This communications toolkit is designed to help our partners promote the Adult Skills programmes across the East Midlands.

For consistency the EMCCA funding rules, as far as possible, reflect the format and content of the DfE funding rules for 2025/26 that have been recently published.

This document is version 1 of the EMCCA ASF funding rules for 2025 to 2026 that replace the DFE ASF funding rules 2025 to 2026. We recommend that learning organisations review the whole document.

This document sets out the performance management framework that apply to all learning organisations of education and training who receive adult skills funding from the East Midlands County Combined Authority.

This document sets out the principles and features of our funding system for the 2025 to 2026 funding year (1 August to 31 July) for East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) – funded adult skills fund (ASF) delivery. We may make changes to these principles and features during the funding year.