youthmoney

A main charge against Alistair Darling’s pre-election budget is that it lacked detail and clarity. That’s certainly true of the one new initiative that could help young people manage their finances – the proposal to introduce a new right to open a basic bank account. What hoops will a young adult have to jump through [...]

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National media are doing a pretty lousy job of covering the education maintenance allowance failures. Only the BBC news online seems to be taking it at all seriously—reporting the experiences of young people who’ve been let down and the frustration caused. It quotes Nigel Robbins, principal of Cirencester College in Gloucestershire, “There’s no sense of [...]

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Earlier this week I was talking to a youth worker. She was saying how delighted she was that three of the young people who attended the project had just started college courses. Given their life histories, this was a major, major step forward for them.  I asked about Education Maintenance Allowance and she said, yes, [...]

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There’s little cheer for college students relying on Education Maintenance Allowance. The technical problems that have delayed their payments are to continue.  The education department says there is no guarantee that young people will get their grants – worth up to £30 a week for 16- to 18-year-olds – this side of Christmas. According to [...]

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