On the subject of funding, if you're not working and claiming, you can approach the job centre, but its a fairly lengthy process. I managed to get some funding for my HGV, you need to be able to prove that the work/jobs are available once you've done the course (not so much the jobs existing but if you can get one of the jobs once you've qualified, not much point in them funding the course if you can't get a job at the end of it). There's a lot of factors involved as to if you get it or not. If you're not working its worth a shot, but don't expect too much, more often than not they turn it down.