Financial Support Information 26/27

BURSARY

Students can access support funds and the requirement for this will be assessed on an individual basis.

You can apply to this fund if one or more of the following apply to you.

In Care or Care Leavers
Live independently and are in receipt of Income Support or Universal Credit
Receive Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments in their own right as well as Employment Support Allowance or Universal Credit in their own right

FREE COLLEGE MEALS (Targeted & Expanded )

Students who are awarded Free College Meals will have money put on their College ID card to use in the canteen to pay for their LUNCH MEAL (a meal a day, based on timetabled lessons). They will also be automatically awarded the Discretionary Learning Grant if applicable.

The awards are: Travel cost (must live more than 2 miles away), Course fees, Course educational trip cost.

TARGETED FREE COLLEGE MEALS

You can apply to this fund if your parents/guardians are in receipt of one or more of the following:.

Income Support or Universal Credit (where the household income is less than £7,400)
Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Guaranteed element of Pension Credit

EXPANDED FREE COLLEGE MEALS

You can apply to this fund if your parents/guardians are in receipt of one or more of the following:.

Universal Credit (where the household income is less than £30,000)

DISCRETIONARY LEARNING GRANT

The awards are: Travel cost (must live more than 2 miles away), Course fees, Course educational trip cost.

You can apply to this fund if your parents/guardians are in receipt of one or more of the following.

Universal Credit (where the household income is less than £30,000)
Child and Working Tax Credit (where the household income is less than £30,000)
Household income is less than £30,000
The family financial and/or personal circumstances have recently changed.

AWARDED DISCRETIONARY LEARNING GRANT

Students can access support funds and the requirement for this will be assessed on an individual basis.

You can apply to this fund if your parents/guardians are in receipt of one or more of the following.

The family financial and/or personal circumstances have recently changed

Eligibility Priorities & Awards

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