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i study at home due to having agraphobia and chronic fatigue. i have done a few gcses and want to study two more. Is there any funding to pay for these courses whilst i do them from home?

This is our reply.......

Hi Frances, thanks for your email.

Unfortunately it can be difficult to find financial support to study at home. Whilst there are lots of organisations which enable GCSEs to be studied at home, from checking their websites they don't offer reductions or discounts on their fees for people who are, for example, receiving welfare benefits, or who have other reasons for not attending a school or college. However, most of the organisations let you pay their fees by instalments, and it's also worth checking their websites for special offers. From our research, costs range between £250 - £399 for a single GCSE. Here are some of the organisations which provide home study, for your information:

# http://www.nec.ac.uk telephone: 0800 389 2839
# http://www.uk-open-learning.com telephone: 0800 043 4288
# http://www.ukopencollege.co.uk telephone: 0800 013 1030
# http://www.learning-at-home.co.uk telephone: 08456 123 823

We have checked out a number of organisations which offer grants for educational purposes but haven't been able to match your circumstances as you describe them to us, to their criteria. But you may want to check this out for yourself. Here are the ones we looked at:
# http://www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk
# http://www.family-action.org.uk
# http://www.turn2us.org.uk

If you are unable to raise the funding to be able to study at home, we hope that you are soon well enough to be able to continue your studies at college or in the workplace.

Best wishes from q2a.

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