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Finding funding for learning and skills (opportunities and challenges)

Finding funding for learning and skills (opportunities and challenges). The difficulty/availability grid. Difficult. LESS MORE. Ava ilable. LESS MORE. Community Learning. Other Skills funding. Other charitable sources. ESF Programmes. ESF Community Grants. Traineeships.

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Finding funding for learning and skills (opportunities and challenges)

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  1. Finding funding for learning and skills(opportunities and challenges)

  2. The difficulty/availability grid Difficult LESS MORE Ava ilable LESS MORE Community Learning Other Skills funding Other charitable sources ESF Programmes ESF Community Grants Traineeships Learners pay fee Apprenticeships

  3. Options As well as direct funding from SFA/EFA, the following options are available: • Consortia- partner with 2 or more suppliers • Community Learning approaches • Subcontracting / Commissioning—by College, voluntary sector provider/consortium, local authority or private sector prime contractor • Cross-sector partnership— partner with organisations from other sectors • Self –financed activities

  4. Things to consider • Your capability • Are you accredited to deliver relevant qualifications? Or are you more suited to informal learning or engagement? • Do you have a track record to demonstrate what you can do? • Do you have Policies/procedures/quality marks? • Availability of funding • Depends on where you are • Same funders may have different approaches in different areas • Funding cuts increasing scarcity • Regulation • Ofsted • Funding rules • Stricter/unforgiving SFA performance rules

  5. Things to consider (2) • Your Performance - can you demonstrate • Achievements • Outcomes • Statistical data • Track record on previous contracts • Learners feedback • Social value and social impact • Quality control • Due diligence – • Business processes/policies • Financial position etc • Need to pass Register of Training Organisations

  6. Where to go • Consortia • Community Learning Trusts/Local Authorities • Commissioning • Colleges • Other providers – Private sector Prime contractors -supply chains • Other providers --- third sector • Charitable funds/other sources • ESF • Direct delivery/partnership/consortium/sub contractor?? • Social enterprise—loans? • Websites/e mail funding opportunity newsletters/EOI’s/funding ‘brokers’ • Learners pay full cost

  7. Keeping in touch • Third Sector National Learning Alliance • www.tsnla.org.uk • NIACE • www.niace.org.uk

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