I'm a teen mum on UC and pregnant with my second child – now I'm desperate for strangers to help fund my caravan holiday
Loula Wood, who is from the UK and
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An 18-year-old mother has shared her desires for strangers to help fund her family holiday
Credit: TikTok / @loulawood
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Loula Wood asked social media users to help her make money so that she can stay in a caravan
Credit: TikTok / @loulawood
The 18-year-old mum, who has a one-year-old daughter and is currently 20 weeks pregnant with a baby boy, acknowledged that while
According to TikTok's official
While it is not a grant or ad revenue program, the Creator Fund provides payment to qualified TikTokers based on a "variety of factors" across their content.
"We want all creators to have the opportunity to earn money doing what they love and turn their passion into a livelihood," the website continues.
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With no limit on the number of qualified TikTokers who can join the fund, payments may increase or decrease at different times throughout one's run on the platform.
Some factors affecting the funds a qualified TikToker may earn include number of authentic views per video, the amount of engagement and whether or not the work falls within the Community Guidelines.
But this young mother stressed that generating an income through the platform can at times be 'really deflating.'
Eager to
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She then explained: 'I am trying extremely hard to make some sort of income off TikTok so that I can take my family on holiday - nowhere expensive, not asking to go to Spain or anything like that, we literally just want a simple caravan holiday.'
Eager to inform viewers about the
I'm a mum-of-5 on £1.5K Universal Credit per month - people think I'm popping kids out to get 'lots of money' but I still have to use food banks - its embarrassing
'To some it might sound easy, but it is really, really difficult sometimes, especially when you have to be consistent with this content as well.
'And after all of our effort has been put into a video, more often than not, it only ends up getting a few thousand views and to some this might sound amazing, but for us creators who have just spent so many hours and so much of our time and energy, we have just earned around about 20p.'
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As a result, Loula
How much Universal Credit can you get?
TRYING to work out how much Universal Credit you can get can be overwhelming.
There are so many different elements that can affect your claim and it makes the whole process even more complicated.
There are several free calculators that you can use to help you get an estimate, such as
You will need:
Details of all your income, such as existing benefits, tax credits, earnings from employment and your pensions,
Details of your partner's income if you're married, in a civil partnership or living with someone as a couple. You will be assessed as a couple
Information on any savings you have,
How much you pay in council tax per year, and whether you get any discounts, reductions or exemptions,
Details of your rent or mortgage payments,
Employment and income information about anyone else living with you, such as grown-up children,
Details about your carer's allowance if you receive it.
You'll need to make sure that the information provided is as accurate as possible to get the truest estimate.
Social media users react
And luckily for Loula, her TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @
Social media users eagerly raced to the comments, desperate to share their support and boost Loula's clip.
One person said: 'Here to support!'
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Commenting so she gets paid
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Another added: 'Fill this jar with love.'
A third commented: 'Hope you make the target and get on holiday.'
Meanwhile, someone else beamed: 'Commenting so she gets paid.'
At the same time, another user gushed: 'Good luck to your family. I hope you get your holiday.'
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