Christmas on Benefits

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:00:00. > :00:13.This programme contains some strong language.

:00:14. > :00:19.It's Phil Taggart on the roo. We'll let the first band of the night.

:00:20. > :00:23.I'm Phil Taggart. I make my living as a DJ on radio 1. But until

:00:24. > :00:28.recently I didn't make any kind of living at all. About four or five

:00:29. > :00:33.years ago I was unemployed, I was on benefits. I used to get the dole. I

:00:34. > :00:37.just finished university so I speds up it the big smoke, Belfast City

:00:38. > :00:41.and couldn't find a job for love nor money. These days one in five young

:00:42. > :00:49.people find themselves unemployed. Those claiming job Jobseeker's

:00:50. > :00:55.Allowance live on about ?56 a week. # Jingle bells... #

:00:56. > :00:58.This time of year, it is pretty tough. Christmas is the moment of

:00:59. > :01:02.the year you dread the most on benefits. That's when everybody is

:01:03. > :01:08.flashing the cash. All your friends and all your family are, you know

:01:09. > :01:13.out buying drinks presents and you are expected to match that.

:01:14. > :01:17.I want young, unemployed people to have a good Christmas and maybe some

:01:18. > :01:21.of the skills people learn living on benefits can help ait about. You

:01:22. > :01:25.have to be as cheeky and resourceful as you possibly can around Christmas

:01:26. > :01:29.time. I'm starting a project, getting a

:01:30. > :01:32.team of unemployed people together and we are going to see if we can

:01:33. > :01:36.organise a Christmas party that we can afford. The motley crew we have

:01:37. > :01:41.together, we've go the five wonderful people, we've go the

:01:42. > :01:47.myself. We've go the Sammie, Shaun... I'd love to have a job. I'd

:01:48. > :01:55.love it. If I Koscielny, I'd work full time, to prove myself, no way

:01:56. > :01:59.-- if I could. It is frustrating I'm here at the

:02:00. > :02:02.job seeker's centre. I want to be out using my degree. Why should

:02:03. > :02:07.people who have full-time jobs be the only ones allowed to party?

:02:08. > :02:14.Of course, we're going to need food but we have to find ways of getting

:02:15. > :02:20.it on the cheap. I think of it as legal shoplifting. We have our swag.

:02:21. > :02:26.?70 worth of products and it costs ?1.34. I don't know how you have

:02:27. > :02:33.done T We'll need culinary geniuses and a venue ?10 each. Is there no

:02:34. > :02:39.way we can go to the owner and go - ?50, that will do us.

:02:40. > :02:46.Presents are a must. A dog toy. She will love T it's from me. I've done

:02:47. > :02:50.something amazing. And, ahem, a world class DJ.

:02:51. > :02:56.Nothing is coming out of the speakers. I'm about to have a

:02:57. > :03:00.full-scale freak-out melt down. But must of all, we need people ready

:03:01. > :03:06.and willing to have fun. How much of a good timed can we have on ?56 a

:03:07. > :03:12.week? It's going to be fun, it's going to be thrifty.

:03:13. > :03:19.# I'm dreaming of a white Christmas #

:03:20. > :03:25.Bristol is the largest city in the South West of England land. It's got

:03:26. > :03:29.a young population and a massive creative streak. I'm feeling this

:03:30. > :03:32.place is the right fit for my party planning expedition. Tonight the

:03:33. > :03:36.city's Christmas lights are switching on. The people are on the

:03:37. > :03:41.streets, feeling festive and spending money.

:03:42. > :03:45.At this time of year, everyone wants to be at the party and I'm no

:03:46. > :03:50.different. So I'm going to be at the first one of the season.

:03:51. > :03:55.# A little party never killed nobody # We don't dance until we drop,

:03:56. > :04:00.drop... # Oh my God. I haven't been to a

:04:01. > :04:03.switching on of a lights since I was about 11. This is probably one of

:04:04. > :04:09.the biggest free parties of the whole year. And it's like - it's

:04:10. > :04:13.mainly for kids, though, snted it? I'm attempting to organise a

:04:14. > :04:17.Christmas party. We'll need a venue, we'll need food, presents and

:04:18. > :04:21.people. But we've got no money. The team I'm getting together need to be

:04:22. > :04:32.resourceful and thrifty. I'll handle the music. They can handle the rest.

:04:33. > :04:37.Ladies and gentlemen, Suzanne Shaw. Suzanne Shaw from Emmerdale and

:04:38. > :04:42.Hear'say. Are you looking forward to Christmas. 3, 2, 1... Oh my

:04:43. > :04:46.goodness. # I wish it could be Christmas every

:04:47. > :04:50.day... # I reckon we could do that, on a

:04:51. > :04:58.budget, for our Christmas partied. It's going to be epic.

:04:59. > :05:08.# Let the bells # Ring out

:05:09. > :05:13.# For Christmas benefits party... # Can we get away from the speakers

:05:14. > :05:19.now? I'm deaf. We've set a date for our party.

:05:20. > :05:22.Sunday 1st December. To keep costs down, we're going to have to do a

:05:23. > :05:29.lot of the work for the party ourselves. In the UK, there are over

:05:30. > :05:35.300,000 young people claiming job jobseeker's allowance, so we've got

:05:36. > :05:38.a massive pool to pick from. My first volunteers are Sammie and

:05:39. > :05:41.Shaun, who we bumped into at a community centre, where we're

:05:42. > :05:44.studying to improve their qualifications.

:05:45. > :05:49.Sammie was learning to be a mechanic but had to give up when she turned

:05:50. > :05:54.20. The rules about how much you can study while claiming benefits are

:05:55. > :05:59.pretty strict. I could have carried on and finished my course for the

:06:00. > :06:02.rest of the time but I would have been left with no money. It was hard

:06:03. > :06:06.it choose. I wanted to finish it. It was something I always wanted to do.

:06:07. > :06:10.So in summer this year, Sammie started signing on. Her boyfriend

:06:11. > :06:13.Shaun, knows exactly what that is like. He hasn't had a job since

:06:14. > :06:18.leaving school three-and-a-half years ago. It's estimated that there

:06:19. > :06:23.are as many has 640,000 young people who've never worked.

