DSA Non Medical Helper Allowance

The Non-Medical Helper allowance, sometimes called one-one support, helps pay for support sessions recommended in your DSA Needs Assessment.

Non-Medical Help can only be supplied if the support is:

• needed for clearly identified study reasons
• needed because of disability reasons
• and not already provided by another source for example, from your university or another type of grant or award.

What is the allowance for?

Non-Medical Helpers can assist with things such as:

• training in the use of your recommended software
• specialist study skills support
• Sign Language interpreting

What’s available?

Students can apply for a Non-Medical Helper Allowance of up to:

• £23,258 in the 2020/2021 academic year

This amount is the maximum allowance available per year of a student's course.

Can I use a friends or family member?

Unfortunately, your funder cannot consider requests for non-medical help to be provided by friends or family members.

How do I make a change to my NMH

If the number of hours a student spends with a non-medical helper needs to increase the student should discuss this with their needs assessor.