Need help finding funding for my daughters fees for dance college!!

chirop45

:rotfl:Hi just to update things are in the pipeline still hoping !!! Seeing my M.P on the 25th see what she can come up with !!! Will keep posting on here. she is starting in September and we will just take it a term at a time !!

Oldernotwiser

chirop45 wrote: »

:rotfl:Hi just to update things are in the pipeline still hoping !!! Seeing my M.P on the 25th see what she can come up with !!! Will keep posting on here. she is starting in September and we will just take it a term at a time !!

Probably depends on how much s/he's made on his expenses!

HopeAndDriftWood

Hahaha....I saw on the BBC that mine had made quite a bit!
Emailed him for help hoping to find some additional funding for me, but he didn't respond. MPs, hey?!

I hope you get good news from yours, I'm sure your daughter will be thankful for years to come! What an experience.

dieselhead

While I do wish your daughter all the best your funding strategy does worry me. You have spoken about fund-raising and sponsorship, and I suspect that despite the strategy being saturated with gap year students and graduate's heading off to find themselves in Africa, you may be successful in raising a amount towards her fee's. However I do wonder what will happen when you come back cap in hand for the second and third year. I can imagine that people will be less sympathetic feeling that they have given once. I just hope you can keep up the funding so that your daughter can enjoy the full course.

chirop45

hi to all just to update well we had lots of coverage in our local papers, local bbc and local radio!!! My M.P has also been great . And the best thing of all was that my daughter has been awarded a scholarship(DaDa) for the next 3 yrs so majority of her fees will now be paid. Thanks to all with previous advice. Her dream looks to be coming true!!! I'm one happy Mum

bumpoowee

That is good news glad it worked out for you.

surfsister

chirop45 wrote: »

hi to all just to update well we had lots of coverage in our local papers, local bbc and local radio!!! My M.P has also been great . And the best thing of all was that my daughter has been awarded a scholarship(DaDa) for the next 3 yrs so majority of her fees will now be paid. Thanks to all with previous advice. Her dream looks to be coming true!!! I'm one happy Mum

well done mother power!!

tracylee

Hi
We're in exactly the same position, my daughter is just about to start her second year at Performers & as it stands at the moment because we're unable to find a sponsor she may not be able to continue.
To answer one question for you, you are able to get a CDL, Barclays are the best ones to try, the only thing is they used to pay the maximum of £10,000 in one payment, solving the fee's issue almost for at least a year, that has now changed & depending on how long the course is (in our case 3 years) the loan is spread out & goes into the 2nd academic year. As a result you will end up paying the full fee amount every other term & topping up the one the payment covers by approx £1,200.
It's very frustrating as our daughter to wants nothing more than to perform but without the sponsorship thsi will not happen. I agree that regardless of the course they should be able to get all the student finance available it's not fair.

jo_ras

i am in the same position i know the last post was 2yrs ago but the details are all the same . i am interested to know did your daughter get awarded the DADA after all the press /MP involvement as they usually have to re audition for the DADA s in May ? anyway i would be grateful of any advice as i am now in the same position with my daughter she has been offered a place at Cambridge Performing Arts on the same Diploma course at great expense but obviously talented enough to be selected from over a thousand applicants for only 40 places , we now just have to figure out how to pay the £11,000 a yr fees for 3 yrs ? any advice ?