Please use the links to the left to download the following documents:
- Application Form Part 1:
Details of applicant and conditions of funding - Application Form Part 2:
List of qualification courses and level of funding available - Information sheet 1:
Settings in which staff are eligible for funding - Information sheet 2:
Sector Endorsed Early Years Foundation Degree - Information sheet 3:
Early Years Professional Status
Bursaries to raise qualification levels of practitioners working in Bristol Early Years and Childcare Settings
If you are a practitioner working in a Bristol Early Years setting, an Out of School Club (breakfast, after school or holiday playscheme) or you are a Childminder, funding may be available to help pay for your course fees. Please download the application form (part 1 and part 2) and send it to the address at the bottom of the form.
You must apply for funding well in advance of the start of the course using the application form parts 1 & 2. Please note that completion of these forms is no guarantee of funding and does not enrol you on the course. Please apply direct to the training provider for a place. This will enable you to complete all necessary sections of the form.
Eligibility for funding
Please see information sheet 1.
Funding Levels
There are different funding levels depending on your workplace and the course you wish to do. Please see part 2 of the application form.
For further information please contact Helen Williams.
Contact:
Helen Williams, Project Officer
Bristol Early Years & Childcare Service
The Woodward Centre
Alexandra Park
Fishponds
Bristol
BS16 2BG
Tel: 0117 35 33290
Fax: 0117 35 33301
Email: helen.williams@bristol.gov.uk