From Training support for up to 2,400 parents published today:

Up to 2,400 parents will be able to access training at colleges across Scotland to enter or progress in work.

As part of the Scottish Government’s mission to eradicate child poverty, a total of £10 million is being invested in the college sector through the Raising Income through Skills and Education (RISE) initiative. This helps families at the greatest risk of poverty to access the skills and education they need to enter, sustain and progress in work. 

Alongside training courses, the project will unlock additional support with childcare and transport costs to remove access barriers.

There are comparable schemes in England but this Scottish one has advantages:

The money cannot easily be spent on anyone else. In England a parent competes for the same adult-skills budget as every other eligible adult. A ring-fenced parent pot, with a published headcount, is easier to protect and to audit against the child-poverty plan it sits in.

The wraparound costs are part of the offer, not an afterthought. Childcare and travel are the usual reasons low-income parents drop out of college courses. Building those into the fund, and requiring family-friendly timetables, tackles the barrier directly. English adult-skills funding can include learner support, but it is not a standard childcare-and-travel package reserved for parents.

It is tied to a statutory child-poverty target. Scotland has a legal duty to reduce relative child poverty below 10 per cent by 2030/31. A skills scheme aimed at raising parental earnings is a direct instrument for that duty. England has no equivalent legal child-poverty target, so parent training is only one optional use of a general skills budget.

Source: https://www.gov.scot/news/training-support-for-up-to-2-400-parents/

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