what grants available?

naturegirl_2

My 22 year old son (unemployed at present) wants to do a full time circus skills course either in Bristol or London. I haven't a clue how or where to start looking for grants for the fees and accomodation etc. Can anyone help, thanks

Broke_Student

What sort of course is it? Is 'circus skills' a proper Higher Education course at a University?

DrFluffy

You never know - I just found out that Equine Psychology is a *real* degree...

student_advisor

naturegirl wrote: »

My 22 year old son (unemployed at present) wants to do a full time circus skills course either in Bristol or London. I haven't a clue how or where to start looking for grants for the fees and accomodation etc. Can anyone help, thanks

Start with the institutions. Give them a call and ask to speak to a student advisor.

barbarawright

Check your local library (or even better - get your son to do it). Any large reference library should have the Educational Grants Directory and Directory of Grant-Making Trusts which will give some ideas. It's unlikely your going to get much funding from one source but you never know - the maybe a local fuding source for jugglers from your town (it sounds daft but there are a lot of grants out there for ex-pupils of a particular school or residents of a town studying a particular course or whatever. They'll also be able to help you with the actual courses if www.hotcourses.co.uk and www.floodlight.co.uk don't have what you want.

dmg24

Is this the course?

http://www.circomedia.com/index.cfm/section.1yearcourse

£4650?!!!

naturegirl_2

The one he wants is called Circus space In London its a degree course. He's phoned them and they are sending course details. DSES and Aim Higher are two places he's been told to contact for grants and student loans.

melancholly

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=540618&highlight=grant+grabbing