Our Funding Bodies

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Education and Skills Funding Agency

The ESFA brings together the former responsibilities of the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to create a single agency accountable for funding education and skills for children, young people and adults. ESFA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education.

The European Social Fund

The European Union funds and co-funds some of the College’s programmes – particularly for unemployed people – mainly through the European Social Fund.