ILA Scotland River Kayaking

ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps pay for learning new skills. It can be done at a time, place and pace to suit you. It's for people who have an income of £18,000 a year, or less, or who are on benefits.

If you are 16 and over and living in Scotland, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.

There are two types of account available:

  • £200 accounts – Ideal if you are interested in learning something new, or brushing up your skills. There is a wide range of courses available so why not have a look at our Course Search to get an idea of what's available in your area.
  • £500 accounts – Appropriate if you are studying a part-time higher education course such as a Higher National Certificate (HNC), Higher National Diploma (HND) or a Degree course at ILA Scotland approved colleges or universities. You must be studying 50% or more of the time needed to complete a full-time course. To find out more click here.

You can only have one type of account open at any time so it's important that you choose carefully. If you need any further information to help you decide on the right account for you just call ILA's friendly helpline advisers on 0808 100 1090.

Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre is an approved learning provider.

How to use your ILA Scotland account

Once you’ve opened an account, using your ILA Scotland funds to pay for your choice of learning is easy. Here are the simple steps you should follow:

Enrol for the course and tell us your learning provider - Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre - that you want to use your ILA Scotland funds to help pay for it. Tell us your account number and show us your ILA Scotland card (don’t leave the card with us).

We will book details of your chosen course on the ILA Scotland system. This will reserve the appropriate amount of money in your account but it will not actually be paid out to us until after you start the course.

ILA Scotland will then send you confirmation of the course details and a statement showing how much of your account will be used to pay for it. You will also receive a learning token which you should keep safely until your course starts.

Give the learning token to us when you attend the course. The learning token is your confirmation that you have started your course and are happy for ILA Scotland to pay us, your learning provider.

We will then put the details of your learning token on the ILA Scotland system and the money reserved in your account will be paid to us.

This is the process you will go through each time you use funds from your account.

Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre is an approved ILA Scotland learning provider.