Service Leavers

Please note this page contains the guidance notes for claimants who are no longer in Service. Once eligible to claim you may submit a claim up until 10 years after you leave the service. Personnel who are still in Service, and/or in their resettlement phase, should refer to their Education Staff and the guidance on the main pages of the website.

As a service leaver you may be eligible to claim under the joint funding initiative. For full details and to check your eligibility please click here.

Procedure for Claimants no longer in Service

Claimants who are no longer in Service must refer to the appropriate Single Service Education representative when making a claim (details below). Please note that the following information must be submitted to your Single Service Representative a minimum of 25 days prior to your course start date/registration date:

•  Fully completed claim form
•  Evidence of your last day of Service or copy of your discharge document
•  A copy of your driving licence or passport
•  A copy of a utility bill showing your home address
•  Full information about the course that you wish to undertake
•  A copy of your Acknowledgment of Scheme Membership
•  A letter explaining how your chosen course of study will contribute towards your personal development.
•  Completion and submission of course evaluation form for all previous ELC funded courses

Remember! If you are submitting your second or third claim you must complete your previous claim evaluation form. You can do this on-line now by clicking here.

Single Service Representatives

Royal Navy:
ELC Manager NTE(ER2), Floor 3, Mailpoint 3.3, Leach Building, Whale Island, HMS Excellent, Portsmouth, PO2 8BY . Telephone: 02392 625954 .

Army:
ELC Manager, ETS 2, HQ DETS(A), Trenchard Lines, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 6BE. Telephone: 01980 618729, 01980 615853.

Royal Air Force:
Learning Credits Administrator - Room 24, Hunter Block, RAF High Wycombe, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4UE Tel: 01494 495957
Flight Lieutenant Learning Forces - address as above Tel: 01494 495603.