14-05-2025
Dumfries and Galloway mum encourages people to sign up for further education bursary
Jodie Thomson is one of nearly 500 people who have benefited from Wheatley Group's bursary scheme.
A Wigtownshire mum is encouraging people to sign up for a bursary that helps people study at university and college.
Jodie Thomson is one of nearly 500 people who have benefited from Wheatley Group's bursary scheme.
The programme is run by the social housing landlord's charitable trust, Wheatley Foundation, and offers bursaries of up to £1,500 a year for full-time students. part time students can receive up to £750.
Jodie, who lives in a Wheatley Homes South property in Wigtownshire with her husband and three children, is about to complete an HNC in Childhood Practice through Dumfries and Galloway.
The 37-year-old said: 'After being a stay-at-home mum, I helped out at my son's nursery and then decided to go to college to complete this course.
'I wasn't sure how we would manage, but the bursary was a great help. It helped me provide for my family while I was studying.'
The Wheatley Foundation's bursary programme is open to tenants in Wheatley Homes properties in Dumfries and Galloway and will help ease the financial burden on customers facing the expense of studying.
Chair of Wheatley Foundation, Professor Paddy Gray OBE, said: 'Since 2016, the scheme has helped 482 people to go on to further education and get the qualifications they need.
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'Our bursary programme is another way Wheatley Foundation can help people in our communities achieve their dreams.'
