For guidance about dLS for 2009/10 please ensure that you refer to the Learner Support Programme Discretionary Funding Guidance and Requirements 2009/10 (http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/lsc/National/nat-discretionaryfundingguidance0910-gn-16jun2009-v1-0.pdf) before making any decisions on distributing funding to learners.

 

2008/09:

 

Please remember that the deadline for returning the completed electronic copy of the finalised version of the 2008/09 monitoring form is Friday 11 September 2009.  Electronic signatures can be accepted, if this is not possible then a signed hard copy will also need to be sent.  Please note that if you received an allocation of additional 20+ Childcare in January/February 2009 this funding needs to be entered on to the monitoring form under Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work (FCTLW) sections.

 

dLS Evaluations:

 

The LSC has commissioned a consultancy company called acl consulting to carry out an evaluation of Learner Support Funding.