Care to Learn
The Care to Learn website is designed to help providers and advisers find out more information and raise awareness of the Care to Learn scheme.
Care to Learn provides financial support to teenage parents who want to continue their education, or return to learning, and need help with the cost of childcare and any associated travel. It pays up to £160 a week (£175 in London boroughs) and is paid direct to the Childcare Provider.
The scheme aims to improve opportunities for teenage parents, decreasing their risk of being NEET (not in employment, education or training) and improving the life chances of their children.
Childcare support is also available for learners over 20. To find out more, contact Next Step on 0800 100 900.
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Care to Learn Consultation
The Care to Learn scheme will continue to be available for parents in England who are under 20 when they start a course in 2011/12. Care to Learn will continue beyond this academic year.
The Department for Education (DfE) need to consider what changes to Care to Learn might be necessary from September 2012 to ensure that support reaches those who most need it.
The DfE is carrying out a 9-week consultation on some changes to the scheme that will ensure its sustainability into the future. They are consulting on four options:
- Moving to a discretionary fund;
- Changes to the maximum weekly rates payable;
- Linking support to income; and
- Changes to the age criteria.
You are invited to take part in the e-consultation, which is available at www.education.gov.uk/consultations until 28th October 2011.
2011/12 application packs
The Care to Learn scheme will continue to be available for parents in England who are under 20 when they start a course in 2011/12.
Application packs for the 2011/12 academic year are now available to order. Contact YPLA Publications on 0845 602 2260, quoting reference number YPLA-G-002/2011. Or visit our How to Apply page.
