Redundant in July, 2 mths doing voluntary work, back to educcation grant?

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Rainbow08

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I have been accepted on one of the upskill courses.

I was recently made redundant in July and instead of signing on I took of for 2 months doing voluntary work.

I have never had to sign on before and do qualify for jobseekers allowance.

Went to my local social welfare office to sign on, and was told I did not qualify for the Labour activation fund as I need to be 3 months signing on.

Can I apply for the back to education grant?

Its a course I really want to do and being from outside dublin am going to need all the support I can get.

What are my chances of getting the BETA grant?

Thank you
 
The 'grant' is not a SW payment, it's doen by VECs. I think the closing date was last week.
If it's Back To Education Allowance you mean, then you would have to be on JB/JA for at least 9 months before qualifying.
I don't know what the 'Labour activation fund' but it's not any SW payment I've heard off.
 
Welfarite,
For info, here is the information on the Labour Market Activation Fund - it's a Back to College Initiative announced earlier in the summer.

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/JobseekerSupports/Pages/btcij.aspx

Rainbow,
If you received statutory redundancy, you may be eligible for Back to Education Allowance as the 9 month rule won't be applied. From welfare.ie site...

Redundancy
If you are awarded statutory redundancy under Irish legislation, you can have immediate access to the BTEA. To qualify you must:
- Take part in the BTEA scheme within one year of getting statutory redundancy
- Be entitled to a qualifying social welfare payment before starting your course

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/BackToEducation/Pages/default.aspx
 
College grant money is made available through such means as PELL grants and other grants and scholarships given by both government, public and private programs.
 
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