Understand what skills you need – an impartial and experienced Leadership and Management Adviser from Skills South East will help you identify your personal development needs at a face to face meeting at your place of work or other venue convenient to you.

Finding the right solution – the Adviser knows what solutions and providers will develop your leadership and management skills and can help you find the right one to suit your individual needs. Solutions can be:-

- Coaching/mentoring
- Workshops
- Peer Learning
- Action Learning
- Bespoke training
- Qualification based.

Up to £1,000 in grant funding to help pay for the training solution – this grant will pay for 50% of the fees excluding VAT up to the maximum amount of £1,000.

For example:

- If the training programme costs £1,000 + VAT, you can claim back £500.

- If the training programme costs £2,500 + VAT, you can claim back £1000.

As importantly your Skills South East Adviser will agree with you how this investment matched by your own will achieve measureable returns for your business.

Ongoing support – Your Advisor will keep in contact to provide additional advice to help you make the most of your learning and identify what other support is available to help you realise your plans.

Eligibility Criteria - This offer is available to private sector businesses or social enterprises that:-

- Have fewer than 250 full time equivalent employees

- Have at least one employee in addition to the senior leader

- Have the potential for high or fast growth*

In simple terms, to be eligible you will need to:

- Employ between 5 and 249 people in FTE roles (or PTE equivalent).

- Contribute £ for £ up to the maximum funding of £1,000 available for leadership and management. development.

[*Skills South East will undertake an assessment to determine eligibility. All training must have started within 90 days of the grant being approved. All grants are exclusive of VAT and must be claimed within 90 days.]