We want you to succeed in your education, training and work.
Between the ages of 16 and 25 we hope you'll either be in education, training or work. Universal Credit may provide an income if you're in education or training up to the age of 21.
If you're not in education, training or work, Universal Credit will help you while you work out your future plans.
Find information from Coram Voice to help determine if you are a care leaver if you are unsure.
It can be very complicated to know exactly what support you should be getting. We have tried to make things a bit easier for you, by creating these categories:
You are Group A if you:
You are Group B if you:
You are Group C if you:
You're expected to stay in education, training or employment with training until you're 18 years old to gain qualifications. We'll ask you how you're doing and record this in your personal education plan (PEP) and Pathway Plan.
Your Personal Advisor or NEET re-engagement adviser will make sure you have full and up-to-date advice about:
If you're not sure what to do with your future we can help you access a project for young people up to the age of 25 who are not in education, employment or training:
Our Where next? section may also help you with options if you're between 14 and 19 years old.
If you're aged between 16 and 18 in the September your course starts you can get a bursary of up to £1,200 from the setting where you'll be studying. This will help to cover costs involved in your course, including:
It's unlikely that there will be course fees if you're at college or sixth form at the age of 16 or 17.
We may be able to help with fees if you're interested in other learning options like:
We can talk your plans through with you.
If you're in education or learning for more than 12 hours per week, we'll try and help you with IT equipment, up to the value of £300. This will be your device and you'll need to take care of the maintenance and repair of it.
If you are in education or training, you could get help towards your childcare costs. This will normally be through a bursary you apply for. If you cannot do this we'll look at your situation and what you may need to help with your learning.
We have a scheme that can offer you employment at Dorset Council through:
Speak with your social worker or Personal Advisor about the opportunities and financial help we can give you to support you on the scheme.
You can apply for a £1,000 bursary when you've been on your apprenticeship for 4 months.
Your training provider will help you apply for this bursary. You can use this money to help you with your travel, clothing and equipment you might need for your course.
If you're doing an apprenticeship and you're paid less than the national living wage we'll help you with a bursary of £200 per month. We'll also help with your travel costs of up to £100 per month for the first year of your training.
If you study through a traineeship, you may be able to get a bursary depending on your age which could help with the cost of getting there and work clothes. We will look at what else you may need to complete your course.
Speak with your social worker or Personal Advisor about any opportunities you have to take up work experience or volunteering. These are great ways to build your CV and experience. We will look at what you need to do this.
If you're doing work experience or voluntary work for more than 12 hours per week we can give you an incentive payment of up to £30 per week to help towards your additional costs such as: travel, lunches and suitable clothing.
You can use your monthly clothing allowance to buy clothes and equipment you might need for work.
You can use your personal allowance to help you with the costs of travelling to work. You may be able to get help with the cost of your first month’s travel to a new job while you wait for your first pay cheque. We will check with you what you need.
If you're working and claiming Universal Credit you can apply to the Jobcentre Flexible Support Fund for help paying for childcare.
If you're working and cannot get help with childcare costs we'll look at your money with you and see if there's anything we can do to help.
We run events throughout the year designed to encourage you to think about your future. They're great fun, there's free food and we can help you get there.
Speak to your Personal Advisor for more information. Hope to see you there!
We can look at the support you may need as you start the next stage of your education, training or work. You'll be able to access advice and guidance about your options at any age. We'll ask you how you're doing and record this in your personal education plan (PEP) and Pathway Plan.
Your Personal Advisers or NEET re-engagement adviser will make sure you have full and up-to-date advice about:
If you're not sure what to do with your future we can help you access a project for young people up to the age of 25 who are not in education, employment or training:
Our Where next? section may also help you with options if you're between 14 and 19 years old.
If you're aged between 16 and 19 in the September your course starts you can get a bursary of up to £1,200 from the setting where you'll be studying. This will help to cover costs involved in your course, including:
If you're over the age of 19 you can apply for support in education from the institution's discretionary learner support fund. There's no set amount you can be entitled to but we will check that you have what you need.
If you're over the age of 19, studying for a level 3 course and have got an Advanced Learner Loan to help with your fees you might also be able to apply for a bursary.
We may or may not be able to help with the fees for Level 2 courses but we'll talk this through with you.
For Level 3 courses with fees you should apply for an L3 Advanced Learner Loan. We can show you how to do this and will explain how you pay this back in the future when you're earning enough money to afford it.
If you go on to complete a course at university you do not have to pay back the Level 3 loan.
We may be able to help with the fees and will consider your plans if you're interested in other learning options like:
If you're claiming Universal Credit you may be able to get help through the Job Centre Flexible Support Fund. Find out more from Turn2Us charity's website.
We will give you a £2,000 bursary over the duration of your course. This will be £500 per year and we'll use your Pathway Plan to agree with you how to spend this over the academic year.
This bursary will be £3,000 if you're studying in London.
If you're studying through the Open University we'll work out an equivalent bursary for you based on the credits you're studying for.
We can help you with up to £100 per week for vacation costs when you cannot stay in your student accommodation. This is for a maximum of 12 weeks per year.
