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| The Adult Learning Grant and Benefits | You can apply for ALG if you’re getting most ‘in work’ benefits, but not ‘out of work’ benefits. Realize that for some forms of financial help, ALG payments will be taken into account when working out your entitlement.
Forms of financial help that won’t affect whether you qualify for ALG:
• Adult Education Bursaries
• Grants from charities
• Learner Support Funds
• Care to Learn
• Sixth Form College Childcare Scheme
• Career’s Allowance (as long as you get less than 21 hours of 'guided learning’ per week)
• Disability Living Allowance
• Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
• Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Second Adult Rebate
• Career Development Loans
You have to be aware that any ALG payments you get will be taken into account when working out your entitlement to some of these forms of financial help.
• Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
• Learner Support Funds
If your local council is working out what Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit you’re entitled to, they can ignore the first £632 of your ALG payments over a year, but they don’t have to. Get in touch with your local council to find out what their policy is.
• Financial help that will mean you don’t qualify for ALG
You can’t get ALG if you’re claiming ‘out of work’ benefits, or most forms of government-supported financial help that aren’t listed above.
• Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income Support
• Incapacity Benefit
• Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
• Apprenticeship payments
• Train to Gain
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