Go Get It Training
New opportunities, more flexibility, so let's make it work together
After a major advertising campaign and substantial investment by Government and the Learning and Skills council, Train to Gain by and large has not stimulated or engaged the third sector very successfully.
Feedback from the third sector has indicated that there have been three main reasons for this.
1) The inconsistency of the brokerage service and arranging Train to Gain provision.
2) The complexity involved in getting people started on the programmes.
3) The limited nature of training opportunities due to the entry criteria for taking up the offer of funded training.
However despite these apparent barriers many third sector organisations have used Train to Gain to develop their staff and volunteers.
From January 2009 Train to Gain has had new opportunities, more flexibility and different entry criteria added for all organisations that employ less than 250 staff.
In summary these are as follows;
1) Leadership and management training.
This can be for either non accredited or accredited training for organisations that have 5 or more employees.
It can be any type of training that develops your leaders and managers. Organisations can choose who they want to purchase the training from.
A total of £1000 is available; the first £500 is available on a grant basis the second £500 must be matched by the employer.
2) As many level 2 or 3 NVQs as your staff team need.
Vocational NVQs e.g. Business administration, Youth work, community development, health and social, management, IT.
They must be LSC / skills sector council approved qualifications. There are no restrictions on the numbers or if staff want another qualification at the same level.
3) A unit or units of a qualification in ‘business critical areas.
Bite sized training in any unit or units of qualifications that can be classed as business critical. E.g. finance, team-working, communications.
There is a long and growing list of LSC / skills sector council approved qualifications that are available.
Organisations can also apply for a wage subsidy to support staff backfilling and any pressures that may be caused by staff attending training.
The Go Get It! Project is now raising awareness of these new opportunities for the third sector by holding a series of events, workshops and engagement activity from January through until Easter 2009.
The project is aiming to raise awareness and take up of the training under Train to Gain.
There has never been so much training and support on offer to the sector so let's go get it!
Email gogetit@sllc.org.uk or call 02087744040 for information and to book a place on one of the many workshops or events.
Follow this link to find our current workshops
You can also access the booking form via link and find out more information here.
Also see the SLLC website for more information http://www.sllc.org.uk/services/gogetit/
