Hi there Train To Gainers – This is your space!
Posted by train2gain on February 13, 2007
Hello to everybody out there who is trying to ensure maximum take up of Train To Gain in the Hospitality Leisure Travel & Tourism sector!
This is your space – use this area to:
- Ask a question
- Share good ideas that worked for you and could work for others
- Share case studies
Roll up, roll up - who is going to be first?
Jo Fowler said
Query:
As a contract holder for train to gain, can we claim additional funds for the provision of a signer, speech to text reporter for a hearing limited individual, or do we as the training provider have to bear the brunt of the, considerable, additional costs?
Peter Lambourne said
I have taken the following quote from the REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING – TRAIN TO GAIN 2007/08, which no doubt you’ll have seen by now. I think this is a typically vague statement – all inclusive but non committal!! (possible oxymoron!!) But having said that I think it clearly suggests, that if you’ve got a good case then put if forward and you could well get funding.
Good luck!!
VERSION 1Annex G: Identifying, Meeting and Funding
Additional Learning Needs
1. This overall area is detailed in the LSC policy statement on Additional
Learning Support (ALS) .
Definitions
2. Under the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (the 2000 Act)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000021.htm , the LSC has a duty
to meet the needs of young people with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities. In Chapter 21, paragraph 13 of the 2000 Act, a person is
defined as having learning difficulties if:
• he or she has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the
majority of persons of his or her age; or
• he or she has a disability, which prevents or hinders him or her from
making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions
providing post-16 education or training.
3. In addition the LSC will meet exceptional costs that are likely to exceed
the notified threshold, when calculated using estimated costs, over the
full length of the programme. Provision of specialist support and
equipment for disabled learners will also be met from Exceptional
Learning Support (ELS).