Do you employ less than 50 people? If so funding for training may be available to you.

20 Sep 2006


Organisations with less than 50 people may be entitled to some additional funding if any of their employees are attending training courses which have attracted full or part funding * . The Treasury has set aside a sum of money (£76 million over the next two years) which will enable employers, through an application process, to reclaim the wages (minus deductions such as National Insurance) of employees on work-time training courses.
*Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain scheme-

The scheme has been designed to provide access to funded training for eligible employees as follows:
• free training to help your employees gain their first, full Level 2 qualification (provided employees do not already possess five GCSEs at grades A-C)
• a wide range of training for low-skilled staff
• some funding for training to help employees gain Level 3 qualifications or for non-qualification based training
• local training funding details
More information can be found by contacting your local Business Link (www.businesslink.gov.uk/ ) or the Learning Skills Council (www.lsc.gov.uk/ ).