If you're in education or learning for more than 12 hours per week we'll try and help you with IT equipment (computer or laptop for example) up to the value of £300. This will be your device and you'll need to take care of any maintenance and repair for it.
If you are in education or training, you could get help towards your childcare costs. This will normally be through a bursary you apply for. If you cannot do this we'll look at your situation and what you need to help with your learning.
If you're at university you can apply for a childcare grant as part of your student finance application.
We have a scheme that can offer you employment at Dorset Council through:
You can apply for a £1,000 bursary when you've been on your apprenticeship for 4 months. Your training provider will help you apply for this. You can use this bursary to help you with the travel, clothing and equipment you might need for your course.
If you're doing an apprenticeship and you're paid less than the national living wage we'll help you with a bursary of £200 per month. We'll also help with your travel costs of up to £100 per month for the first year of your training.
If you study through a traineeship you may be able to get a bursary depending on your age. This bursary could help with the cost of getting to your traineeship and work clothes. We'll look at what else you may need to complete your course.
Speak with your Personal Adviser about any opportunities you have to take up work experience or volunteering. These are great ways to build your CV and experience. We will look at what you need to do this.
If you're doing work experience or voluntary work for more than 12 hours per week we can give you an incentive payment of up to £30 per week to help towards your additional costs such as: travel, lunches and suitable clothing.
You can use your personal budget to buy clothes and equipment you might need for work.
You can use your personal budget to help you with the costs of travelling to work.
If you're claiming Universal Credit you can get help with travelling to interviews from the Jobcentre's Flexible Support Fund. This fund might also be able to help you with travelling for your first month while you wait for your first pay day.
If you're claiming Universal Credit and working you can apply to the Jobcentre Flexible Support Fund for help paying for childcare. If you're working and cannot get help with childcare costs we'll look at your money with you and see if there's anything we can do to help.
We run events throughout the year designed to encourage you to think about your future. They're great fun, there's free food and we can help you get there.
Speak to your Personal Adviser for more information. Hope to see you there!
You'll be able to access advice and guidance from the team about your options at any age. Including:
If you're not sure what to do with your future we can help you access a project for young people up to the age of 25 who are not in education, employment or training:
Our Where next? section may also help you with options if you're between 14 and 19 years old.
There's no guaranteed bursary for qualifying care leavers. But you can still apply to your learning provider to see if you can get help with things like:
You might be able to apply for a bursary if you:
You can apply for this bursary from the same place you got your Advanced Learner Loan.
If you're aged 16 to 18 it's unlikely there will be course fees if you are at college or sixth form.
If you're over 18 some courses may be free and some may have fees. We may be able to help with Level 2 course fees but we'll talk your plans through with you.
For Level 3 courses with fees you will should apply for an L3 Advanced Learner Loan. We can show you how to do this and will explain how you pay this back in the future when you're earning enough money to afford it.
If you go on to complete a course at university you do not have to pay back the Level 3 loan.
We may be able to help with the fees and will consider your plans if you're interested in other learning options like:
If you're claiming Universal Credit you may be able to get help through the Jobcentre Flexible Support Fund.
Find out more from Turn2Us charity's website.
We will give you a £2,000 bursary over the duration of your course. This will be £500 per year. We'll use your pathway plan to agree with you how you spend this over the academic year.
This bursary will be £3,000 if you're studying in London.
If you're studying through the Open University we'll work out the equivalent bursary for you based on the credits you're studying for.
We can help you with up to £100 per week for vacation costs when you cannot stay in your student accommodation. This is for a maximum of 12 weeks per year.
If you're in education or learning for more than 12 hours per week we'll try and help you with IT equipment up to the value of £300. This will be your device and you'll need to take care of the maintenance and repair for it.
If you're at college you could get help towards your childcare costs. This will normally be through a bursary you apply for. If you cannot do this we'll look at your situation and what you need to help you take part in your learning.
If you're at university you can apply for a childcare grant as part of your student finance application.
We have a scheme that can offer you employment at Dorset Council through:
Qualifying care leavers are not eligible for the £1,000 bursary for care leavers when they've been on an apprenticeship for more than 4 months.
If you're doing an apprenticeship and you're paid less than the national living wage we will help you with a bursary of £200 per month. We'll also help with your travel costs up to £100 per month for the first year of your training.
If you study through a traineeship you may be able to get a bursary depending on your age. This bursary could help with the cost of getting to your traineeship and work clothes. We'll look at what else you may need to complete your course.
If you are participating in work experience or voluntary work for more than 12 hours per week we can give you an incentive payment of up to £30 per week to help towards your additional costs such as: travel, lunches and suitable clothing
We will assess what you need for work. You can access a one off grant of up to £100.
If you're claiming Universal Credit you can get help with travelling to interviews from the Jobcentre's Flexible Support Fund. This fund might also be able to help you with travelling for your first month while you wait for your first pay day. If you cannot access this we'll check with you what you need.
If you're claiming Universal Credit and working you can apply to the Jobcentre Flexible Support Fund for help paying for childcare. If you're working and cannot get help with childcare costs we'll look at your money with you and see if there's anything we can do to help.