:06:24. > :06:29.It just makes you feel like you're worthless. You apply for job after

:06:30. > :06:34.job and you ain't got nowhere. But obviously one day I will get a job

:06:35. > :06:38.but there ain't no point giving up. Shaun reckons he has applied for a

:06:39. > :06:43.couple of jobs a day over the past two years. I reckon that's the sort

:06:44. > :06:47.of commitment we need at this party. You two are kind of inseparable,

:06:48. > :06:52.though, really, aren't you? We've been told we are an old married

:06:53. > :06:56.couple. A few times. They have been a couple for 18 months. I know

:06:57. > :07:00.because Shaun has the date tattooed on the back of his neck. It looks

:07:01. > :07:04.really sore. If you don't get married your next

:07:05. > :07:08.girlfriend will hate you. Does it make it easier being on a couple

:07:09. > :07:12.when you are on benefits? He gets paid one week, I get paid the week

:07:13. > :07:17.after. We share our money. It lasts us. That's how we do it. If we had

:07:18. > :07:22.to do it by ourselves we'd be skint for a whole week. Sammie adores

:07:23. > :07:26.Christmas but hasn't been looking forward to it this year since

:07:27. > :07:31.signing on. It is horrible. You have to buy 12 people different presents.

:07:32. > :07:36.Have you got a big family Five centres, three brothers. What will

:07:37. > :07:42.happen? Well my sister has children My nan is the same. 4 owe clock

:07:43. > :07:47.Christmas day. She will be cooking. Do you ever consider pitching in on

:07:48. > :07:53.the cooking? I would love to. Every time I say to this people, my mum

:07:54. > :07:59.says I'm the only person she knows o who can burn corn flakes. There is

:08:00. > :08:03.no chance she would give me a chance. Christmas day is the main

:08:04. > :08:08.event. There is no way. From chatting to them, you can see there

:08:09. > :08:11.is an inate frustration from Shaun and Sammie. He needs that one

:08:12. > :08:16.employer to get hold of him to he can get a job and showcase what he

:08:17. > :08:20.is about. We need to take a chance on them. Not many people have in the

:08:21. > :08:25.past. I think together they would be an absolutely formidable duo.

:08:26. > :08:29.I want to give Sammie and and Shaun and opportunity to prove themselves.

:08:30. > :08:36.So, I'm going to put them in charge of party food - even if Sammie's mum

:08:37. > :08:42.did say she can burn Cornflakes. My next team member is Don. He seems

:08:43. > :08:50.ridiculously cool. Number one,'s Goth. I can't wait to rate his

:08:51. > :08:56.gothness and see how much of a Dark Prince or Dark Lord he is. He is

:08:57. > :09:02.only 23, so only a couple of years younger man me. Hello, Don's mum.

:09:03. > :09:06.Can I come in? He lives with his mum. They worked together with the

:09:07. > :09:11.local chippie. 18 months ago it changed hands. Since then they have

:09:12. > :09:14.been finding it difficult to find work. Over 100,000 young people in

:09:15. > :09:20.the UK have been on the dole for over six months. The first thing I

:09:21. > :09:28.do when I come into somebody's room. I'm intrusive and nosey. I go toords

:09:29. > :09:32.your CD collection. They were in alphabetical order. You are a man of

:09:33. > :09:39.taste, the Cradle Of Filth and Foo Fighters. Korn. Hilary Duff. Oh,

:09:40. > :09:42.come on? I listen to that. Everyone has to have one sin. I will give you

:09:43. > :09:47.that. I don't want to be too hard. If you were to get a pay cheque now

:09:48. > :09:51.from your first job, your first month's wages, what is the first

:09:52. > :09:55.thing you would go out and buy? Really probably sort out - help my

:09:56. > :09:59.mum out first. That means you are a good family man. It's the way I've

:10:00. > :10:02.been brought up to be. My mum has been looking after me and I'm trying

:10:03. > :10:07.to do my best to look after her. Tell me about Christmas at home? In

:10:08. > :10:13.essence Christmas is not - it's just any normal day for us. Really never

:10:14. > :10:17.had a lot of money to allow me to do anything special. Does that annoy

:10:18. > :10:21.you? It does annoy me because I like to, like, you know get my mum a

:10:22. > :10:24.little something for Christmas, just a piece of jewellery or something

:10:25. > :10:28.like that and for my brother as well but at the end of the day, if you

:10:29. > :10:39.haven't got it, you haven't got it, so...

:10:40. > :10:44.# Santa only brought me the blues... #

:10:45. > :10:47.Don is a complete legend. He is ridiculously positive. He has this

:10:48. > :10:50.very, very bright outlook on life, which is fantastic. Nothing is going

:10:51. > :10:55.to knock him back. Don's family are struggling to pay

:10:56. > :10:58.the bills, so it's perfectly understandable he is panicking about

:10:59. > :11:08.the Christmas presents. # Here comes Santa Claus... #

:11:09. > :11:14.Mismum loves jewellery but sadly had to sell some of hers to make ends

:11:15. > :11:21.meet after losing her job, so he wants to bring the bling back to his

:11:22. > :11:25.mamma. He has the job of being head of our Christmas presents. I want

:11:26. > :11:30.him to be resourceful to get his mum a good gift. Shaun, Sammie and Don

:11:31. > :11:35.are a good support. They'll need logistical support. I was looking at

:11:36. > :11:41.a CV website and discovered my next volunteer, Martin, a recent graduate

:11:42. > :11:46.from university. He is hoping not to become one of the almost one in ten

:11:47. > :11:49.who is still unemployed six months after leaving university. Now he is

:11:50. > :11:54.back in the homestead outside Bristol, in the bustling metropolis

:11:55. > :11:59.that is Alveston. So we are in your hood right now. It is lifeline,

:12:00. > :12:02.really, isn't it? # Have yourself a merry little

:12:03. > :12:07.Christmas... # There is not a whole lot to do.

:12:08. > :12:12.This, where we are going now is the central bit of salveston with the

:12:13. > :12:17.rank of jobs and up there there is a What's On board. Shant Facebook.

