EMA Applications closed as of January 2011

[GommeInc]

Travel money, rent. None of it has been spent on booze/drugs/whatever. I haven't been out partying in 2 ******* months.
I earn 5.02 an hour, I can only do 11 hours a week.
That's rougly £55 a week.

Now, if we task my rent which is £200 a month, add on food and travel expenses on top of that and then bills every three months...

I'm pretty ******* sure I need my EMA.

There must be some sort of benefit or tax reduction that exists. I would ask why you're not with other members of your family, but I don't want to open up your personal life. It's either that or part-time education, but that depends on whether or not your college has such a facility. You could ask someone what to do, you might find something useful as the EMA needed to be scrapped as it was a waste of money, even though they should of changed the format to allow for reduced or no transport costs, either for a selected group or across the board for all students.

[Niall!]

They live in France, I wanted to study in N.Ireland. Simple as.

There is nothing; I'm a student apparently I don't deserve any benefits whatsoever

[GommeInc]

They live in France, I wanted to study in N.Ireland. Simple as.

There is nothing; I'm a student apparently I don't deserve any benefits whatsoever

Overseas student or you were born in N. Ireland and they escaped a sinking ship and went to France? Can they not assist with it?

[Niall!]

I was born in NI. We moved to France when I was 14 and I came back when I was 18.

No, no they can't.

[Andeeh]

Its a ******* joke, EMA hardly uses up any of the Govenments money anyway and I did actually use it for 3 month savers and equipment. I wouldn't mind if they gave out free bus passes or other **** because I would just get a job to socialise but the Government are just targetting those who don't have voice when it comes to voting. However 5 years time they'll be out hopefully

[StefanWolves]

NNOPE.

U abused the system and ****** it up for everyone else you ****.

[matt$]

Win some, you lose some.

[hairpins]

dunt worry abowt yew not bein able 2 afford 2 get ya bus to college every week

yew just gotta think tht a Conservative MEP just spent £9,000 on climate sceptic poster campaign usin our moneyz pmsl

n neva mind abowt ya ema think abowt da tories secretly cuttin funding for the disabled pplz to get free walking sticks, wheelchairs and hearing aids

[Abbie.]

niall, my friend goes to the same college as you, and she has a student loan lol.

[Niall!]

The course I'm on doesn't qualify for student loans abbie.