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Hi, my name is Gfly381! Will a part time college course affect my PIP or ESA?
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Gfly381
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Hi everybody, hope everyone is keeping well, I have a question and if someone could help me answer it I would really appreciate it.
I am currently 24 years old from Northern Ireland and I am out of work due to depression and anxiety, I am claiming esa and personal independent payments (PIP) for my disability, as I am claiming both of these benefits I don’t have to look for work.
I was interested in doing a part time course in my local collage, it is 3 hours one evening a week for 20 weeks, if I do this course It would be the first time in a few years that I will be in the public, therefore I don’t even know if I could be able to do it without my mental health getting in the way and quitting, but I feel like I would like to try it as I feel even worse at home not doing anything to progress with my recovery, the reason why I have picked this particular course is because it’s the one with the lest amount of hours than the rest of the courses. I would not be applying for any student loans or any financial help just sorely to get out of the house for 3 hours a week.
my question is would my benefits be affected if I done this part time course?
I was interested in doing a part time course in my local collage, it is 3 hours one evening a week for 20 weeks, if I do this course It would be the first time in a few years that I will be in the public, therefore I don’t even know if I could be able to do it without my mental health getting in the way and quitting, but I feel like I would like to try it as I feel even worse at home not doing anything to progress with my recovery, the reason why I have picked this particular course is because it’s the one with the lest amount of hours than the rest of the courses. I would not be applying for any student loans or any financial help just sorely to get out of the house for 3 hours a week.
my question is would my benefits be affected if I done this part time course?
Thank you so much for reading this!
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Hey there @Gfly381 and welcome to the community.
I'm glad to hear you're wanting to get back to some study, I really hope it'll do wonders for your mental health. From the information I can find online, it shouldn't affect your PIP or ESA. But if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will let me know soon.
Albus (he/him)
Online Community Coordinator @ Scope
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Hello my name is kelsey07
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I received my award letter 10 days ago but didn’t receive my back pay, do you know how long it takes
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Question answered on your thread here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/116823/hi-my-name-is-kelsey07#latestkelsey07 said:I received my award letter 10 days ago but didn’t receive my back pay, do you know how long it takesI would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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