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Hi,
My Situation:
Started a Home Learning Course to do at home while doing self-employed freelance work, Started doing the course on a full time basis, but since I have completed most of the work I can now cut back on the hours on to well below 16 per week.
Just have a couple of questions:
1) What is the difference between JSA and Income Support ?
2) Could I qualify for any of the above benefits even though I am paying for my Home Learning Course if I was to do it less than 16hrs per week ?
3) How or where do you get Income Support ?
4) Also would I be able to claim since I have my own place in my own name now through a housing association ?
5) I was also looking at a Training scheme as well over the last couple or months and this would also be an avenue that I would consider going down as well ?
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions.
My Situation:
Started a Home Learning Course to do at home while doing self-employed freelance work, Started doing the course on a full time basis, but since I have completed most of the work I can now cut back on the hours on to well below 16 per week.
Just have a couple of questions:
1) What is the difference between JSA and Income Support ?
2) Could I qualify for any of the above benefits even though I am paying for my Home Learning Course if I was to do it less than 16hrs per week ?
3) How or where do you get Income Support ?
4) Also would I be able to claim since I have my own place in my own name now through a housing association ?
5) I was also looking at a Training scheme as well over the last couple or months and this would also be an avenue that I would consider going down as well ?
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions.
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You can really only claim income support if you are a carer or a lone parent of a child aged under five. If you have limited capability for work you can claim employment support allowance (ESA), but you will be expected to attend a medical. These medicals generally will come out with the result that, if you're well enough to do distance learning, you're well enough to work.