:12:18. > :12:21.Yes. Let's go check it. Normally a couple of things. The other week

:12:22. > :12:25.there was a cheese and whiny thing. I think it is perhaps for somebody

:12:26. > :12:30.older than me. It sounds good. You could meet some desperate

:12:31. > :12:36.housewives. I quote verbatim "There is lots

:12:37. > :12:39.going on here... ." It is old. You have Litter Busters, although

:12:40. > :12:46.probably good for the community, you know, is not the riveting evening

:12:47. > :12:50.you might want to spend out and B the youth centre is really for the

:12:51. > :12:54.scouts and stuff. If I started going to the Beavers and Cubs it might be

:12:55. > :13:00.frowned upon a little bit. There is not a whole lot to do. I reckon we

:13:01. > :13:04.need to utilise big Martin's skills. We can't let that physics degree of

:13:05. > :13:09.his go to waste, he could be an asset to our party. I'm the layman,

:13:10. > :13:13.when you say nuclear I automatically think Mr Burns. Maybe, who knows, I

:13:14. > :13:18.could be in charge of a power mravenlt I have applied to a couple

:13:19. > :13:24.of places which seems to have links to a new generation of reactor. I

:13:25. > :13:30.would love to see that, down the job centre - what jobs ark looking to

:13:31. > :13:35.apply for? Well, I'd like to work in a nuclear power plant. Being stuck

:13:36. > :13:40.in Alveston, snted Martin's only problem. He is also back home with

:13:41. > :13:44.mum and dad. Your journey is considering to mine. I'm thinking

:13:45. > :13:49.you are probably quite bored at home I'm 24, I feel fairly grown up. I've

:13:50. > :13:52.lived five years independently and then coming home and there are rules

:13:53. > :13:56.being set by other people. There have been a couple of clashes the

:13:57. > :14:00.fist couple of weeks I have back. When was the last time your mum

:14:01. > :14:07.asked you to tudy your room Constantly. It is a little bit

:14:08. > :14:11.difficult. - tidy. If my mum gets too bothered she will tidy it, it is

:14:12. > :14:16.infuriating. I know where the stuff was, in a pail on the floor at the

:14:17. > :14:20.end of my bed. Now I have no idea where it is. We really need to get

:14:21. > :14:24.Martin out of the house. He is going to be tasked with getting us our

:14:25. > :14:30.awesome party venue. So, there you go, that's my team. We need a venue,

:14:31. > :14:35.we need presents and we need food. And we're going to have to use all

:14:36. > :14:40.the bargain-seeking brain power we've acquired on benefits. Fist up,

:14:41. > :14:57.we've got food. I've heard about a community of foragers who could help

:14:58. > :15:06.us get vegetables completely free. Gleaning is - I think Wikipedia

:15:07. > :15:13.said, it Saud in brook beside it "also known as scrounging." Sammie,

:15:14. > :15:18.Shaun and I are going gleaning. Apparently we can get food for our

:15:19. > :15:23.party utterly free. Pumpkins and that you are must ugh liar cousins

:15:24. > :15:31.the squash don't exactly scream party do they? However we've learned

:15:32. > :15:36.of a farm with a few thousand going spare after Hallowe'en. Who saw that

:15:37. > :15:40.will coming? Morning. Morning. How does it feel being up this early on

:15:41. > :15:45.a Saturday morning. Have you ever been picking crops or anything on a

:15:46. > :15:51.farm? No. What are you guys expecting from the farm? Loads of

:15:52. > :16:04.sheet. Loads of veg. The farmers. Do we have to full veg out of sheet.

:16:05. > :16:07.Why would somebody poo on a pumpkin? Can The Bristol group is led by

:16:08. > :16:19.Maddy Longhurst. Gleaning goes a long way back from

:16:20. > :16:22.history. It is where the society would come and take for themselves

:16:23. > :16:27.what is left over. In modern terms, what it means as you can see,

:16:28. > :16:32.thousands and thousands of tonnes of edible fruit and veg go to waste

:16:33. > :16:35.every year. This contains tasty pumpkins and squashes left behind

:16:36. > :16:40.after a buyer cancelled an order. Also, the workers who were

:16:41. > :16:44.harvesting stopped for the season after their work permits ran out.

:16:45. > :16:48.It's estimated up to 30% of crops grown in the UK are wasted for

:16:49. > :16:53.similar reasons. What would happen to these pumpkins if you guys didn't

:16:54. > :16:57.sort of take them and use them and distribute them the way you do

:16:58. > :17:03.through your network? Mostly, it's just left to rot in the field. Time

:17:04. > :17:13.to get some free food. When was the last time you put wellies on? Never.

:17:14. > :17:23.This is going to be fun. Has anybody got any fairy liquid?

:17:24. > :17:39.# R is for the rain dear perhapsing by the window pane

:17:40. > :17:45.# I is for the icing on the cake as sweet as sugar Kane

:17:46. > :17:52.# S is for the stocking on the chimney wall

:17:53. > :17:55.# T is for the toys beneath the tree so tall

:17:56. > :18:01.# M is for the mistletoe where everyone is kissed

:18:02. > :18:04.# A is for the angels... # I'm getting impressed. They are

:18:05. > :18:09.getting stuck N for two people who haven't been to a farm before, never

:18:10. > :18:15.mind tasted pumpkins. They are going for it. If they kind of go in with

:18:16. > :18:19.the same zeal that they have done for this today. I reckon this dinner

:18:20. > :18:23.for benefits is going to be really good. This is what you don't get in

:18:24. > :18:26.the supermarket. Looks like Sammie and Shaun have more in common with

:18:27. > :18:33.their fellow gleaners than they thought. I'm aville tier. I'm also a

:18:34. > :18:39.job seeker. I'm on JSA. I'm in the same situation, you know. I'm here

:18:40. > :18:43.because I have the time. With, thank you for all the veg. You are very

:18:44. > :18:49.welcome. Thank you so much for being here and helping us.

:18:50. > :18:55.# Be good inane he'll bring you everything in your Christmas

:18:56. > :19:00.alphabet #. What has been the overwhelming thing

:19:01. > :19:08.for you? I can't believe how much pumpkins there were, thousands being

:19:09. > :19:12.left to rot. This produced 1 # 1,500 tonnes of pumpkins and squashes.

:19:13. > :19:17.Most will be given to people struggling to pay for their own

:19:18. > :19:25.food. A few of them will be coming to our party? We'll have pumpkin

:19:26. > :19:33.soup and chips and for dessert we'll have pumpkin pie.

:19:34. > :19:38.So, as long as everyone at our party has a taste for pumpkin, we'll be

:19:39. > :19:42.fine. But we still need a venue. I've heard about an event in Wales

:19:43. > :19:46.which might give us some inspiration. Luckily, Martin, my

:19:47. > :19:52.head of entertainment, has his own wheels.

:19:53. > :19:55.He bought the car at mates' it's rates off his broemplt it's the

:19:56. > :20:02.perfect opportunity for a party research trip.

