I'm 25 and am going to be an apprenticeship next year in Plumbing, the NMW for an apprentice in their first year is £2.60 an hour, my course is going to be £2k and I will have to spend about £70 a week in petrol to get to and from my apprenticeship..
Luckily DS will just be starting school then so I will only have minimal childcare costs but I will only be earning just over £70 a week for the 4 days I will be working. I really want to do this, it will give me and DS a better life, but I have no idea how I'm going to afford it. Is there any way I can get a student loan to help me to get through it?