Adult courses in Hull and East Yorkshire are funded through Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, which controls a £13.5 million adult skills budget for 2026/27. You can usually get a fully funded course if you are 19 or older and earn under £26,800. There are currently 403 funded courses listed at centres in Hull and East Yorkshire.
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Who qualifies for a free course in Hull and East Yorkshire?
You are likely to qualify for a fully funded course if you earn under £26,800 a year. That figure is confirmed in Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority’s published 2026/27 funding rules. People who are unemployed or on certain benefits usually qualify too.
The provider confirms eligibility when you enrol. The quickest way to check is the eligibility checker, which uses your postcode.
What is different in Hull and East Yorkshire?
The core offer follows the national pattern: a free first full Level 3 for adults without one, free English, maths and digital skills, and full funding under the earnings cut off above.
What can you study free in Hull and East Yorkshire?
The 403 funded courses listed at Hull and East Yorkshire centres are led by functional skills / esol (77), adult social care (40), business admin / management (33), early years / childcare (31), construction (31). Around 3,400 more funded online courses are available wherever you live.
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Browse free courses or search the full course directory to see what is running near you.
Who delivers funded training in Hull and East Yorkshire?
23 training providers run funded courses at Hull and East Yorkshire venues. The largest by listed courses:
- TEC Partnership (118 funded courses)
- Hull College (84 funded courses)
- Bishop Burton College (54 funded courses)
- Wilberforce College (28 funded courses)
- Kaplan Talent Partners (22 funded courses)
See all 23 funded training providers in Hull and East Yorkshire.
What does Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority say its priorities are?
Strong NEET-19+ priority; ‘provision to move towards the HEYCA growth priority sector areas’; mirrors national 26/27 changes verbatim.
The area’s employer led skills plan (the LSIP) is led by Hull & Humber Chamber.
How much funding does Hull and East Yorkshire control?
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority receives £13.5 million in adult skills funding for 2026/27, as a Section 31 grant. See how that compares to every other area in our adult education funding guide.
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Sources: the authority’s own published funding rules and committee papers, gov.uk grant determination letters and Integrated Settlement tables, and the JobYay course directory. The eligibility estimate is JobYay analysis of ONS ASHE 2025 earnings data. Full figures and sources: adult education funding in England.
Page last updated: 4 August 2026. Course counts refresh with the directory; funding facts refresh when rules are published.