:20:03. > :20:07.We are going to a day-time disco. -- off his brother. It is really for

:20:08. > :20:11.people who can't afford to go out at the night-time. So they've put on a

:20:12. > :20:17.cheaper, subsidised club. Sounds like good fun. You are driving in

:20:18. > :20:19.Cardiff for a rave on a Monday. That's commitment to the cause. --

:20:20. > :20:32.driving to Cardiff. Cardiff un Unemployed Daytime disco

:20:33. > :20:38.has been going for three years and in its heyday had celebrity DJs.

:20:39. > :20:43.When we arrived - well it's not exact exactly Skrillex DJing on a

:20:44. > :20:48.yacht in Ibiza, is it, now? This is not what I expected at all.

:20:49. > :20:54.I don't know what I was expecting, but it deaf fitly wasn't like this.

:20:55. > :20:58.I think you can near Dub Reggae reverberate for about a radius of 14

:20:59. > :21:04.miles from here. It's pretty loud. Yeah, I kind of - it was described

:21:05. > :21:10.to me. I assumed it was going to be a nightclub unused in the day, as

:21:11. > :21:16.owe supposed to a derelict club. You are giving it gravitas. It is a

:21:17. > :21:20.derelict pub car park. Brom web Davies is the brains behind

:21:21. > :21:25.the party. How did it get started? We had time on our hands. We didn't

:21:26. > :21:29.have money it go out and enjoy ourselves. We thought of organising

:21:30. > :21:34.something where people could go with no money and be creative and get

:21:35. > :21:38.from 40 people up to about 100 people of all ages, affected by

:21:39. > :21:44.unemployment. So how do you go about organising something like this? You

:21:45. > :21:49.just find a venue and then just put it on Facebook or put posters up

:21:50. > :21:53.inviting people along Like a lot of our performers are people who came a

:21:54. > :21:58.long and asked if they could perform. So, just make it really

:21:59. > :22:04.open to everybody and it'll just grow by itself. I don't really feel

:22:05. > :22:11.Martin is getting into the spirit of things. It's certainly different. I

:22:12. > :22:16.feel a bit uncomfortable here, to be honest.

:22:17. > :22:23.It's not - I don't think it's me. Right, I have a dream. Here it is.

:22:24. > :22:28.Do something similar in essence to this, but pull it off in a very

:22:29. > :22:32.different way? I think the idea of something nice for unemployed

:22:33. > :22:35.people, yeah, is a good idea, something to do during the day,

:22:36. > :22:40.venues are available and not being used. I think that would be a good

:22:41. > :22:46.idea. Martin is keen on the idea, as long as we get a venue that isn't a

:22:47. > :22:52.derelict pub. Good luck with that Marty. My party crew are beginning

:22:53. > :22:57.to get mobilised but Christmas isn't all that's on their minds. Don, my

:22:58. > :23:03.head of present research has become a little preoccupied. Like all job

:23:04. > :23:08.seekers, he has to apply for a certain number of jobs a we can or

:23:09. > :23:14.his benefits don't get paid I have just been to a job interview in that

:23:15. > :23:21.building just over there. So far, it went really W I've to go back

:23:22. > :23:26.tomorrow for an induction, see how I do and they'll tell me there and

:23:27. > :23:30.then whether you've got the job. Do you think you have got it? I reckon

:23:31. > :23:34.I have. In the last 18 months, Don reckons he has applied for over 110

:23:35. > :23:41.jobs and had seven interviews, none of which have led to permanent work.

:23:42. > :23:47.Had the induction. Um, I reckoned it went really well. Unfortunately I

:23:48. > :23:50.did not get the job at all. I was really gutted because with Christmas

:23:51. > :23:54.coming up and all that, it would have been a really good place to

:23:55. > :23:58.start. The next step is keep trying, keep looking for jobs and hopefully

:23:59. > :24:12.one should come just before Christmas. Um, that's it.

:24:13. > :24:18.Don had been hoping to buy his mum a piece of jewellery for Christmas.

:24:19. > :24:19.I want to introduce him to someone who might be able to find something

:24:20. > :24:40.to suit his non-existent budget. Nadia Medani makes jewellery out of

:24:41. > :24:45.junk. Don has loads of it. It's called Upcycling. I want to know

:24:46. > :24:49.more about it. What is it? Recycling but upcycling is taking it, not

:24:50. > :24:53.turning it back into a raw material but turning that thing into

:24:54. > :24:56.something different or better. Your job must be the best in the world

:24:57. > :25:00.when it comes to Christmas. When you have to give out presents, you can

:25:01. > :25:05.find something rummaging around the house and go - here you go, mum,

:25:06. > :25:08.dad, centre sister, boyfriend, whoever. It is brillia. I try to

:25:09. > :25:12.make different things every year. When I was on the dole I spent

:25:13. > :25:16.forever making personalised mix tapes for lot of different people.

:25:17. > :25:20.You know when you give it to them on Christmas day, they appreciate it

:25:21. > :25:24.more. Yeah, and they know you have really thought about it and you have

:25:25. > :25:30.put a bit of yourself into making a gift that you think someone will

:25:31. > :25:36.enjoy. Nadia could be the woman to help Don make some festive jewellery

:25:37. > :25:40.with his mum. If we pair Don with you, this could be a marriage made

:25:41. > :25:44.in heaven. Hopefully we can find lots and bits of people and use them

:25:45. > :25:48.in a different wakes maybe transform them or maybe something different.

:25:49. > :25:54.We want to make a really great gift but hopefully keep the budget low

:25:55. > :25:59.and use what we can find. Nice to meet you you,ed intoia. If I can

:26:00. > :26:04.introduce Don to Nadia, I reckon we'll be steering him on the right

:26:05. > :26:09.track. -- nice to meet you, Nadia. But first we need to sort out the

:26:10. > :26:16.food. Sammie and Shaun are on their way to cooking lessons. We got the

:26:17. > :26:22.pumpkins, now all we need to do is to turn them into a big, festive

:26:23. > :26:25.feast. This is the Foodcycle Kitchen. They are a charity which

:26:26. > :26:31.makes use of waste food and teaches job seekers how to cook. They are

:26:32. > :26:37.learning to cook from scratch. Is this your first time in a kitchen,

:26:38. > :26:44.kitchen? Yes Do you cook at home? No. ! I feel pumpkins may not be the

:26:45. > :26:48.easiest place to start. Straight down there. There you go, point

:26:49. > :26:57.down. Maybe start at the end closer to you. Watch your thumb there. Use

:26:58. > :27:07.that hand to hold it firmly. Fucking hell.

