Henny Penny
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I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who is also a stay at home mum.
She was thinking about going back to do a FETAC course while her children are at school. She went to the introductory day of the course where she was told about the grants and allowances she could apply for. There she said her eyes were opened ... to a whole other world of people with no interest in this course, doing a course for the sake of it to get the benefits or keep the sw benefits.
As it turns out she won't end up doing the course, as some of it is outside of school hours, which would mean finding and paying for childcare. Incidentally she's entitled to nothing ... no grant, no back to education allowance because her husbands' income is above 50K annually.
It made me so mad to hear this ... if you milk the system you get everything, but if you don't you're left with no support at all. Great country we live in.
She was thinking about going back to do a FETAC course while her children are at school. She went to the introductory day of the course where she was told about the grants and allowances she could apply for. There she said her eyes were opened ... to a whole other world of people with no interest in this course, doing a course for the sake of it to get the benefits or keep the sw benefits.
As it turns out she won't end up doing the course, as some of it is outside of school hours, which would mean finding and paying for childcare. Incidentally she's entitled to nothing ... no grant, no back to education allowance because her husbands' income is above 50K annually.
It made me so mad to hear this ... if you milk the system you get everything, but if you don't you're left with no support at all. Great country we live in.