Money for 16yr olds in school & college

barbie_babe

Last year i did an access course. My husband was claiming jsa and i couldnt claim anything only council tax benfit. (i am to old to claim ema).So i went to college and asked if i could get any money.
They told me every college has an access fund(money they will give away to people really struggling). I showed them what my husbands income was and they gave me a free bus pass for a year. It really helped me and know i am a student nurse in my first year of uni. I am so grateful to the college as i would have had to give up the course if they hadnt payed for my bus pass.

dmg24

barbie_babe wrote: »

Last year i did an access course. My husband was claiming jsa and i couldnt claim anything only council tax benfit. (i am to old to claim ema).So i went to college and asked if i could get any money.
They told me every college has an access fund(money they will give away to people really struggling). I showed them what my husbands income was and they gave me a free bus pass for a year. It really helped me and know i am a student nurse in my first year of uni. I am so grateful to the college as i would have had to give up the course if they hadnt payed for my bus pass.

The ALF can be a lifeline, especially for mature students. There is a very informative thread on it over on the Students board x

trixie73

my son will br 16 on 6th march and will be going to college in sept.when should he apply for ema and how much can your income be before they start reducing the payments.also,can my son do part-time work without it affecting his ema

surgeoner

helen_vasey wrote: »

the upper limit for receiving ema seems a bit low, we are just over the limit so will get nothing in september , even ten pounds would have been something. all the same my daughter is expecting thirty pounds a week as that is what most of her mates will get.i have told her that she will get twenty, if she wants more she can get a saturday job! it does annnoy me that some of her friends parents dont work, live in council houses and have newer cars and things than we do, even though we both work ( me part time). the system does seem heavily weighted against middle earners who have tried to better themselves and have to pay through the nose for everything. its a good job some people dont succumb to the "better off on benefits" ethos, it would have been so easy to become one of them after my husband was made unemployed from the airforce and literally had to start again after twelve years of service. it has taken ten years to get back to the level we are now. ok rant over now, sorry.

Couldn't agree more.

pennypincher61

I'm a single mum, my son only gets £10 EMA and of course it goes to his bank acount, BUT it costs me £5.90 for the train each day

student railcard is no good as can't use until 10am and has to be in college before that....

whole system is crazy. Many of the kids are getting over £30 a week, and spending it all on booze and fags.
And the parents get no finanacial help !

it should come to the parents, then it could be used to help with college instead.

Edinburghlass_2

He should apply to the college for a bursary for help with travel expenses.

paris12

my grand daughter will be 16 in april and going to college in september how can she apply for ema

Fran

paris12 wrote: »

my grand daughter will be 16 in april and going to college in september how can she apply for ema

See this post for links depending on which country she lives in.

ally67_2

ok where do i stand if my son gets kicked out of college my son is 17 and goes to our local college doing a computer course ,my son is 17 and is hooked on forum site he spends 9 hours a day on these sites he has even started spending his ema money on thisv site [even in college ] he is behind with all his college work if he gets kicked out how would it effect my child benefit / child tax credits and know he would loose his ema ,

Widdy1961

Hi

If he gets kicked out of college, then you would have to let Child Benefit and Tax Credits know that he was no longer in full time education and you would lose the payments from C/B and T/C.

Maybe looking at a Modern Apprentiship in IT would be a good idea for your son.