:27:08. > :27:24.Hard, isn't it? Oh, shit. There you go. Fucking hell - sorry.

:27:25. > :27:29.Oh, fuck. You need a chainsaw to cut three one of these bad boys. I don't

:27:30. > :27:33.like this. People think cooking is relaxing and that, it is not,

:27:34. > :27:40.really? Once the pumpkins are cut, they add, oil, herbs and seasoning.

:27:41. > :27:44.Gentleman probably done better than I thought. And me, I thought I was

:27:45. > :27:52.going to screw the cutting up and everything. It was good fun. Yeah.

:27:53. > :27:57.Later I will go home and say - Mas, look how I learned how to put these.

:27:58. > :28:06.-- ma. No wonder she likes it so much. !

:28:07. > :28:09.What do you think? I suppose so. I don't think Sammie is keen on

:28:10. > :28:15.tasting the fruit of her labours. I'll try this one.

:28:16. > :28:23.Urgh. Now it's boyfriend Shaun's turn.

:28:24. > :28:30.Thankfully nobody else agrees. I think you do a very good job. I

:28:31. > :28:36.would eat the full plate. Would you? I'm sure your families would eat it

:28:37. > :28:43.too. Snool dig in. We're started on the food and nobody has lopped off a

:28:44. > :28:46.limb or died of food poisoning. # Silent night

:28:47. > :28:54.# Holy night... # Dom, we need a venue.

:28:55. > :28:58.# Get this party started on a Saturday night

:28:59. > :29:03.# Everybody's waiting for me to arrive ... #

:29:04. > :29:09.Martin has got three venues to visit - option one is a converted barge

:29:10. > :29:15.serving cider. Hi Martin. Rory. Nice to meet you. It's a bit of a local

:29:16. > :29:21.Ince but doesn't usually accommodate DJs. It seems to have a lot of space

:29:22. > :29:25.T seems to fill our needs. I could see evidence of a PA system. It

:29:26. > :29:29.looks quite sort of interesting, a little bit different to the normal

:29:30. > :29:37.places I have been. At ?50, it is cheap but it has no heating and this

:29:38. > :29:44.is December. Option 2 - koesies is a wine cellar

:29:45. > :29:49.in central Bristol, a cafe in daytime and a club at night. --

:29:50. > :29:56.Cosies. Can I have a look around? It has its

:29:57. > :30:01.own sound system and costs ?150. But the venue is going to need to be

:30:02. > :30:06.decorated. Sammie and Shaun are heading to the charity shops to find

:30:07. > :30:09.some bargains. Well, obviously to get things as cheap as we can.

:30:10. > :30:15.Obviously we don't want to waste loads of money. Authorities spend

:30:16. > :30:20.?13,000 decorating the House of Commons this year but my team are

:30:21. > :30:28.thrift Lords spending as little as possible. ?2.99.

:30:29. > :30:31.?2. All right then, thank you. Altogether, ?6. OK. All right then,

:30:32. > :30:48.darling. That's good, isn't it? A A nice tree. Do you reckon it'll

:30:49. > :30:52.be nice for the party? Probably. Way out of our price range. While they

:30:53. > :30:56.were around the corner a better-value option magically

:30:57. > :31:02.appeared Just got a new tree put up. Bigger than the last one that. The

:31:03. > :31:05.last one was ?25. How much is this? ?8. That's cheap I might pick it up

:31:06. > :31:30.and take it to the desk. You can't move it. It's lost a leg.

:31:31. > :31:38.Sorry. LAUGHTER Sorry, my tree is stupid. Sorry. Hi.

:31:39. > :31:46.LAUGHTER Did you want everything in it? Yeah.

:31:47. > :31:51.?2 and then that will make it nicely up to ?10. Go on, then, please. All

:31:52. > :31:56.right, thank you. That's really good. Bargain.

:31:57. > :32:01.# Peculiar tin's found a firm

:32:02. > :32:06.favourite. Option three - an awesome venue made up of three

:32:07. > :32:12.interconnecting Yurts. A Yurt you say? Yes, it is a time of

:32:13. > :32:17.Mongolian tent. The one in Bristol comes with its own coffee machine.

:32:18. > :32:21.Martin wants to show us around. Talk us through the financials of

:32:22. > :32:25.this? The place we are in now actually the more expensive option.

:32:26. > :32:30.There is actually no fee to hire the loom but there is a minimum spend.

:32:31. > :32:35.So really that is the fee. Of The Yurt is free to hire but they'd

:32:36. > :32:40.expect us to spend ?350 at the bar - right. If that's not met, whoever is

:32:41. > :32:44.organising the party, ie me, would have to cover the rest of that cost.

:32:45. > :32:49.I mean that is a bit of a risk. I genuinely like this place. I think

:32:50. > :32:54.this could work for our party. But the ?350 price to meet seems like

:32:55. > :32:58.really, really steep. I think, you know, we were looking to have about

:32:59. > :33:02.30 people coming to this party, which obviously then if you break

:33:03. > :33:06.that down, it is only ?10 everybody has to spend each. It doesn't seem

:33:07. > :33:11.wildly expensive to me. I generally think some people might find it

:33:12. > :33:14.difficult to spend than amount of money and because we are putting a

:33:15. > :33:18.party on for people who are unemployed we need to keep the costs

:33:19. > :33:23.down as much as we possibly can. I'm trying to figure out, is there no

:33:24. > :33:31.way, like we can go to the owner and try to haggle down. Go in with a

:33:32. > :33:38.hand shake - spit in your hand, ?50 and that'll do us. Sadly, ?350 is

:33:39. > :33:43.the best option the Yurt can make. Option two, the cellar was ?150.

:33:44. > :33:48.Good value but ?1700 more than option one - the boat. If we could

:33:49. > :33:55.get like heating for the boat, what do you think? That would be the

:33:56. > :34:02.bested have -- but ?100 more. If you could imagine that, source

:34:03. > :34:11.the heat, I think we'd have a lot of fun. Big Marte's physics degree is

:34:12. > :34:13.coming in handy. He has a sophisticated solution to the

:34:14. > :34:17.heating problem. Hats and gloves for everybody.

:34:18. > :34:27.Going somewhere nice? Trying to keep a lot of people warm.

