collage or apprentership

janey70

hi wonder if anyone can help my daughter will be 19 in september currently she is on a e2e course she has been accepted on to a hairdressing course at collage but she has to pay £300 for equitment and £50 to enroll or something like that i just no its a lot of money that she and i cant afford she has been told she may be able to get some sort of grant to help her ? anyone heard of this ? also once she turns 19 she cant get ema anymore ??? , she has an interview on monday for a apprentership in hairdressing which seems to me a better option for her (if she gets it that is ) she works weekends that will be her only income soon as my money i get for her will stop as well as i only work p/t and single mum so cant afford to help her much . just wondering what she is entilted to ?

Dizzy_Ditzy

have a look at some of the sticky threads at the top of the page- you may find some useful information there

ChrisCobra

I heard part time jobs can earn money , maybe suggest it to her , you cant pay for her all your life

Its good you are thinking of her tho.

janey70

ChrisCobra wrote: »

I heard part time jobs can earn money , maybe suggest it to her , you cant pay for her all your life

Its good you are thinking of her tho.

she does have a job has done since she was 16 but her boss can only affored to have her on weekends

janey70

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

have a look at some of the sticky threads at the top of the page- you may find some useful information there

had a browse but cant se anything that answers my questions

getmore4less

janey70 wrote: »

hi wonder if anyone can help my daughter will be 19 in september currently she is on a e2e course she has been accepted on to a hairdressing course at collage but she has to pay £300 for equitment and £50 to enroll or something like that i just no its a lot of money that she and i cant afford she has been told she may be able to get some sort of grant to help her ? anyone heard of this ? also once she turns 19 she cant get ema anymore ??? , she has an interview on monday for a apprentership in hairdressing which seems to me a better option for her (if she gets it that is ) she works weekends that will be her only income soon as my money i get for her will stop as well as i only work p/t and single mum so cant afford to help her much . just wondering what she is entilted to ?

Talk to the person that told you this.

Burlesque_Babe

the 'grant' could well be discretionary funding. Where I work, we have funds to award on top of any concessionary funds. Everywhere is different for eligibility - for example, being over 19, living at home and an income of less than £16,040 would qualify her for £350 funding (on top of any benefit related concessions) to pay for course fees, equipment, books, bus fares, child care (if relevant obviously!)

Call the college and ask to speak to someone who deals with discretionary funding.

The apprenticeship will pay her a small wage whilst putting her through her NVQ Level 2, her literacy and numeracy (called the Technical Certificate) and work based training. It should have some kind of position available after she has the NVQ and technical certificate.

Here's a link to help

http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/

janey70

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

the 'grant' could well be discretionary funding. Where I work, we have funds to award on top of any concessionary funds. Everywhere is different for eligibility - for example, being over 19, living at home and an income of less than £16,040 would qualify her for £350 funding (on top of any benefit related concessions) to pay for course fees, equipment, books, bus fares, child care (if relevant obviously!)

Call the college and ask to speak to someone who deals with discretionary funding.

The apprenticeship will pay her a small wage whilst putting her through her NVQ Level 2, her literacy and numeracy (called the Technical Certificate) and work based training. It should have some kind of position available after she has the NVQ and technical certificate.

Here's a link to help

http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/

thankyou thats exactly the info i needed and have shown this to my daughter

Burlesque_Babe

not a problem - like I say though, everywhere is different for eligibility, so it will probably be different but there will be some kind of pot of money available. It might have a slightly different name but say it is for someone on low income to help with fees after concessions have been applied.

Oldernotwiser

If your daughter starts a full time college course before she's 19 you will still be able to get CB and CTC until she's 20. If she's doing a level 2 courses she'll be able to claim 30.00 pw Adult Learning Grant as well as her getting her part time earnings.

Financially, this might be a better option.

janey70

just an update to my question from before about grants my daughter has now had interviews for a f/t hair and beauty at collage and also an apprenticship in haidressing she has managed to get both she wants to take the apprenticship but they want a £180 pound thats for her equitment can we get help with this we live in the nottingham area ??