as long as you are over 16 otherwise it is age discrimination and against the Equality Act 2010 and illegal (Though they can not take you due to lack of experience).

£700 a year is not much when you break it down and if you use ebay, equestrian clearance and don't go for big brands the stuff you need shouldn't cost a fortune. I did one of the most intensive university courses there is and fit in being bank staff at a care home which fit around me and no experience needed. Where in NYorks are you?

Skipton

 

[Carefreegirl]

Fake ID ! just read you're 15......

 

[SamanthaUK]

Fake ID ! just read you're 15......

hahaha! Yes, should do that for sure!

 

[Umbongo]

I would ask about for part time work near you. When I was 14 I was waitressing 2 evenings in a pub restaurant and babysitting for neighbours a couple of nights a week (woul get about £20 an evening for sitting in their house doing my homework as kids were already asleep). When I was about 15/16 I started working as a groom at a riding school. I worked 7-5pm Saturday and Sunday and got paid national minimum wage.

And find out about bus passes, when I was at college my bus never cost THAT much, as I had a yearly bus pass.

 

[TelH]

How far do you live from college? When I was at college ( a long time ago ) I used to go on my bike, considerably cheaper than bus fares

 

[el_Snowflakes]

I could probably do some odd jobs while i'm now 15. But I can't legally work at a livery yard and get paid till i'm 16.

I just meant u wouldnt be able to do bar work as you would need to be over 18..............Oh I am not employed by livery yard. I just offer my services to the other liveries at the weekends when the yard staff are not working (I would check this was ok with YO first tho) they just give me cash in hand for doing their chores

 

[Dubsie]

Do your parents or grandparents know any older people? I have a friend whose daughter just put word about that she was available to do cleaning shopping gardening etc and she now has a list as long as your arm of old ladies and a few gentlemen whom she 'does' for. I don't know what she'd do if she lost her phone though as she has it all set up on there as to whom she is doing in which spare moment! She collates and delivers correctly 5 lots of shopping at a time! (she borrows her Gran's big trolley bag). She also cooks for 1 gentleman - prepares 2 or 3 meals in one cooking session on a Saturday (she doing GCSE food tec and says that her speed in food prep has greatly improved with the practise) and portions, labels and freezes, them so all he has to do is pop them in the microwave. She charges £7/hour (bearing in mind shopping for 5 takes about an hour but much of that shopping time is chargeable to each of them, she's just added extra customers along the way and collates the list as she goes). Seems she is quite well off now, and really enjoys the work, and her customers think she is great.

 

[kajabe]

Why dont you try to get a bus pass? you can get it if your family is on low income, or you live further than 3 miles away from your college. It allows you to travel for free i think just saying, it might be worth looking into

 

[SamanthaUK]

I'm about 8 miles away from college.

 

[kajabe]

Then you should be eligible then. I think you can get an apply form from your college or your local bus station. This should save you quite a bit of money!!

 

[Miss L Toe]

I agree with others it is better to get a regular job, only business I can think of for you is "Avon" where you can take orders from your fellow pupils, this should pay your bus FARE !
Else do a car share or cycle to college [keeps you fit]
Not to be cynical but most of the girls I know who "go to College" only go three days a week, and complain if it is split as it interrupts their early morning sleep pattern.
When I was at [agricultural] college, I worked on a farm Wed afternoon [supposed to be for sports but we did not have any sport facilities] and Sat and Sunday, I cycled there and back. This paid for clothes and social life.
PS ditch the i-phone.

 

[SamanthaUK]

I really should just buy a Moped/scooter. Haha! :}

 

[MiCsarah]

Dont know whether you have any around you but whn I was at college I used to go and exercise the racehorses of a morning. £5 a ride, if I was lucky would get 2/3 possible 4 rides a morning in dependant on my classes and how many riders they had in. Early mornings but good fun

 

[SamanthaUK]

Dont know whether you have any around you but whn I was at college I used to go and exercise the racehorses of a morning. £5 a ride, if I was lucky would get 2/3 possible 4 rides a morning in dependant on my classes and how many riders they had in. Early mornings but good fun

Well, i'm looking online now but nobody wants to have someone excercise/look after their horses near me.

