• Training and development budget. This budget will be used to support the delivery of sub-regional activities commissioned by, or directly organised by, the WYLLN central team on behalf of the Network e.g. workshops, seminars, conferences, mentoring/coaching, work shadowing. For details of forthcoming events visit the events pages of the website. • Conference budget. This budget will be used to support attendance of partner staff at local, regional and/or national conferences and seminars organised by external bodies. Requests can be sent to WYLLN by completing the Professional Development Activity Request Form The key areas of activity to be funded through the two centrally held budgets will be: • Information, Advice and Guidance • Employer engagement and responsiveness • Curriculum development • Curriculum delivery • Progression and Progression Agreements • Quality Assurance Enhancement • National, regional and local policy and funding initiatives • Network administrative processes