:34:28. > :34:31.That's it, venue sorted. The The charities -- charity shops have done

:34:32. > :34:36.us proud. Martin, Sammie and Shaun are making really good progress. I

:34:37. > :34:39.want to get Don started on his jewellery project but he has called

:34:40. > :34:44.to say he has more important things on his mind. I'm going to find out

:34:45. > :34:49.what could possiblier more important than Christmas presents. What is up,

:34:50. > :34:54.whoosh is going on? Basically, we've had a problem with the council.

:34:55. > :34:57.According to them my mum hasn't been paying rent, which she says. So

:34:58. > :35:04.something has gone wrong. What does that mean? ? It means, basically

:35:05. > :35:10.that if we don't find a certain amount at a certain time we're going

:35:11. > :35:14.to have to leave the premises but they have given us like a month. Are

:35:15. > :35:18.you serious? Dead serious. Oh, pal, this is really annoying when things

:35:19. > :35:22.like this happen, isn't it? Don's family are all on benefits and just

:35:23. > :35:27.don't have the money to pay the bill. The worst part is, I've put

:35:28. > :35:31.all the money I have into this house to make sure it doesn't happen. So

:35:32. > :35:37.it's done my head right in. I can shout and scream until the

:35:38. > :35:42.cows come home but the bottom line is, it's not going to help. Don's

:35:43. > :35:47.family's precarious situation has made Christmas seem - a bit

:35:48. > :35:52.insignificant, really. I can't really fathom what it must feel like

:35:53. > :35:56.to, you know, lose your house. I just want to cry and give him a big

:35:57. > :36:02.hug. All I want to do is give Don and his mum a big hug and go - look,

:36:03. > :36:05.it's all going to be OK. But, I don't know whether that's true or

:36:06. > :36:15.not. # It's Christmas so we'll starve

:36:16. > :36:18.wine on our breath... # I'm keeping my fingers crossed for

:36:19. > :36:27.Don but the party is really, really close and we need to keep on moving.

:36:28. > :36:34.With you of we've go the is a load of pumpkins and squashes for our

:36:35. > :36:37.party. Not enconvinced that will sustain a boat of cold, hungry

:36:38. > :36:42.people, but we have no muvenlt I've heard about a teenager in Essex who

:36:43. > :36:47.has thrifty supermarket stop shopping down to a fine art. He is

:36:48. > :36:53.the hero we need to get us some party treats.

:36:54. > :36:58.Couponing is finding a load of discounted coupons and taking them

:36:59. > :37:03.into the supermarket and getting ?20 or ?30 off your shopping every week.

:37:04. > :37:07.You sound like the most thrifty 16-year-old boy I have ever met.

:37:08. > :37:12.Tell us about how the coupon has impacted your life? A massive change

:37:13. > :37:16.to my life. I've saved nearly ?2,000 in the year I have been doing it and

:37:17. > :37:20.that's given me like two holidays which we couldn't have afforded

:37:21. > :37:26.otherwise. With the recession, times are tough. Any way you can save, I

:37:27. > :37:29.try to. What the got you into it, initially? I have been doing it for

:37:30. > :37:35.over a year. It stwarted because of my dad leaving us. So we were short

:37:36. > :37:39.on money, and it wasn't from like a two-wage budget to a one-wage budge

:37:40. > :37:43.eted. It was hard for us at that time. -- budget.

:37:44. > :37:47.We needed to find some way to get ourselves out and treat ourselves to

:37:48. > :37:51.things we used to be able to treat ourselves to before. Are you going

:37:52. > :37:56.to coupon your mum's Christmas gift? I am. Last year I went about ?5 on

:37:57. > :38:03.all the presents. I'm aiming to get under that this year.

:38:04. > :38:07.Jordon keeps careful track of supermarket special offers and

:38:08. > :38:12.combines the best of those with coupons to make the most significant

:38:13. > :38:16.savings. So where do they come from? Where do you get them? Some are

:38:17. > :38:21.online. You go on to a website and print them off. These ones year - I

:38:22. > :38:27.have three, I was in the supermarket the other day and I found these on

:38:28. > :38:32.the floor - these two screwed up on in a bull on the floor. Hold on, you

:38:33. > :38:40.Tooley go about searching for old receipts. -- you actually. Yes, it's

:38:41. > :38:46.called woman Bank of England. -- wombling.

:38:47. > :38:52.Yes. It says, ?2.50 off your next shop. You pick up ?2.50 off the

:38:53. > :38:58.floor, why not this? You, my friend are a Godsend to this party. Please

:38:59. > :39:03.tell me you are coming? Yeah, I'd love to come.

:39:04. > :39:09.# All day long we will be wombling in the snow

:39:10. > :39:14.# We wish you a Wombling merry Christmas." What have you goted?

:39:15. > :39:24.There is one here, someone withdrew money #23r their bank account. That

:39:25. > :39:28.was on the bottom, 50p off. And that is valid next week, ?5 off your next

:39:29. > :39:34.shop. None of the major supermarkets would let us film inside. They said

:39:35. > :39:40.they were "too busy" on a Sunday. Maybe they don't like extreme

:39:41. > :39:46.couponers. I got ?48 worth of items for ?2.32. That's insane. Bump me.

:39:47. > :39:52.We are not beat yet. In order to get the most out of couponing, you need

:39:53. > :39:55.to visit different shops. So we're hitting up another supermarket. That

:39:56. > :39:59.was pretty impressive. We have got our swag. We have got our food for

:40:00. > :40:03.the party. I'm happy. I don't know how you have done T It wasn't my

:40:04. > :40:09.best saving. I got it for 2p. I didn't want it pay at all, to be

:40:10. > :40:15.honest. I know you don't. It pains you. I can seat anger in your eyes

:40:16. > :40:19.when you handed over the 2p. How much would it cost without any

:40:20. > :40:28.coupons? Without any sales, it should have come to about ?40. After

:40:29. > :40:32.sales, ?21 and after my coupons, 2p. We had to run back and buy more

:40:33. > :40:36.products, otherwise Sainsbury's would have owed us money. I felt I

:40:37. > :40:40.was going to get harangued by the security guards on the way out. They

:40:41. > :40:46.were going to grab me and bring me into the office. It sort of felt we

:40:47. > :40:51.were stealing. No, it's legal. I think I might cry a little bit Come

:40:52. > :40:53.here. Come here. # Since its Christmas let's be

:40:54. > :41:00.friends # Even if your life's been bad

:41:01. > :41:05.# There are presents to be had # Don has bigger things on his mind

:41:06. > :41:13.than Christmas. I think he needs cheering up. I'm hoping this present

:41:14. > :41:17.idea will help. I want to talk to you about your mum's Christmas

:41:18. > :41:20.present. There is woman in Bristol who can make jewellery out of

:41:21. > :41:29.anything. Awesome. What jewellery does your mum like? What shapes? So

:41:30. > :41:33.anything from normal to weird and wonderful. That would be quite

:41:34. > :41:38.awesome. Don throws himself into the task of finding things to make into

:41:39. > :41:44.jewellery. What is that? Don, that's moss. I'm not really convinced this

:41:45. > :41:53.is the best place to look, to be honest. What have you got? Acorns.

