LEARNING drivers could be eligible to free driving lessons if they meet three criteria – do you?
Driving lessons can be quite pricey, but if you meet a few criteria, you could be cruising the roads in no time – and not pay a thing.
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But there’s three criteria to meet: first, you must have been in care or have recently left care.
Secondly, you must have already passed the driving theory test.
And lastly, you must be located in a rural area with poor transport links.
If you meet all three criteria, you could be awarded a grant between £300 and £2000 to assist with higher education and training courses – like driving.
To apply, you can visit Capstone Care Leavers Trust, and be driving in no time.
If you don’t meet these criteria, don’t fret – there’s another way to get free driving lessons.
If you are a carer and if you can show driving is key to your caring role, you could be eligible for big savings.
Website Disability Grants says carers – who need to know how to drive to transport the person they care for – can apply for support.
First, they can ask their local Social Services for a Carer’s Assessment.
The results of that assessment could find that the cost of your driving lessons can be funded via the Direct Payments of the disabled person you care for.
Alternatively, local carers’ group can sometimes help with the cost of driving lessons for carers.
Elsewhere, the Motability charity offers grants to disabled people through the Driving Lessons Grant Programme.
Under it, those on a provisional licence can get help paying for lessons to get a full licence.
And those with a full licence can get help towards the cost of familiarisation lessons.
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