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

To APPLY, please download and fill in the relevant form below.

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.

To APPLY, please download and fill in the relevant form below.

Please call the college student support team on 0161 247 4935 or studentsupport@accesscreative.ac.uk