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  • Step Up bursary - financial help when needed

    Topics:
    • Insolvency service, 
    • Employment and skills programmes (including apprenticeships), 
    • Bankruptcy in Northern Ireland, 
    • Step Up case studies

    Focus on providing financial support for people in higher education who are care experienced. The case studies show the positive effect this financial assistance has had on allowing recipients to continue with their study.

    The participant said:

    “The bursary has made a huge impact to my academic life as it has opened a new path for me to be able to purchase items required for my course but also to have a backup fund for times of financial difficulty.

    "The care experienced bursary has greatly impacted my university experience as it has allowed me to reduce working hours at my part time job knowing I have that safety net of the bursary and is beneficial as I was able to buy course items and not be at a disadvantage to other students”

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    • Bankruptcy and travelling abroad
    • Bankruptcy restrictions
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    • Complete Form 6.31 Statement of Affairs (Debtor's Petition) online
    • Creditors of a bankrupt
    • Dear IP Letter 57
    • Dear IP Letter 58
    • Discharge from bankruptcy
    • Effect of bankruptcy
    • Employees of bankrupts and insolvent companies
    • Forms used for making yourself bankrupt
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    • Insolvency Service - do it online
    • Making someone bankrupt
    • Making yourself bankrupt
    • Pay your bankruptcy deposit online
    • Pay your deposit online
    • Statutory forms used in bankruptcy and proxy forms for individual and company insolvency
    • Step Up care experienced bursary - funding a university dream
    • Step Up care experienced bursary - more study, less financial worry
    • Step Up Case studies - Disability (DARE) – From sense of isolation to sense of belonging thanks to Step Up
    • Step Up Case Study - College Connect + - From no formal school qualifications to part time employment and secured bricklaying course
    • Step up case study - Disability (DARE) - Building confidence through creativity made possible by Step Up
    • Step Up Case study - Disability (DARE) - Support that opened doors
    • Step Up Case Study - Disability (DARE) - Support with confidence building and engagement
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – A quiet start, a strong journey. Now planning what comes next!
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – Back to learning, back to me
    • Step Up Case Study - Disability (DARE) – Barista course results in own pop up coffee shop
    • Step up case study - Disability (DARE) – Finding my passion in nail art!
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – Finding my voice: building confidence, skills and balance through Step Up DARE
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – From feeling left behind to believing she belongs
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – From low confidence to new qualifications and a clear next step into work
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – From nervous to thriving, Step-Up helped her find her voice
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – From uncertainty to employment - A confident step forward
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – From “daunted” to “doing”
    • Step Up case study - Disability (DARE) – Learning again on their terms with support that works.
    • Step up case study - Disability (DARE) – Mentored support helping turn interest into employability
    • Step Up Case Study - Disability (DARE) – Successful transition from supported school environment to Step up
    • Step Up Case Study - WRAP - Women Returners Access Programme - Further Education Provision - from Pause to Purpose
    • Step Up Case Study - WRAP – Women Returners Access Programme – Further Education Provision - moving forward with confidence overcoming dyslexia-related barriers to achieve Essential Skills Numeracy and progress into work
    • Step Up Case Study - WRAP –– Overcame dyspraxia/dyscalculia and earlier numeracy/placement struggles
    • Step Up Case study College Connect - Finding a pathway after missing the entry requirements.
    • Step Up case Study College Connect - From missed entry grades to a future in childcare
    • Step Up Case Study College Connect+ - “It was a relief to realise I still had options and could work towards engineering step by step”
    • Step Up Case Study Ulster University – Funding had a profound impact by reducing financial burden
    • Step up Case study – College Connect + - Job placement secured thanks to Step Up
    • Step Up case study – College Connect + - Previously struggled in social settings, now in part time employment and educational course
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