COVERAGE
The following groups of learners are eligible to apply for 16-19 Bursary Funds:
• Group One: Vulnerable Young People – up to £1,200 bursary
• Group Two: Discretionary Bursary – Up to £3730 bursary
Where a learner does not meet the criteria for 16-19 Bursary, SCL Group will endeavour to support to meet the learner’s monetary need through the utilisation of the SCL Hardship Fund.
IMPLEMENTATION
Eligibility for Group One: A bursary of up to £1,200 per annum for a full-time course (30 weeks or more) is available to learners who are in a defined vulnerable group and have a financial need to enable them to participate in education. The defined vulnerable groups are learners who are: • In care • Care leavers • Receiving Income Support (IS), or Universal Credit (UC) in their own right 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 (DLA) or Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in their own right as well as Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or UC in their own right The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund defines ‘in care’ as children looked after by a local authority on a voluntary basis (section 20 of the Children Act 1989) or under a care order (section 31 of the Children Act 1989) – Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 defines the term ‘looked after child’. A ‘care leaver’ is defined as: • A young person aged 16 and 17 who was previously looked after for a period of 13 weeks consecutively (or periods amounting to 13 weeks), which began after the age of 14 and ended after the age of 16; or • A young person aged 18 or above who was looked after prior to becoming 18 for a period of 13 weeks consecutively (or periods amounting to 13 weeks), which began after the age of 14 and ended after the age of 16
A young person placed with a foster carer by the local authority, including where the foster carer is on the books of an independent fostering agency, is classed as looked after.
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