*This fund is now closed. This page will be updated if funding becomes available again.
This fund provides funding to UK Apprenticeship Levy-payers and SMEs in Scotland which they can use to access flexible workforce development training opportunities. Apprenticeship Levy paying companies can claim £15k toward training, with non-Levy Companies able to claim £5k. It’s intended for employers to address skills gaps and training needs. For example, new skills for your employees to adapt to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support inclusive economic growth through up-skilling or re-skilling employees who reside in Scotland.
This includes the recommended minimum skills competencies for the energy efficiency and low carbon heat sector in the Scottish Government’s Heat in Buildings supply Chains Delivery Plan. You can see the minimum skills competencies for different measures on ESP’s website.
The fund can be accessed through two different routes, through the Scottish college network, and private training providers for training not offered by a college. All applicants should consider the college route before applying for the independent training provider route. Please visit Scottish Funding Council’s website for more information.
If you are looking to utilise the private training provider route, you can work with more than one provider, but all training requirements and providers must be detailed within one claim.
You can find your local college, course options and how to apply here.
For private training providers an application must be made through Skills Development Scotland.
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