 

[Miss L Toe]

I really should just buy a Moped/scooter. Haha! :}

Sorry, good for thinking out of the box, but not economic option.

 

[Miss L Toe]

Well, i'm looking online now but nobody wants to have someone excercise/look after their horses near me.

I think you will have to use your own contact list and facebook, its called "networking"!

 

[Miss L Toe]

Then you should be eligible then. I think you can get an apply form from your college or your local bus station. This should save you quite a bit of money!!

Go to your student union rep and to college secretary for advice and more application forms

 

[Ladydragon]

Once you turn 16, your employment opportunities should increase...

Employing a youngster under 16 these days (officially) can be an absolute minefield with health and safety checks, permission from the LEA/educational establishment etc... Many places just don't want the hassle...

My daughter got a Saturday job in a shop a month after turning 16 which meant she was also on the lowest rung for minimum wage protection - it wasn't fab but she got extra days fairly regularly during her school holidays to cover staff holidays, sickness etc... She was able to combine it with a waitressing shift on a Sunday and maintained her A level study during free periods and evenings...

In this area, if you're under 19 and in qualifying full time education, public transport is free to the school or college... The college should also have a hardship fund - youngsters in Wales can still receive EMA if they're eligible which is a big help too... Although 8m is within cycling distance if you wanted to pare any travelling costs down further...

And without needing particularly personal answers - are your parents/guardians in a position to support you in any way with travel/lunch expenses/books etc? As for your riding gear - if you have to go the second hand route until you're in a better financial position then that's what you'll have to do...

Good luck...

 

[dunkley]

Once you turn 16, your employment opportunities should increase...

Employing a youngster under 16 these days (officially) can be an absolute minefield with health and safety checks, permission from the LEA/educational establishment etc... Many places just don't want the hassle...

My daughter got a Saturday job in a shop a month after turning 16 which meant she was also on the lowest rung for minimum wage protection - it wasn't fab but she got extra days fairly regularly during her school holidays to cover staff holidays, sickness etc... She was able to combine it with a waitressing shift on a Sunday and maintained her A level study during free periods and evenings...

In this area, if you're under 19 and in qualifying full time education, public transport is free to the school or college... The college should also have a hardship fund - youngsters in Wales can still receive EMA if they're eligible which is a big help too... Although 8m is within cycling distance if you wanted to pare any travelling costs down further...

And without needing particularly personal answers - are your parents/guardians in a position to support you in any way with travel/lunch expenses/books etc? As for your riding gear - if you have to go the second hand route until you're in a better financial position then that's what you'll have to do...

Good luck...

LD speaks a lot of sense. If your family is on a seriously low income, there will be assistance available to help. Speak to whoever co ordinates your course at college....they will be able to point you in the right directions straightaway. It won't be a new 'problem' for them. Also, I'm sorry if you think I am speaking 'out of turn' but, you are 15years old. You will have parents, (or a guardian of sorts) who has responsibility for you, because, actually, you are still a child, not in a position to support yourself, and in need of adult/family support. There is something called 'Child Benefit' which I was paid, and every parent/guardian is paid, while their charge is in full time education. Perhaps there is a possibility that you could be given this as an allowance, which would teach you to budget, as well? You could then, if needs be, top this up with casual work. At your age, the only real worries you should have are enjoying college, getting your assignments in on time, and cementing your future, not scraping around for the bus fare. That is what parents/guardians are for And parental responsibility isn't magically absolved the day a child turns eighteen.

 

[In The Real World]

Hi Samantha

Have you maybe thought about running a Facebook Photo Show? I no there seems to be alot out there - but they really do seem popular? Find urself a good rosette supplier (this time of yr there always happy to negotiate price as we out of season)

Set a Facebook Photo Show Page up - Catchy Name is required and all u need is paypal to take payments? Have a look around and see what people offer .....some do Horses - some do horses, dogs, cats? Fancy dress Lol U choose the corner of the market with the least competiton and im sure your bus fare will be the last of your worrys xx

Good Luck