:41:54. > :41:57.What, your mum is going to like an acorn necklace? It wool be cool and

:41:58. > :42:01.different. Don needs expert help. I'm getting out of the way. I'm no

:42:02. > :42:05.help. I'm sending in the cavalry. Nadia is heading to Don's place.

:42:06. > :42:09.Hello. Don's family aren't the richest but they have lots of stuff.

:42:10. > :42:15.Can you make a pile of stuff we might be able to use. It is what

:42:16. > :42:21.they need to make the perfect gift. That could be a good idea. What are

:42:22. > :42:25.they? I don't know. No idea what it is or what it is from. What about

:42:26. > :42:32.these buttons? Yes. They have been stuck there for what looks like a

:42:33. > :42:37.millennium. Take the bell-bit out. It is quite a cool shape. It is.

:42:38. > :42:47.Upstairs you have Don's room. A cave of unusual treasure.

:42:48. > :42:50.That's for something. There is plenty of material, I think we can

:42:51. > :42:55.all agree that. But still no chain. Off to our favourite source of

:42:56. > :43:00.bargains. So we are thinking of getting this

:43:01. > :43:05.one, yeah. How much is this one? Only ?3. Is that manageable, do you

:43:06. > :43:11.reckon? I think it is very manageable.

:43:12. > :43:18.I'm ridiculously nervous. What are we going to do if nobody turns up?

:43:19. > :43:25.What if it is me, Sammie, Shaun, Martin, Don, Don's mum and that's it

:43:26. > :43:30.snl what do we do? Just sit around and eat like, what, four plates of

:43:31. > :43:34.food each? Today is Sammie and Shaun's big challenge. They are in a

:43:35. > :43:38.community kitchen preparing all the food.

:43:39. > :43:41.# Chest nuts roasting on an open fire... #

:43:42. > :43:45.It is their first time cooking, probably ever, never mind for like a

:43:46. > :43:52.big group of people T might be a case of handkerchief in one hand,

:43:53. > :43:56.polite nod going - mm, lovely food. The cooking is happening today

:43:57. > :44:00.because we really need their decorating expertise tomorrow. You

:44:01. > :44:06.guys ark looking like pros in comparison to the first time Watch

:44:07. > :44:13.this, watch this, yeah! I've got the hang of this. OK, sleeves up, I'm

:44:14. > :44:18.getting stuck in. There is no way to put one of these hats on and not

:44:19. > :44:25.look kind of stupid. What do you think? I don't see what is so funny,

:44:26. > :44:30.you are wearing the exact same hat. You look worst than us. Look in a

:44:31. > :44:36.mirror. I didn't come here to get mocked. I came to make food. You are

:44:37. > :44:40.so casual. With a casual lean - I'm just hanging out and making some

:44:41. > :44:45.pumpkin sou. A natural Saturday for me. Obviously most of our food is

:44:46. > :44:51.pumpkin-based. Pumpkin-soup to keep people warm. Roast pumpkin and, you

:44:52. > :44:59.guessed t festive mince pie with pumpkin. Price per head, ?1.60 and

:45:00. > :45:05.in case the chefs refused to eat their own food, a butcher did us a

:45:06. > :45:10.deal on some cheap meat. Price per head, ?1.66. It's Don's moment of

:45:11. > :45:15.truth. He is withed into why in her studio. They are going to make

:45:16. > :45:18.jewellery for Don's mum out of the objects they've collected. Is there

:45:19. > :45:24.anything you think in that pile that would go well. If this isn't used

:45:25. > :45:28.maybe one of these bells could. We might be able to bend some a little

:45:29. > :45:33.bit. They don't necessarily have to stay in their shape or as a bell. We

:45:34. > :45:38.want to try to take them off presumably, first. Do you want to

:45:39. > :45:43.give it a go? I think the lightbulb has hit the brain. You know like one

:45:44. > :45:49.of those cartoons, like a character who has an idea and a lightbulb

:45:50. > :45:56.comes up. I think these are Prettiy. What is it, a dog toy I honestly

:45:57. > :46:01.don't know. Is that a starting be point? What do you think about that,

:46:02. > :46:08.something to hang on there? Maybe a few of my acorns might help. They

:46:09. > :46:14.are sprouting. Oh my God, cool. Is that a good thing? Well, you don't

:46:15. > :46:21.want to give your mum a pair of earrings that are going to carry on

:46:22. > :46:27.growing, do you? How do you stop them growing? The acorn is going to

:46:28. > :46:35.hang in the centre. These are drills? Hand drills. Where

:46:36. > :46:41.did you get them? At a car boot. He has decided to put the acorn in the

:46:42. > :46:45.centre of the bell and turn two other bells into earrings. That

:46:46. > :46:52.looks good. I cannot see what they look like. I'm trusting you. You

:46:53. > :46:58.look lovely. I'm sure my mum will as well I think they look brilliant. I

:46:59. > :47:04.hope your mum will like them. I know she will. I'm pleased with them, I

:47:05. > :47:11.know it is from my mum and I made them for her. But it is time I open

:47:12. > :47:27.opened another, in essence side of myself, something I can do.

:47:28. > :47:35.Everyone's rate -- raiding their wardrobe for a party outfit I'm

:47:36. > :47:40.wearing my Christmas onsie bus it is a Christmas party. Don is getting

:47:41. > :47:48.painted up in his best Goth gear. He has an expert to give him a hand.

:47:49. > :47:52.# Santa Claus # Goes straight to the ghetto

:47:53. > :47:58.# Hitch up your reindeer # And go straight to the ghetto

:47:59. > :48:09.# Fill every stocking you find # The kids are going to love you so

:48:10. > :48:20.# Never thought I'd realise... # All right? I think he looks lush.

