Landskills Funding

Pioneering Skills Initiative for Regional Economy - 65% grants towards training

LandSkills East is a new partnership set up to provide farmers and rural businesses across the six counties of the East of England with improved access to skills and training opportunities in the region. The project brings a new focus to skills, enterprise and knowledge transfer with delivery partners across the region offering a range of vocational training for employees, alongside higher level training for managers and owners. Courses provided by the partners are shown on the website as soon as these are approved and anyone interested can contact the training provider direct to book a place. The providers supply the training with a 65% grant available towards the cost of the course and the rest of the cost to be paid by the beneficiary. Beneficiaries must be engaged in a businesses or organisation which is dependent upon farming or rural businesses.

 

Funding is available for Bursaries which will cover 50% of the cost of the training activity. This can be from £500 to a maximum of £3000 pounds.

Eligible courses include:-

Green Manager - This programme is designed for those leaders who consider that their environmental impact is as important as their role. An effective leader can play a huge role in driving the environmental agenda

Women in Land Management - This programme is designed to provide a platform for women in the land based sector taking on a leadership role.

Harvesting and Reaping Returns - This programme is designed to help landscaped industries to develop all aspects of their business to improve their performance

For more information visit contact@angelakimberley.co.uk