If you would like to apply for Travel Assistance to your school or college, you will need to submit an application online, so we can assess your eligibility. For details see Under 16 Eligibility or Post 16 Eligibility.

Before you start

If you fit the criteria and you wish to be considered under the low income part of the policy, you will need evidence of your qualifying benefit to upload:

• Income Support - latest benefit letter, dated within the last 12 months (mandatory)
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance – latest benefit letter, dated within the last 12 months (mandatory)
• Free School Meals - latest benefit letter, dated within the last 12 months (non-mandatory).  If this is not available we can check eligibility with the Free School Meals Team
• Maximum Working Tax Credit - current year Tax Credit Award letter, showing £0 deduction due to income on the Working Tax Credit calculation (usually page 4) (mandatory)
• Universal Credit - provided you have an annual net earned income of no more that £7,400 - last 3 UC statements showing the Take Home Pay figure (you may need to expand the basic statement to see this figure, by clicking on “Other Support you may get”)(mandatory)
• support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 – confirmation letter (mandatory)
• Child Tax Credit, with an annual income of less than £16,190 – current year Tax Credit Award showing income
• Guaranteed Pension Credit - latest confirmation statement (mandatory)
• Income-based Employment and Support Allowance – latest benefit letter (mandatory)

If you wish to be considered under the low income denominational part of the policy (attending your nearest religious Secondary or High school, on religious grounds and in receipt of one of the above low income benefits) you will also need your Baptism Certificate or a letter from your priest to upload.

If you would like to apply for travel assistance to your school or college, you will need to submit an application online, so we can assess your eligibility.

Please note that the email address you provide in the application will be used for all correspondence regarding this application and subsequent communications, including requests for payments where necessary. Please ensure this is an email address that will be monitored regularly.

Apply for travel assistance, including the Severn Card