Employer Led Upskilling Programme Grants
The grants are up to £500 per person to cover and/or contribute to the cost of training. Training must include an industry recognised certification or qualification. Or grant amounts are up to £200 per employee to contribute to the costs of a recognised certification E.g. First Aid, CSR Card, Forklift licence, Hygiene Certificates. Grants are capped at four employees per employer (maximum amount of £2,000).
The aim of this programme is to upskill employees. Therefore the training must where possible provide a qualification.
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Two comparable 'like for like' quotes must be provided for any combined training below a total of £2000. If a local provider cannot be sourced please provide quotes from companies outside of the borough. Emails from training providers and screenshots from relevant training providers' websites are acceptable and should be provided when submitting your application. Failure to provide the required number of quotes will result in the application being rejected. Evidence of all quotes should be sent to lmp@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk when submitting your application. Please include business name in the subject of the email.
*If you are VAT registered, the Employer Led Upskilling Programme funding should be applied for against the Net cost. You do not need to complete the VAT and gross cost column. If you are not VAT registered, you should complete all columns and you may apply for funding against the gross cost. ** Grant awarded will be based on cheapest quote
IMPORTANT NOTICE – You have a right to know how your personal information will be used when you engage with the Labour Market Partnership Employer Led Upskilling Programme. It is important that you carefully read the following before you sign this form. By signing you are acknowledging that you understand how your personal information will be used. The Data Protection Act 2018 (“The Act”) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) give legal rights to individuals (Data Subjects) in respect of how their personal data is processed by a Data Controller, Ards and North Down Borough Council/Labour Market Partnership, as well as establishing the Data Protection Principles. The legislation also defines categories of “Special Category Personal Data” and the conditions for processing it. NOTICE TERMS: THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION Ards and North Down Borough Council/Labour Market Partnership will use your information: 1. To deliver the Employer Led Upskilling Programme 2. To monitor the effectiveness of the Employer Led Upskilling Programme 3. To monitor Equality of Opportunity. 4. For audit, compliance and regulatory reporting purposes where there may be disclosure of your information to auditors and, if required, to governmental and non-governmental regulators. 5. And/or in such other circumstances where there is an obligation to do so, or as the law permits. The legal basis on which AND/LMP will process your personal information is defined under article 6(1)(b) of the UK GDPR, to deliver this service to you as part of a contract to which you are a party. You may withdraw your participation in this programme at any time by contacting the LMP Team by E: lmp@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk however, AND/LMP may retain your personal information to fulfil its regulatory and audit responsibilities. Information held on the programme will be retained by the Council for a minimum of 10 years and will be reviewed for destruction in line with the legal requirements of the Funders. Promotion of Business In addition to the above, third party organisations such as business organisations may request to use your information via the data controller for purposes which may be deemed by the data controller to be beneficial for the development of your business. AND will share your personal data information provided in the application in this circumstance, with your consent only under article 6(1)(a) (or 9(2)(a), in the case of special category data) of the UK GDPR. You may withdraw your consent for this activity at any time by contacting The Data Protection Officer, Ards and North Down Borough Council, T: 0300 013 3333) E: dataprotection@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk). Please note, the processing of your information for this marketing activity is a distinct processing activity from the processing of your personal information as a participant in the Industry-related Training Bursary Small Grant Scheme. Do you give your consent to the Council to share your personal data information provided in the application in circumstances which may be beneficial to the development of your business?
