Funding

Explore funding options for career changes, from grants and loans to employer support and educational bursaries available to you.

Can You Afford to Borrow from Friends and Family?

Changing career can be an expensive business. There’s the cost of retraining, time when you are not earning, a possible drop in salary… it all adds up to...

How to Finance a Career Change

Once you've decided that you're ready for a career change, and you've identified what you want to do, you may find that the shift also involves a pay cut. In...

Managing Finances When Changing Career

The moment you begin to think about a career change, you should make some notes about the management of your finances. This may sound a little cautious, but...

Paying Your Mortgage When Changing Career

One of the key reasons you may hesitate to change career is your mortgage. No one wants to risk not being able to pay the mortgage. The consequences can be d...

Top Tips For Cutting Career Change Costs

Starting a new career can be an expensive business, but it needn’t cost a fortune. These cost-cutting tips have been devised to help your new venture make...

Using Your Current Job to Fund a Career Change

Rather than rushing to hand in your notice before you’ve got your career change up and running, why not think about trying to run the two concurrently for...

Where to Get Help With Funding a Career Change

If you want a career change, there’s a good chance you’ll have to retrain, or you may wish to set up your own business. But whether you want to learn new...