> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pigeonholeapp.co.uk/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Funding Exclusion Schedules > Set up custom date ranges where funding is not applied and private hours are charged instead. A funding exclusion schedule is a set of date ranges during which funded hours should not be applied to a child. On the dates in a schedule, Pigeonhole charges the child's private hours instead of using their funding. You create schedules here and then apply them to individual children. Open in app: [Settings → Funding Schedule](/docs/app/admin/settings/fundingschedule). ## When to Use a Funding Exclusion Schedule Use a schedule when a child's funded hours should pause for certain periods, but their place still runs and should be charged privately. For example, you might exclude funding for a run of dates when a child's funding is not available, so those days fall back to private charging. The Funding Exclusions Schedules page listing existing schedules with the Add Funding Exclusions button ## Step 1: Add a Schedule 1. On the **Funding Exclusions Schedules** page, click **Add Funding Exclusions**. 2. Enter a **Name** for the schedule so you can recognise it later (e.g. "Summer break exclusions"). 3. Optionally enter a **Description** with any extra detail. ## Step 2: Add the Excluded Date Ranges 1. Click **Add Date Range**. 2. Choose a **Start Date** and an **End Date** for the period funding should not be applied. 3. Repeat to add as many date ranges as the schedule needs. Remove a range using the delete icon next to it. During the dates you add here, funded hours are not applied and the child's private hours are charged instead. The Add Schedule dialog showing the Name field and one or more Start Date / End Date range rows ## Step 3: Save Click **Save**. The schedule appears in the list on the settings page. ## Editing and Deleting Schedules * To change a schedule, click its edit action in the list, adjust the name, description, or date ranges, then click **Save**. * To remove a schedule, use its delete action in the list. Once a schedule exists, you apply it to individual children from their schedule so the exclusion dates take effect for that child.