WEA Course Fees 2008/2009

The fees for a 20 hour course are:

Full fee: £55 (£2.75 per hour)

Concession A: £49.50

Concession B: Free

Concession A: you may claim this concession if you are receiving one of the following:

Incapacity Benefit; Invalid Care Allowance; Severe Disablement Allowance; Disability Living Allowance; Attendance Allowance.

Concession B: if you receive any of these benefits you will not pay a fee:

Jobseeker’s Allowance; Income Support; Working Tax Credit (with a household income below £15,050 a year); Housing Benefit; Means-tested Council Tax Benefit; Pension Guarantee Credit.

If you are an unwaged dependant of someone who receives one of the means-tested benefits listed you will not pay a fee

16-18 year olds will not pay a fee

Asylum seekers in receipt of the equivalent of a means-tested benefit (assistance under the terms of the 1999 Immigration & Asylum Act) you will not pay a fee

If you are claiming Concession B please bring evidence of your benefit status to the first session.

Evidence Requirements

In order to be eligible for free childcare it is essential that you provide evidence of either your benefit status or a low household income (below £15,050 a year).

As evidence of a low income we will need to see one of the following:

Wage slips (3 months)

P60

Tax Credit Notification

Bank Statements (3 months)