Apprenticeship Grant for Employers
As an employer you can receive an AGE Grant, an Apprenticeship Grant for Employers, which will help you to support your Apprentice.
Apprenticeships in Motor Vehicle and Engineering
We found an apprenticeship as a financially viable option to recruit staff into an area of need.
”Current Employer of an Apprentice
The Age Grant of £2,500 can be offered to you as an employer when you recruit an Apprentice and can be used to overcome some of the financial barriers employers are facing.
Through the Employer Engagement Team at Buxton College you will be supported with your application for the AGE Grant funding.
All we ask you to do is recruit an Apprentice and support them throughout their programme.
To be eligible for this grant you must meet the following criteria;
- Employ 50 employees or less
- Be located in business premises in Derbyshire
- Not have received more than 200,000 euros of funding in the last 3 fiscal years
- Not have employed apprentice in the last 12 months
- Not have used the AGE Grant previously.
- The Apprentice must be 16 or 17 at the start of the Apprenticeship
- The Apprentice must live in Derbyshire
- The Apprentice must not be in employment or education before they start their Apprenticeship.
Funding for the employer will be issued in the following installments;
- £750 - once the Apprentice has been employed for 6 weeks
- £1,050 - once the Apprentice has been employed for 26 weeks
- £700 - once the Apprentice has completed the programme.
So, if we can support you with your funding to recruit an Apprentice please get in touch, we'll do all the paper work for you and you'll gain a dedicated, committed member of your team.
For more information please call 01332 594455, or email e.parsonson@derby.ac.uk
