providing you with Bursary Support

 

At Access Creative College you can receive Bursary support to help you with your education.

These funds are means-tested and intended to assist learners with some of the costs associated with studying at college such as travel and meals. All applications are considered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and support funds are limited, so early application is essential. Please note the bursary cannot be used to pay course fees.

All awards are subject to your attendance, conduct, and progress. If you stop attending altogether and withdraw from your course, support will cease immediately.

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  • 16-18 BURSARY
  • 19+ BURSARY
  • CONDITIONS OF SUPPORT
  • APPLY FOR A 16-18 BURSARY
  • APPLY FOR A 19+ BURSARY
16-18 BURSARY

TRAVEL COSTS
You can be awarded up to £1200 for the year if you use public transport and your parents, or your guardians, receive one of the following:

  • Job Seekers Allowance or Employment & Support Allowance
  • Income Support
  • Universal Credit
  • Pension Credit
  • Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit


You can also apply if your annual household income is £28,584.

 

MEALS
You can be awarded up to a maximum of £260 for the year if you, your parents, or your guardians are in receipt of low income benefits:

  • Job Seekers Allowance
  • Employment Support Allowance
  • Pension Credit (Guaranteed element)
  • Child Tax Credit (and your annual income is £16,190 or under)
  • Universal Credit (with net earnings not exceeding the equivalent of £7,400 pa

 

VULNERABLE BURSARY
You can be awarded up to a maximum of £1200 for the year if you meet one of the criteria for the defined vulnerable groups below.

  • I am in care
  • I am a care leaver

 

19+ BURSARY

Financial support is available if you are aged 19 + and you, your parents, or your guardians receive one of the following:

  • Job Seekers Allowance or Employment & Support Allowance;
  • Income Support;
  • Universal Credit;
  • Pension Credit;
  • Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit.

 

You can apply for the following with the 19+ Bursary:

  • Travel Costs – You can be awarded up to £1200 for the year if you use public transport.
  • Residential Access Fund – you can be awarded up to £3,458 per year (£4,079 in London), if a similar course is not available locally and you:
    • are aged 19 or over and enrolled on a full-time course;
    • have confirmed your term time accommodation and signed a tenancy agreement;
    • are not in receipt of Housing Benefit for your term time accommodation. 
    • Home Address is more than 15 miles or a 2 hour return journey
    • Term time accommodation is less than 15 miles from Study location
  • Childcare Costs – you can be awarded up to £160 per week (£175 in London) if you:
    • are aged 20 or over and enrolled on a full-time course;
    • use an Ofsted registered childcare provider while you attend your course.
Awards are subject to the following conditions:
  • Support is based on a first-come first-serve basis and is therefore subject to funds being available when you apply.
  • Support in a previous year is no guarantee of support in any future years of study
  • Continuing students must re-apply for each year
  • Eligibility for support is not an entitlement to awards or payments

You will not receive support if:
  • You do not complete your enrolment
  • You do not meet the residency criteria set by the ESFA when you enrol onto your course
  • Your application is assessed and you do not meet the criteria for eligibility
  • Your application is incomplete, contains false information, or is missing any supporting evidence
  • You are in prison, or a young offenders institution, or have been released on temporary licence
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