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FEOGA/FIFG Grants |
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Graduates into Software |
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| • Kind of funding: | Advice/Consultancy |
The Graduates into Software project was designed to provide an incentive for software companies to recruit graduates by providing tailored training which will fast-track the graduates to meet company needs more quickly, acting as a demonstration to the software sector of the value of employing graduates.
The project builds on feedback from software companies and has the joint support of the universities of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Napier.
The project assists companies in the areas of recruitment and training development.
LEEL will work with the company to determine the skills required and will then source a short-list of graduates which meet their business needs most closely. A tailored training and development plan for the new employee will then be prepared, covering technical, personal and business skills.
LEEL will fund up to £3,000 of all training costs.
Eligible businesses
Small and medium-sized software companies in the Lothian
area.
CONTACT
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited
Apex House
99 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5HD
Freephone: 0800 78 78 78
Tel: 0131 313 4000
Fax: 0131 313 4231
E-mail: info@leel.co.uk
Website: www.leel.co.uk
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Into-Work |
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| • Kind of funding: | Grant/Advice |
The Into-Work organisation operates the Employability Helpline which provides a Disability and Employment Information Service. This provides a wide range of assistance to Edinburgh companies seeking information
and help on employing people with a disablity or on
issues of disability generally such as the Disability Discrimination Act.
Into-Work Job Subsidy: companies may receive assistance directly to employ a person with a disability by providing help with salary costs, adaptions, and special support.
CONTACT
Employability Helpline
Tel: 0131 475 2349
Fax: 0131 475 2379
E-mail: enquiries@intowork.org.uk
Website: http:\\www.intowork.org.uk
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LEEL Catalyst |
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LEEL Management Programme |
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LEEL New Ventures |
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LEEL Skillseekers |
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LEELtegs |
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(LEEL Training and Employment
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| • Kind of funding: | Grant/Advice |
LEELtegs provides employers with financial assistance towards the cost of wages and training when they recruit an unemployed person who is resident in a designated LEELtegs area.
Grants are awarded up to £5,500 depending on the industry sector.
Eligible businesses
All
Lothian-based businesses and West Lothian businesses who have been trading
for longer than three months and have three or more staff. LEELtegs staff
must not make up more than a third of the company.
Scheme conditions
The
employer must agree to take on an eligible unemployed candidate for a
minimum of 52 weeks.
CONTACT
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited
Apex House
99 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5HD
Freephone: 0800 78 78 78
Tel: 0131 313 4000
Fax: 0131 313 4231
E-mail: info@leel.co.uk
Website: www.leel.co.uk
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New Deal |
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| • Kind of funding: | Advice |
The Employment Service works with businesses across the country signing up to the Government's New Deal initiative. New Deal brings together employers and unemployed people. In return, employers are offered a wage subsidy for the first six months of the job, and a training grant if the new employee is aged 18-24.
New Deal clients have their own 'Personal Adviser' at their local JobCentre, who offers extra advice to unemployed people, identifies their skills and assesses their readiness for a job. This ensures New Deal clients are motivated, employable and right for the job before they approach employers.
New Deal is an effective way to recruit, where a lot of the work -- preparing, screening and matching candidates to vacancies -- is done for you. Your local JobCentre will make sure that only people whose skills and abilities match your requirements will be referred to you, and you still make the final decision who to employ.
Eligible businesses
All businesses.
Scheme conditions
Employers providing full-time jobs for 18-24-year-olds
receive a subsidy for the first six months of £60 per week (up to £40
per week for a part-time post). There is also a grant of £750 towards training
the young person to an approved qualification for the equivalent of at least
one day per week.
Employers providing jobs for long-term unemployed people aged 25 plus receive a subsidy for the first six months of £75 per week. You will be expected to provide any training given to other recruits.
CONTACT
Business Manager
Edinburgh City JobCentre
11-13 South St Andrew Street
Edinburgh EH2 2BT
Tel: 0131 456 3300
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Training for Work |
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Training for Work is designed to help unemployed
adults to train or gain useful work experience. The programme offers a range
of opportunities to train or gain work experience that is directly related to
the job the individual would like
to do.
The programme might take the form of job-specific training, work towards a Scottish Vocational Qualification, work preparation, temporary work to keep skills up to date or a mixture of these options.
Eligibility
Individuals aged between 18 and 64 who have been unemployed
for six months or more.
CONTACT
Training Management Division
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited
Apex House
99 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5HD
Freephone: 0800 78 78 78
Tel: 0131 313 4000
Fax: 0131 313 4231
E-mail: info@leel.co.uk
Website: www.leel.co.uk
