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Financial Support for School Leavers


Dependent on your circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for support if you are enrolling onto a course with North Lindsey College

If you are aged 16 – 18  (age taken as of 31st August 2022), you may be eligible for financial assistance towards the costs of your studies where you can evidence that you have a household income of less than £35,000pa (net income).

Applying online is quick and easy and you do not need to be enrolled to start your application.  Simply follow the ‘Guide to Applying’ and provide the requested evidence.  Please ensure you provide all the evidence requested as failure to do so will delay your application being processed.

When completing your online application, please remember the following.

  • You must have an up-to-date email address recorded on college records, without this, you will not receive your activation email.  Please check with us by emailing info@northlindsey.ac.uk. If you are unsure what email address is held on college records for you.
  • When entering your student ID number, only enter the digits not the ‘DC’ or the ‘DC00’ prefix.

If you have registered for financial assistance previously, you do not need to register again, you just need to login using your previous login details.  If you have forgotten your password for your login, click on the ‘Forgotten password’ link and follow the instructions

Apply Online

To apply for financial assistance online, please visit the following link:

Financial Assistance Application Link

Guide to Applying

Guide to applying 22_23

If you have any questions/queries regarding the Financial Assistance Application, please email financial.support@northlindsey.ac.uk.

Travel Payment Schedule

Travel Payment Schedule 2022/2023

Childcare Payment Schedule

Childcare Payment Schedule 2022/2023

 

Types of Support Available

Here’s a summary of some of the things you could be eligible for….

Please note: You need to be enrolled to be able to claim your financial assistance award so you will not be able to claim a refund or order any items until your first week at college.

Daily allowance uploaded on to your student card to use at the onsite food outlets.

Support towards course costs such as equipment or consumables.

These items must be approved by your tutor.

Up to 100% award if you are studying Entry level, level 1 or Level 2.

Advanced Learner Loans are available to anyone studying a level 3 or above, more information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan.

If you are a student aged between 16 and 18 when you start your course, the tuition and exam fees are free.

If you are under the age of 20 on the start date of your course and require childcare support, you will need to apply for this through Care2Learn. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/care-to-learn/overview

If you are aged 20 or above on the start date of your course, you can apply for childcare support through the bursary fund whilst you are studying, subject to your attendance.

Please click here to see the childcare payment schedule.

If you live more than 3 miles from the college, you could be eligible for a transport allowance. This could be a bus pass or help towards fuel costs.

One off payment towards stationery.

Contribution towards printing uploaded to your student account.

If you are ages 16-18 and living independently in one of the following categories you may be eligible for a weekly bursary:

– in care.

– care leavers.

– receiving Income. Support, or Universal Credit because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them such as a child or partner.

– receiving Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments in their own right as well as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit in their own right