Guidance

National Careers Service community-based contracts funding rules

Sets out the funding rules for the community-based contracts for the National Careers Service.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 25 April 2016
• Last updated: 1 April 2026
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  1. 1 April 2026

     Updated the National Careers Service funding rules for April 2026 to March 2027.

  2. 1 April 2025

     Updated the National Careers Service funding rules for April 2025 to March 2026.

  3. 1 May 2024

     Added 'National Careers Service funding rules: addendum'.

  4. 1 April 2024

     Updated the National Careers Service funding rules for April 2024 to March 2025.

  5. 31 March 2023

     Added the National Careers Service funding rules for April 2023 to March 2024.

  6. 30 September 2022

     The latest version of the National Careers Service's area-based contracts funding rules has been added.

  7. 10 January 2022

     We have published version 7 of the National Careers Service funding rules.

  8. 10 May 2021

     We have published the latest set of the National Careers Service area-based contracts funding rules.

  9. 28 April 2020

     We have published version 4 of the National Careers Service funding rules.

  10. 31 October 2019

      We have published an updated version of the National Careers Service funding rules.

  11. 1 April 2019

      We have updated the National Careers Service funding rules.

  12. 1 October 2018

      We have published the updated version of National Careers Service funding rules.

  13. 3 April 2018

      Updated funding rules for area-based prime contractors.

  14. 25 July 2017

      New version of NCS funding rules uploaded on 25 July 2017.

  15. 15 June 2017

      New file titled National careers service area based contractors: performance management arrangements uploaded on 15 June 2017.

  16. 25 April 2016

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

National Careers Service funding rules: April 2026 to March 2027

PDF, 320 KB, 47 pages

National Careers Service funding rules: addendum

PDF, 178 KB, 8 pages

Details

This document sets out the rules for funding and associated evidence needed for the National Careers Service community-based contracts that apply from April 2026 to March 2027.