Stump up the cash

Due to a shortage of NVQ assessors in Cardiff, I was only finally able to make a start on my NVQ Level 3 in playwork in January 2003. I was dismayed, therefore, when my college told me last September that I would now have to pay the remaining fees of £165 to be able to continue the course, due to a Government change in the funding policies, so it will now cost a new candidate £800 to undertake an NVQ. I have been in playwork since 1997 and have seen both an increase in after-school clubs and demand for qualified...