Receive up to £1000 of funding to help train trustees and managers!

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has been providing Leadership and Management funding to charities and businesses for several years.

The programme has now evolved as a Specialist Advisory Service with new eligibility criteria that opens up the offer to previously ineligible organisations. Now even more employers will have access to funded training that enhances their leadership and management skills and in turn nurtures business growth. 

You can apply to use the funding to pay for trustees to attend conferences such as the Practical Trusteeship Conference. For more information about the conference go to www.trusteenet.org.uk/news/practical-trusteeship-conference-discount-ctn-members

What is the Leadership and Management Programme
The programme, funded by the Learning and Skills Council, is specifically aimed at trustees/business owners/managers responsible for the direction of an organisation, including private, franchise, public and voluntary bodies employing between 5 and 249 staff.

Each employer can benefit from up to £1,000 of grant support. The first £500 does not require a contribution from the employer and should be used for trustees or directors. The subsequent £500 must be ‘match funded’ by the employer and is available for key members of management.

How to qualify
To be eligible for the programme your organisation must:

• Employ between 5 to 249 people
• Have their organisational head office located in England and beneficies of the funding must also be located in England
• Not already have received Leadership & Management funding support (under Train to Gain)
• Be from an EU country, or have lived in an EU country for the last 3 years

NOTE: Funding was previously unavailable to businesses that had attained the Investor in People standard.  Now funding is available irrespective of whether you have the standard or not.

How it works
A Specialist Adviser will carry out a free impartial Individual Needs Analysis and help you develop a Personal Action Plan which clearly identifies your requirements. Together with your Adviser you will agree on the best solutions to meet the development needs you have identified.

When you have undertaken your training you can apply to have the costs reimbursed up to a total of £1000 (including VAT).

What to do next
To find out more about the programme contact a specialist adviser, details below:

London
E: L&M@trianglefusion.co.uk
T: 0870 950 1177

Northwest
E: information@traintogainnw.org
T: 0845 602 0062

Yorkshire & the Humber
E: info@yhtraintogain.co.uk
T: 0845 833 7000

East of England
E: ttg-eoe-leadregistration@info-requests.co.uk
T: 0800 387 326

West Midlands
E: info@skillshotline.co.uk
T: 0845 019 4143

East Midlands
E: ttg-em-lscnmleads@info-requests.co.uk
T: 0845 057 1817

Southeast
E: info@traintogainse.co.uk
T: 0845 751 2288

Southwest
E: LMAS@businesslinksw.co.uk
T: 0845 604 7047