Supply Chain Skills Development Fund for Norfolk and Suffolk

Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils are working together to provide the Supply Chain Skills Development Fund. Co-funding is now available to help your business access flexible training for your employees to enhance and develop their skills and knowledge; making your business more effective, competitive, and ready to exploit new contracting opportunities and support growth within the region.

This project will help local employers to identify the competencies and capabilities that you will need in your workforce in order to fully capitalise on opportunities resulting from large-scale infrastructure projects happening in the Norfolk and Suffolk area over the course of the next couple of years.

The Fund

The Supply Chain Skills Development Fund, an ESF funded project, provides grants to co-fund for the development of the workforce in key local supply chains across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Make sure your business benefits from grants between £500 – £5000 (max £1000 per employee and matched 50% by employer investment) for a wide range of training courses from colleges and training providers.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

• Benefit your business
• Gain a stronger workforce
• Increase profitability
• Increase productivity
• More efficient business
• Better profits
• Better business base
• Qualified employees
• Strengthen your ability to bid successfully to be part
• of a supply chain

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• To increase the skills levels of employed people from the existing level to the next level up, to encourage progression in employment
• To increase the number of people with technical and job specific skills, particularly at level 3 and above to support business growth
• To increase the skills levels of employed women and workers over 50 to encourage progression in employment and help address the gender and employment and wage gap

ELIGIBILITY

If you can answer yes to these questions – apply now! Ask yourself:

• Would a SCSDF grant of up to 50% enable you to purchase training that would otherwise not take place?
• Would a SCSDF grant increase your competitiveness when bidding to become part of supply chains for local infrastructure opportunities?

ARE YOU?

• A small to medium sized enterprise? (between 1-249 employees/trading 6+ months/annual turnover not exceeding £50 million)
• Located in Norfolk or Suffolk? (paying business rates)
• From Energy, Construction, IT & Digital, Science, Engineering, Manufacturing, Ports Logistics sectors
• Looking to address the skills gap of your 18+ workforce?
• Prepared to 50% match fund training? (Ofqual accredited /secured and in place prior to SCSDF Grant Approval)

Next Steps

This is a great opportunity to gain support that will assist your training and development budgets and ambitions gained through your companies ongoing business excellence journeys.

Once you have read through the prospectus (available in the ‘More Details Here’ button below) and are interested in knowing more email an advisor!

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