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Government Initiatives
Government Financial Assistance
For information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or contact 0800 100 900.
Student Money
Hotcourses and UCAS bring you a comprehensive guide to everything you need when planning and organising your student finances.
www.scholarship-search.org.uk/pls/mon/hc_edufin.page_pls_user_studmoney?x=16180339&y=&a=220707
Our Future. Its in our hands.
Don’t let money worries get in your way - financial support could be available for learning at any age, to help you take control of your future.
Learning more skills is often free at basic levels - or your employer may offer to pay or subsidise your learning. In addition, there is financial support available for adult learners.
If you’re confused about what you may be entitled to, you can call us for more help on 0800 011 30 30.
http://inourhands.lsc.gov.uk/index.html
Next Step Funding Options Next Step - Funding Advice
The cost of studying may not always be as much as you think. Some courses are low cost and some are free such as, Skills for Life English and maths.
Funding for course and living costs, childcare, travel, books and equipment may be available. Use this section to check out what help you can get.
www.nextstep-derbyshire.org/funding/fulltimecourses.html
Lifetime Careers (Connexions)
16-18 year olds
Tel: 01709 821184
City & Guilds
Tel: 0207 294 2800
Offer small number of bursaries (educational grants) each year to people who would like the opportunity to study for a City & Guilds qualification.
The bursaries can be used for a wide range of purposes including, paying your course fees (if you have no other funding), covering the costs of a break from work whilst you re-train, covering childcare or travel expenses, cover other costs that are making it difficult for you to enrol onto a course.
Learn Direct - very helpful
Tel: 0800 100 900
You can contact this organisation to talk about careers advice, funding available, changing careers etc...
www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpandadvice/helpwithfunding
Dept for Employment and Learning
Northern Ireland
The Department for Employment and Learning offers various types of funding support be it for the individual, employer or training organisation. There are of course criteria associated with the different funding therefore you may not be eligible, so to find out more information you can link directly to your relevant area of interest.
www.delni.gov.uk/index/funding-support.htm
