Taxi fares
If it’s agreed that we can pay for taxi costs recommended on your Needs Assessment report (NAR), we’ll advise you of the details on your DSAs award letter.
If you’ve been recommended taxi travel for less than fifteen journeys in an academic year, you must pay the taxi company for each journey and ask for a receipt. You must upload receipts to your MyFunding account for a refund.
If you'll have more than fifteen journeys in an academic year, you must show your award letter to the taxi company indicated on your DSAs award letter to prove your entitlement. They’ll set up an account with us.
The taxi company must send their invoices directly to us at:
Student Bursaries Finance
Stella House
Goldcrest Way
Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Envelopes must be marked for the attention of Corporate Finance and a cover letter must be included, giving your name and MyFunding reference number.
If it’s the first time we’re setting up an account with them, they'll be sent a Supplier Amendment Form to complete when we receive their first invoice. This is used to register their payment method details for this and future invoices.
Travel costs can then be paid to the taxi firm up to the amount agreed on your award letter.
If you choose to use another taxi company, we'll be unable to pay more than the amount agreed on your award letter.
If you change the taxi firm you are using, you must contact the Assessment Centre which carried out your original Needs Assessment. They must provide us with a new recommendation.
Placement travel
If it’s recommended that you take taxis to your practice placements due to your disability, these costs must be claimed in the same way.
They must normally be included in your NAR. If your placement locations and dates were not known when the report was written, your Needs Assessor must send us additional quotes before your placement starts for us to consider amending your travel allowance. We cannot set up an account, pay any company direct, or advise on which company to use.