:48:21. > :48:27.I'm going aboard our ?50 party boat for the very first time. This is

:48:28. > :48:32.good. I like it. Nice, loads of space. High five on that one. Nice

:48:33. > :48:36.space. That's where I want to be DJing. Good table. Head of the boat

:48:37. > :48:41.There is only two logical ways a party like this can end. If it goes

:48:42. > :48:48.belly-up and is awful I'm going to make you walk the plank and if it g

:48:49. > :48:59.ry ridiculously well, we take the anchor off and sail into the sunset

:49:00. > :49:02.and party all night. Let's move it over, watch, watch,

:49:03. > :49:07.watch. I don't know how Santa is going to

:49:08. > :49:19.feel about this. Who cares. Bend like the top bit over.

:49:20. > :49:24.You are pulling off the ones I put on it.

:49:25. > :49:30.It is a bit heavy. What does a pig sitting on a toilet

:49:31. > :49:39.have to do with Christmas? That is the weirdest tree I have

:49:40. > :49:45.ever seen. I I think it has got five different creative angles going into

:49:46. > :49:53.it Got a lot on it. Price per head, 53p.

:49:54. > :50:06.Jordon turns up with ?1.34 worth of food.

:50:07. > :50:12.Price per head - 5 p. The others are ridiculously impressed with her

:50:13. > :50:22.swag. Would you consider getting on the coupon business? You are like

:50:23. > :50:26.the new Robin Hood. I would. People are starting to turn up. I'm

:50:27. > :50:32.freaking out. All is not well in my world. Because the boat doesn't

:50:33. > :50:40.normally have DJs we've hired in our auto equipment for ?25. Why is there

:50:41. > :50:44.no flippin sound coming out? My eyeballs are about to pop out of my

:50:45. > :50:49.head. Everybodies else has done everything right. They'vek kood up

:50:50. > :50:53.the food. Martin has found the venue, Don has been a legend and I'm

:50:54. > :50:57.letting everyone down now with the music. All I need is a Christmas

:50:58. > :51:07.miracle. #4 -- a Christmas miracle. Just in

:51:08. > :51:16.time for me to welcome some of the members of Sammie's family.

:51:17. > :51:26.# I'll be so blue thb this Christmas # Without you #

:51:27. > :51:31.Don's mum is here and so a Bronwen from the original job seekers party.

:51:32. > :51:34.And we have some Bristollian job seekers.

:51:35. > :51:38.Check this out guys, Sammie and Shaun have made us food for the day.

:51:39. > :51:43.This is our Christmas feast. Yeah, come on, give it up for Sammie and

:51:44. > :51:50.Shaun. Do you like pumpkin, Maggie? I do, actually. Thank God for that.

:51:51. > :51:55.There's pumpkin pies. Pumpkin soup. I'm sorted then. Have you tasted any

:51:56. > :52:00.of your produce? No, but I'm excited to. What do you know, one of the

:52:01. > :52:05.gleaners is here. You probably picked that one yourself. Now it is

:52:06. > :52:14.my turn. I'm hoping it is not going to be some sort of pumpkin vomcano.

:52:15. > :52:21.That's delicious. I made that. It's so good. Compliments to the chef.

:52:22. > :52:27.The guests like it, too. Well done, dude. Nice one. I'm not doing it

:52:28. > :52:33.again. Maybe pick a different vegetable. With mulled cider keeping

:52:34. > :52:38.everyone warm at ?1.50 per head, no-one has needed the hats or

:52:39. > :52:44.gloves. This gives us a total party cost of ?9. .33 per head for 30

:52:45. > :52:50.guests. But there's one important job left.

:52:51. > :52:58.Nadia has been helping me and we've made you a piece of jewellery. Ahhh.

:52:59. > :53:07.Out of home stuff. How lovely. I have it here. So, merry Christmas,

:53:08. > :53:13.mum. Oh, they're gorgeous. Oh.

:53:14. > :53:20.You are a sweetheart. Thank you very much.

:53:21. > :53:26.You might think those look familiar. I do but I don't get out. If you

:53:27. > :53:29.remember rightly, those were the bells sat on your green thing. We

:53:30. > :53:34.have been stuck there for ages. I thought - I'm going to make

:53:35. > :53:44.something out of that. Actually, I missed them the other day. I thought

:53:45. > :53:51.- where have they gone? Do I look nice? Of course. Nice one. You are

:53:52. > :53:55.not just saying you like them, you genuinely do? No, it is different, I

:53:56. > :53:58.love different. I refuse to grow old. Thank you very much. You are

:53:59. > :54:03.the best boy in the world. And thank you, little lady, for helping him.

:54:04. > :54:08.You are welcome, pleasure. All that remains is for me to whack on the

:54:09. > :54:37.tunes and get everybody moving Listen, let's have a dance.

:54:38. > :54:46.It was fantastic. The fact we got most for cheap or even free, even

:54:47. > :54:54.better. The look on Don's mum's face made it definitely worth it. The

:54:55. > :54:58.food was really nice. How do you feel? Really, really

:54:59. > :55:12.well. She said yes. Yes. Can it be a

:55:13. > :55:15.future in cooking for the pair of you? It could be. I want to know,

:55:16. > :55:20.what you really thought of the party? Don't say good if you didn't

:55:21. > :55:27.think it was good? Honestly, it was really awesome.

:55:28. > :55:36.I want to wish you all the best of luck next year, genuinely from my

:55:37. > :55:40.heart, I really do. We have to bump T we have been bumping it the whole

:55:41. > :55:46.way through. The whole point was to do it cheap. It was amazing to see

:55:47. > :55:51.from my side - as a student for a long time, you have to be thrifty.

:55:52. > :55:54.But they have certainly showed me I was throwing money around as a

:55:55. > :56:03.student. There is a way to have fun and spend literally nothing.

:56:04. > :56:11.Dude, bring it in, it's been massive. Come on, give me a hug. It

:56:12. > :56:16.kind of reminds me that being on benefits, you could easily be broke

:56:17. > :56:20.and it is hard to pick yourself back up and have a positive attitude

:56:21. > :56:24.going back into getting work. That's why I think there are lots of people

:56:25. > :56:27.who give up, that are on benefits who have been trying for years and

:56:28. > :56:31.years, and they can't see light at the end of the tunnel. You know,

:56:32. > :56:37.like, I was lucky, I had a break and I worked for it and stuff. And I'm

:56:38. > :56:41.just kind of hoping that they get that same break that I got. Because,

:56:42. > :56:45.they more than deserve it. # Here it is

:56:46. > :56:55.# Merry Christmas # Everybody's having fun

:56:56. > :57:04.# Look to the future now # It's only just begun #