EMA

[leoniebabey]

appaerenly ...
if you already get ema you will continue to get it next year!
wooohooo
but if your just leaving school this year then you wont get anything

 

[lucy_x]

yes! Its brilliant news!

If you currently receive EMA, you’ll continue to receive payments while you’re studying.

If you applied for EMA in 2009/10, your payments will continue for each week of your course until the end of the 2011/12 academic year.

If you applied for EMA in 2010/11 and you receive the maximum payment of £30 your payments will be reduced to £20 from September 2011.

If you’re in care, a care leaver or on income support your weekly EMA payments will be replaced with a guaranteed bursary of £1,200 a year from September 2011.

 

[leoniebabey]

yes! Its brilliant news!

If you currently receive EMA, you’ll continue to receive payments while you’re studying.

If you applied for EMA in 2009/10, your payments will continue for each week of your course until the end of the 2011/12 academic year.

If you applied for EMA in 2010/11 and you receive the maximum payment of £30 your payments will be reduced to £20 from September 2011.

If you’re in care, a care leaver or on income support your weekly EMA payments will be replaced with a guaranteed bursary of £1,200 a year from September 2011.

Ohh glad you could come along with the full details thanks!
I wasnt sure the exact figures ect just that i was still going to get it !
Im glad there replacing it and keeping it on for some people because alot of kids rely on it for their transport and supplies

 

[annawrigley]

yes! Its brilliant news!

If you currently receive EMA, you’ll continue to receive payments while you’re studying.

If you applied for EMA in 2009/10, your payments will continue for each week of your course until the end of the 2011/12 academic year.

If you applied for EMA in 2010/11 and you receive the maximum payment of £30 your payments will be reduced to £20 from September 2011.

If you’re in care, a care leaver or on income support your weekly EMA payments will be replaced with a guaranteed bursary of £1,200 a year from September 2011.

 

[lucy_x]

yes! Its brilliant news!

If you currently receive EMA, you’ll continue to receive payments while you’re studying.

If you applied for EMA in 2009/10, your payments will continue for each week of your course until the end of the 2011/12 academic year.

If you applied for EMA in 2010/11 and you receive the maximum payment of £30 your payments will be reduced to £20 from September 2011.

If you’re in care, a care leaver or on income support your weekly EMA payments will be replaced with a guaranteed bursary of £1,200 a year from September 2011.

Ohh glad you could come along with the full details thanks!
I wasnt sure the exact figures ect just that i was still going to get it !
Im glad there replacing it and keeping it on for some people because alot of kids rely on it for their transport and supplies

I know, My OHs brother relys on it alone for transport. It costs him £38 a week to get there, What were they gna do, Force him outta college because he cant afford to get there and put him on JSA?!? Its a stupid idea, so glad they are bringing it back for some.

 

[bbyno1]

I remember being in college and really relying on my EMA for my weekly bus fair and munch Oh and maybe a cheap top or something lol

 

[Rhio92]

Riiiiiiiiiiight question
Can you claim income support whilst in full time education? #ifyou can't, then how can you get ema if you're on income supprt? Probably a stupid question, bur I've had a drink tonight andcan't work it out

 

[annawrigley]

Riiiiiiiiiiight question
Can you claim income support whilst in full time education? #ifyou can't, then how can you get ema if you're on income supprt? Probably a stupid question, bur I've had a drink tonight andcan't work it out

Yea you can lol. You keep all of your benefits. Uni is different x

 

[LauraBee]

I think EMA needs more individual attention tbh. I used to waste mine on complete crap. I walked to college (3.5 miles) to save money, never really ate lunch because I forgot so didn't spend money there... I stole the Psychology textbook, and then spent maybe a total of £25 at the most on my other textbooks and stationary. So £30 a week for me definitely wasn't needed. Although I saved about £300 of my EMA when I found out I was PG.

Obviously, when I return the bursary will definitely come into use. I expect I'll be busing more often, I know I have a lot more books to get, and then there will be lots of baby things to get with anything I don't spend.

Anyone know if we have to apply for the bursary or if it's automatic?

 

[annawrigley]

^I agree. Not one person I know who gets EMA spends it on college related things. Everyone spends it in town on the weekend. I certainly don't spend it on anything to do with college since I get everything paid for anyway
We will most probably have to apply since not everyone who gets EMA will get it

 

[laura1991]

^I agree. Not one person I know who gets EMA spends it on college related things. Everyone spends it in town on the weekend. I certainly don't spend it on anything to do with college since I get everything paid for anyway
We will most probably have to apply since not everyone who gets EMA will get it

I spend mine mainly on college it cost me £15 a week on buses and college is soo expensive for food

 

[annawrigley]

^I agree. Not one person I know who gets EMA spends it on college related things. Everyone spends it in town on the weekend. I certainly don't spend it on anything to do with college since I get everything paid for anyway
We will most probably have to apply since not everyone who gets EMA will get it

I spend mine mainly on college it cost me £15 a week on buses and college is soo expensive for food

Do you not have discretionary learner support there? I get meals, books, my CRB check and workwear paid for, and the council gave me a free bus pass because i'm on Income Support (you also get one if you live more than 3 miles away)
xx

 

[divershona]

^I agree. Not one person I know who gets EMA spends it on college related things. Everyone spends it in town on the weekend. I certainly don't spend it on anything to do with college since I get everything paid for anyway
We will most probably have to apply since not everyone who gets EMA will get it

I spend mine mainly on college it cost me £15 a week on buses and college is soo expensive for food

Do you not have discretionary learner support there? I get meals, books, my CRB check and workwear paid for, and the council gave me a free bus pass because i'm on Income Support (you also get one if you live more than 3 miles away)
xx

not where i live they don't :'(