College

Will your college not support you? Usually they will guide you and help you either financially or with getting the help. If you are in the UK you can sign onto Universal Credits and claim child tax and the such and they will help with childcare too I'm not sure for outside of the UK x

Colleges have a suppprt fund for childcare in their bursaries, also check the college you want to go to and see if they have an onsite nursery. A lot of them do now and they tailor the hours to your course needs.

@Christina , @Charlotte Thankyou, tbh I don't know anything lol I had my eldest at 18 I'm now 35 and I've got 2 small ones, Yearsss ago I wanted to go back to college but again i was in loophole due to childcare, I just feel soo lost n confused! I also heard if I go college I can't claim uc ? I currently do now but I've been told I won't be able to continue as it'll mean I'm making myself unavailable for work?

Try some free courses you can do them online at home, and good thing is you can learn lots of different taster subjects like how to start a business, social media, it and many other subjects like health, social care, construction etc etc. I use to book through Conel College Google the website, they offer a remote and in-house option if located in London. These are free government sponsored courses.

@Michelle owww ok i used to go conel when I was younger lol I miss those days lol , Ideally I'd love to get into nursing however when I look into it, I can't find the course I need its so frustrating

You can do level 2 courses if you are earning under 25 grand. It's part time course meaning universal credit is not impacted. You should also be able to apply for child care if the courses are inr the day or you can do an evening course and the father can put the kids to bed. I'm doing it if you want to chat more. Also find out what you would like to do. Courses don't always lead to something especially if your not massively passionate. I did photography for free and now I'm doing counselling level 2 which is linked to what I want to do. There is a course provider called successful mums, they do online courses you can kinda do that with kids at home, as it's an hour on zoom.

AHH okay, There might be nursing apprenticeships but I think if you need to find a NHS trust that will employee you and then they may be able to help pay for all your course but the only thing is you need to work for them whilst learning, perhaps contact your local trust to find out more but it's the cheapest route while getting paid over time to get your qualifications

@Michelle Yeah it's such a tricky one lol ,,, funny thing I did beauty before, however 2yrs ago I had a premature baby and it's kist made me realise I really want to help others you know ... Its just knowing where to start , even thou I know I could be 45 before I'm qualified Lol x

You 100% can claim UC and go to college.