Giving up JSA for college, how can I support myself?

I got a job now guys ! Super happy. It's also my first offical job and working on the tills so i'm a little nervous but i'm thrilled Thanks for all the support from people in this thread I hope one day everyone else stuck in my situation will manage to sort things out x

I got a job now guys ! Super happy. It's also my first offical job and working on the tills so i'm a little nervous but i'm thrilled Thanks for all the support from people in this thread I hope one day everyone else stuck in my situation will manage to sort things out x

Really sorry to hear that, this is what I foresee my life will soon be like. I'm super worried because although I know my family will support me, what about things like my phone bill? I'm trying ridiculously hard to get a weekend job right now, I'm getting p*ssed off beyond belief at lack of response and the one interview I did manage to get resulted in nothing. I just have to keep trying I guess because I think benefits are pretty much out of the question =/

I got a job now guys ! Super happy. It's also my first offical job and working on the tills so i'm a little nervous but i'm thrilled Thanks for all the support from people in this thread I hope one day everyone else stuck in my situation will manage to sort things out x

if you make the effort in every respect possible, jobs come flying at you.

Okay honestly I didn't read all the replies but you can go to college and still claim JSA, I just finished a full time course while claiming JSA because my lesson hours were under 16 hours all together all I needed was a letter from my tutor saying I did under 16 hours that was a formal letter from the college, the job centre only looked for part time jobs for me and made sure they fitted around my course.

I was going to ignore this absolute pillock posting in the thread, but then I spotted this little gem:



All I have to say is:



You really believe that?

I pity you. Gooid luck when you enter the real world.

I'm 19 and currently on Jobseeker's Allowance. After many months of trying and failing to find a job, I decided that what I really need is to get back into education. I have been offered a place on an Access Course starting in September, for which I will have to give up JSA as obviously I can't be on it at the same time. My problem is, I have bills and rent to pay - how will I live? Of course, the obvious answer to this is to get a evening/weekend job, but of course the problem in the first place was that I'm finding getting a job really difficult, so it may be a while until I can get one! It seems to me that there is pretty much nothing I can get in the way of benefits or grants if I go back to college. I really want to go because I just have to just get up out of this depressing cycle of bad jobs and unemployment and go to university next year - I don't want to count not going as an option. I figure there's got to be something out there to help until I can get a part time job, right?

You will have to pay the full course fees if you aren't on benefits.

Not if you're under 24 and this is your first level 3 course.

You will have to pay the full course fees if you aren't on benefits. You will also be unable to work if the course is full time.

No I won't - everyone is entitled to a level 3 qualification for free if they don't already have one. Making certain of things like fees was the first thing I did before applying for the course, so I'm not worrying about that

Only entitled if between 19 and 24 and not on benefits.

I'm 19 and currently on Jobseeker's Allowance. After many months of trying and failing to find a job, I decided that what I really need is to get back into education. I have been offered a place on an Access Course starting in September, for which I will have to give up JSA as obviously I can't be on it at the same time. My problem is, I have bills and rent to pay - how will I live? Of course, the obvious answer to this is to get a evening/weekend job, but of course the problem in the first place was that I'm finding getting a job really difficult, so it may be a while until I can get one! It seems to me that there is pretty much nothing I can get in the way of benefits or grants if I go back to college. I really want to go because I just have to just get up out of this depressing cycle of bad jobs and unemployment and go to university next year - I don't want to count not going as an option. I figure there's got to be something out there to help until I can get a part time job, right?