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These allowances are intended to assist students with disabilities to benefit as fully as possible from their course. They are designed to cover special equipment and other general expenses.

Eligibility

Disabled Student Allowances (DSAs) are part of Student Support in Higher Education, but are not means-tested. They help with costs you incur, in attending your course, as a direct result of your disability. They are available to full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students with disabilities, although part-time students must be studying at least 50% of a full-time course.

Details

Allowances that may be claimed are:

• Special Equipment Allowance, which covers major items of equipment, the need for which arises from a disability, and which are necessary to enable a student to benefit fully from the course.
• Non-Medical Personal Helper’s Allowance, for expenditure on personal helpers such as readers, lip speakers, note takers, non-medical carers, necessary for a student to benefit fully from the course.
• General Disability Allowance, which provides for supplementary payments for disability related expenditure incurred because of attendance on the course.
• Extra Travel Costs Allowance, for reimbursement of additional travel expenses incurred as a result of your disability.

Full information on DSAs is available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Next Steps

Application Forms are available from the Student Finance Team at Bromley or can be downloaded from the Department for Children, Schools and Families website.
A booklet and advice on making an application can be obtained from Bromley’s Student Finance team.

Contact Details

Telephone:  020 8313 4094
Fax:  020 8313 4145
e-mail:  student.support@bromley.gov.uk
DCSF Website:  www.dcsf.gov.uk/studentsupport/formsandguides

Address:
Student Finance Section, Children and Young People Services, London Borough of Bromley, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH