Dedicated funding has been available to Local Authorities through the Scottish Government Parental Employability Support Fund since 2020, specifically targeted at the six ‘priority groups’ of: • mothers aged under 25 • minority ethnic families • lone parents • parents whose youngest child is under one • parents with three, or more, children • disabled family members However, many areas have aligned additional funds through council core budgets, No One Left Behind, European Structural and Investment Funds or other funding streams, and this has ensured that support is available to a much wider group and is very much aligned with the No One Left Behind ambition of providing flexible, person centred, locally evidenced employability services.