The Third Sector National Learning Alliance has asked local authorities not to leave third sector community learning providers out in the cold. The ESFA recently announced the offer of additional non-formula community learning funding for 2018/2019 to 30 local authorities to maintain existing levels of funding in their area. What is not made clear by the ESFA is that some of this replaces non-formula funding lost by independent third sector community learning providers as an outcome of the 2017 AEB procurement process. Click here for more.
