Flexible 5000 Scheme
Skills Development Scotland has announced a new funding scheme – Flexible 5000 - to support Scottish Businesses looking to invest in learning and development opportunities for their employees.
The Flexible 5000 initiative will fund 50% of the cost of training (up to a maximum value of £500 per employee maximum of 10 employees) which will improve workplace activity and help businesses through this period of economic recovery.
Companies can apply for Flexible 5000 funding if:
- They have 150 employees or less
- The business and employees participating in the training are based in Scotland
- The business is a privately run organisation (including sole traders, freelancers voluntary and not-for-profit status)
- The link between the training and business needs can be clearly identified
Businesses can apply for Flexible 5000 funding to pursue a wide range of learning and development and management training opportunities – with the exception of legislative or regulatory training programmes. Training is to be completed by 30 June 2012 with up to 10 employees from an organisation being able to undertake one episode of training each.
Businesses will be eligible to use Flexible 5000 against a range of short courses at Forth Valley College – visit our course search today or for advice please call 0845 634 4444 .
For more information on the Flexible 5000 funding scheme, please visit the SDS website.
