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Springboard and keeping Social Welfare payments

  • 06-07-2016 3:21pm
    #1
    taelor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭


    Hi all, I have a question about Springboard and was wondering if anyone had information on this who has done it recently.

    I have an undergraduate degree and I am currently on Jobseekers Benefit for 6 months now. I applied for a springboard course (Software Development (Higher Diploma), full time) and was recently accepted. Followed all the instructions.

    I'm now concerned about my payments. The reason I had applied was that several other I know who have done springboard were able to keep their payments as long as they were on it for at least 6 weeks. Now after getting the acceptance I'm getting conflicting information from everywhere. Notifications and emails are saying I would automatically transfer to Back to Education Allowance, not keeping benefit. others saying I need to be on Benefit for 9 months for me to even get BTEA (which would screw me as our household needs this financially). Other I have talked to still assure me I will get to keep it from their experience.

    What is true? Is the 6 months not enough? Will I even transfer to BTEA? Reading different threads online and documentation is confusing and contradicting on this circumstance. I will be meeting someone in DSP next week on this subject but would like to know if others have any insight here. Thanks


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