Grant Directories

Up to £88m of funding is available for investment into estate and equipment for London's skills providers. The aim of this fund is to respond to current and future skills requirements of employers and learners, improve quality of provision and learner satisfaction, progression and success rates; support increased levels of apprenticeship delivery and/or progression to the highest levels of vocational and technical study; and establish strong and innovative partnerships with employers and local stakeholders.

The Higher Apprenticeship Fund is available to businesses and training providers to help them improve the skills of their apprentices and thereby drive growth in key sectors of the economy; including Aerospace / Aviation and Renewable Technologies / Micro-generation; etc..   Small businesses are particularly being targeted to set up apprenticeships. The government has asked the Skills Funding Agency to support 20,000 higher apprenticeships by July 2015 and has announced an additional £40m to fund places up until July 2015, and an extra £20m to fund the higher educational element to the end of March 2016.