Funding for financial need or hardship, parents or carers
Helena Kennedy Foundation Trust
Adult Dependent's Grant
If you are in full-time higher education and have an adult who depends on you financially, you may be entitled to a government grant (on top of any other student finance).
Care to Learn
If you are a parent under the age of 20 when you start studying, Care to Learn is a government benefit that can help pay for your childcare costs while you’re learning. Your course must have some public funding and can’t be a higher education course at a university.
Discretionary Learner Support
If you are aged 19 or over, Discretionary Learner Support might be one source of help. To be eligible to apply you must be 19 or over and be accepted onto and studying a programme of learning funded by the Skills Funding Agency. The funds are prioritized for those facing financial hardship and can be used to help with costs such as those for childcare, accommodation, essential course-related equipment, materials, field trips and travel.
Helena Kennedy Foundation Trust
The Trust offers one-off bursaries of £ £2,25 to selected students studying at an FE college or sixth form college, and are applying for university degrees. They also provide the ‘DISCOVER’ bursaries to students who are currently at college. These bursaries are available to students who are in the first year of a two year level 3 study programme.
Lawrence Atwell's Charity
The charity provides grants to young people from low-income backgrounds; to help them move into work, develop vocational qualifications, and improve their life chances
The Thomas Wall Trust
The Thomas Wall Trust offers individuals grants up to £1,500 to undertake accredited vocational training up to level 3 and towards other costs associated with studying.