this kinda comes into this but not to much
but i was looking at a civvy course to become a personal trainner but it was only free if i was in employment i was currently unemployed and needed the course to help me get into work but even after explinaing all this to the course co ordinator and also asking if she knew of any other courses i could do to help me get into work with the trade i spent a very long and hard year trainning for but she knew of nothing i could do i asked about funding from the job center countless times jsut to get one course done and i explained that i knew i would get into work once i had done them or i had a higher chance as noone wants a washed up fitness instructor whos 20 years old and doesnt have any class qualifications so cant take a spin class or a boxercise but i found nothing not even when i contacted my local council but in the end i tried to get a placement so i could jsut do this course as it said nothgin about the work haveig to be paided and i found one but that ended very badly and sadly i never got the course but is there no way that you could ask for a workplacement at a employers as then you can give them a taster of what you can do for their company and could it not count toward you getting your course?
sorry long reply but hope it helps even a little