Dear Service Provider,
August Review and Confirm
The August Review and Confirm is open from 1 August to 31 August 2024.
Partner Services who have submitted their 2024/2025 Core Funding Application on or before 31 August must complete the August Review and Confirm. To allow Core Funding payments to commence, the August Review and Confirm must be at an approved status.
If a Partner Service does not complete the Review and Confirm process within the required timeframe, Core Funding payments will be placed on hold until such a time as the process is completed. Core Funding Applications may be declined if the Review and Confirm is not completed.
Partner Services can complete Review and Confirm with two options available:
1. Review and Confirm with Changes
2. Review and Confirm without Changes
It is important to note that Partner Services who submit their 2024/2025 Core Funding Application on or before 31 August will have their base rate capped at their approved August Review and Confirm value.
Therefore, Partner Services should ensure to review the grant values displayed on the Summary Funding section of the summary page prior to submission of their Review and Confirm. After a Partner Service clicks ‘Submit’, the application will be locked and no further changes can be made until your application is 'Approved'.
For Partner Services who submit their Core Funding application from 1 September onwards, they will not be required to complete the August Review and Confirm window, and their base rate will be capped on the approval of their Original Core Funding application.
Prior to completing the August Review and Confirm, Partner Services should:
- Ensure all data captured in the Service Profile is accurate and up to date for the 2024/2025 programme year.
- Submit the Core Funding application modules for 2024/2025
- Activate the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement 2024/2025
- Complete their Fees Table and Parent Statement for Partner Services 2024/2025.
- Upload their Quality Action Plan End-of-Year Report 2023/2024 to their Service Profile.
- Ensure their Core Funding Application is at status ‘Approved’. If your application is at ‘Referred back’, you must address the reason for refer back and then complete the August Review and Confirm process.
To support Partner Services, a Core Funding Review and Confirm how-to video is available on the below page of the Early Years Hive:
Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement 2024/2025
A key component of Core Funding is the activation of the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement 2024/2025. The Funding Agreement is the contract for Core Funding and is a requirement of Partner Services to activate, to participate in the Core Funding Programme.
Partner Services have 21 days from the submission date of their original Core Funding Application Module to activate the Funding Agreement. Once 21 days passes, the Core Funding Application Module will be cancelled if the Funding Agreement is not activated. If the 21 days passes without activating the Funding agreement, Partner Service are then required to start a new application submission on the Early Years Hive.
Step-by-step guidance on how to activate a Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement 2024/2025 is available on the below page of the Early Years Hive:
Application Change Functionality
Application Change functionality for Core Funding 2024/2025 is also now available as part of the August Review and Confirm and will remain open for the remainder of the programme year.
Similar to previous years, Partner Services will be asked to provide a change effective date for the change(s) they wish to submit. The change effective date is the date the change was implemented in the service, with a change(s) to be completed on the most recent application, once it is at an ‘Approved’ status.
Application changes must be made in chronological order of when the change occurred. If applications changes are not submitted in chronological order, previous changes will be superseded by the most recent application change submitted, which will lead to additional administration and may impact funding.
Core Funding Payments
The first payment for the 2024/2025 programme year is scheduled to be processed on the week commencing 26 August and should reach Partner Services’ bank accounts on Friday 30 August.
Future Core Funding payments will be paid in advance and equate to four or five weekly allocations depending on the number of weeks in the month as per the Core Funding Payment Schedule, available on the Early Years Hive.
Core Funding allocations can be viewed on the Early Years Hive under Programme Funding.
Support Resources
Core Funding supports and training materials are available on the Early Years Hive, including:
- Core Funding Review and Confirm 2024/2025 (how-to video)
- Core Funding Applicant Guidelines 2024/2025
- Core Funding Payment Schedule 2024/2025
If you require any further assistance or clarification on any of the above, please contact the Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC) by raising a Request using the following categories:
- Programme: Core Funding
- Request Type: Application
- Request Type Detail: (Please select relevant option)
Regards,
The Early Years Team