Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
EMA is a weekly payment of £10, £20 or £30 a week dependent on
your household income. The money is intended to help with the
day-to-day costs when you stay on at school, college or with a
training provider – for such items as travel, books and equipment
for your learning programme You may be entitled to an Education
Maintenance Allowance if you reach the age of 16 between 1
September 2006 and 31 August 2007 and enter year 12 of full time
learning in 2007 / 2008 from September 2007; or you reach the age
of 18 between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007 and enter a third
year of full time learning in 2007 / 2008 from September 2007.
For further details please contact either your careers teacher,
the student support service, your Connexions personal adviser, the
EMA helpline 080 810 16 2 19 or
www.ema.dfes.gov.uk.
For further information about any of the above tel 020 7332
1750.