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ballet babe

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  1. Thank you spooky, when you put it like that it seems there are a lot of plus points to commuting each day and staying at home! I like the sound of her having home cooked meal each night ! X
  2. Hi macnatt your post was lovely. It proves to me that it can be done and somethings are meant to be. You must be so proud of your dd ! she will make an excellent dancer within a company with the passion and dedication she has show. Good luck to you and your family i love happy endings x
  3. That good to know primrose thank you. Feel little bit more like well if there is grants out there someone has to get them, feel better about my dd trying now x
  4. Thank you harwel and julie w this is good news !!! not getting my hopes up but all avenues should be looked into !!! You never know xx
  5. Your right millie 3 at least i have all the info upfront, i would not like to have been in your shoes ! We have figured that what we pay out on dancing now would cover the top up towards dada award if my dd got one , its out of the question without one. We come unstuck because we go over the earnings bracket not by much for the grant to help with living costs. We have four children and cant afford to pay for our dd to move away to dance college. There are no near colleges to were we live offering classical ballet, as mentioned earlier the nearest one is 1hr 40 mins away on public transport . But this may be her only option to commute this distance each day. If she does the degree courses the student loan would be a must but my dd understands the huge loan part. I am ok with that also because if she went to uni we would have to apply for that loan anyway. I am hoping in an ideal world that if my daughter was to gain a place with a dada ,that somewhere out there would be funding that may help with the cost of living other than the current grant , wishful thinking i know ! I keep thinking someone somewhere must of been in this situation before and found a way other than winning the lottery! The mds grants would of been miles better for 16 + although i know this is not offered , it takes into account other children living at home . Thank you again x
  6. Thank you everyone for the warm welcome , lots of helpful posts. We have spoke to our dd about funding and that due to our income and large family ! she may have to turn places down if offered to her. Also that even if offered a funded place, we cant at this moment see how we could afford to let her move away from home. On a good note she is very mature for her 16 years and told us that she would rather try and it be a no than not try at all. It is heart breaking but we will do all we can to support her. I sometimes wonder what past years have been for you know how it is , no holidays, drop offs and pick ups to and from ballet and the rest ! if we cant help her achieve her dream. I never asked for my dd to want to dance as a job, I took her for a fun hobby and sometimes wish id never bothered !!!! It seams she has a natural flare for it and you cant knock it out of them !!! I wish we could have saved more money for her but paying out what we already do on family life and dance it leaves not much left for a rainy day ! . I had always hoped funding would be better by the time my dd got to 16 but it just comes around quicker than you think. We have decided to try for places that offer the student loan aswell and to take things as they come. Back up plan is to stay on in school and do a levels . I hope all our dc achieve their dreams and only wish funding was not an issue for them. Good luck to everyone and let me know of any happy endings x
  7. Sounds like your daughter is working really hard! My DD's dance teacher has voiced the same concerns. Whatever is meant to be will be I suppose. Will just have to hope my lottery numbers come in.
  8. Thank you both for your lovely posts! The nearest school would take 1 hour 40 mins one way using public transport this may be an option if my dd gets a dada, but her dance teacher seems to think its to much for her to do twice daily at a young age on top of dance training. Although I cant see what else she could do! Could not imagine doing this with two children in 6th form !!! Good luck to your dancing children too .
  9. Hi I'm new to this forum and looking for any advice or words of wisdom! My situation is this; I have a daughter who wants to go to 6th form ballet training. She trains with her local dance teacher and has done various ballet things over the years. My DD has passed all her ISTD intermediate exams with good marks in ballet, modern, tap and national. My DD is a good all-rounder in dance but classical dance is her passion. We have just started the dreaded audition forms and photos, each school wanting something different!! The further we go on this journey the more heartbroken I think my DD will become. My husband and I support our DD in her ambition to become a dancer but it's a shame our finances won’t support her in her dream. Much like other families on here we are now realising that even if our DD was lucky enough to be offered a dada, we would more than likely have to turn it down because we couldn't afford the cost of living away from home. Our household income puts us at just over the cut off point for the maintenance grant and we have four children, so this makes it pretty much impossible as the dadas don’t take into account other children living at home. I am fully aware that this subject of funding effects everyone on here regardless of income, from lower income families, middle income like myself, and higher income families. Every household lives by their means and we all have bills and homes to pay for. I just wonder if there are any success stories out there! It would be good to hear of other people in this situation.
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