Oh yes there is free childcare training

I would like to point out to your readers that, contrary to Sue Thorne's comments (Letters, 15 November), there is a great deal of free childcare training available. Following many Government initiatives the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships, based in each area of England, have access to several 'pots' of funding and are able to help childcare workers, and potential workers, in lots of ways. Although priorities vary from one to partnership to another, there are student contributions to courses from introductory to advanced programmes, from one-day to two-year courses.