Funding for training staff
Grants and funding for training staff.
Funded and part-funded training for the people you already employ, and for you as the owner.
We track 19 schemes for training staff, and 19 are taking applications today. Open schemes are listed first; closed ones stay on the list, marked as closed, so you can see what has ended. Loans, tax reliefs and credits are labelled, because they are not grants.
UK-wide (4)
Help to Grow: Management Course
Dept for Business & Trade / Small Business Charter · Open now · Part-funded support
The King's Trust Enterprise Programme
The King's Trust · Open now
The King's Trust — Development Awards
The King's Trust · Open now
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
Innovate UK (UKRI) · Open now · Closes 27 Jan 2027 · Part-funded support
England only (6)
Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS)
Defra, delivered by the Marine Management Organisation · Open now
Historic England People and Research grants
Historic England · Open now · Closes 31 Mar 2027
Music Growth Fund (£1,000 to £100,000)
Arts Council England (Music Growth Package) · Open now
Apprenticeship hiring payment (up to £2,000)
Department for Education · Open now
Skills Bootcamps
Department for Work and Pensions · Open now · Part-funded support
Apprenticeship training funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy (England)
Department for Work and Pensions (publishes the 2026 to 2027 apprenticeship funding rules); employer agreements are with the Department for Education · Open now · Part-funded support
Scotland only (6)
West Lothian Training Grant
West Lothian Council (Economic Growth Plan), via Invest in West Lothian · Open now
Business Growth Fund (North Lanarkshire)
North Lanarkshire Council (UKSPF), via Business Gateway Lanarkshire · Open now · Closes 12 Feb 2027
South Lanarkshire Business Growth Grant (SLBGG)
South Lanarkshire Council · Open now
New Flexible Workforce Development Fund (New FWDF)
Scottish Funding Council, delivered through Scotland's colleges · Open now · Credits, not cash
Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross)
Perth & Kinross Council · Open now
South Lanarkshire Business Startup Grant
South Lanarkshire Council · Open now
Wales only (2)
Northern Ireland only (1)
Which of these is your business owed?
Check your business in about two minutes: your top three matches are shown free, by name. The £19.95 report names every match, explains every rule and drafts the applications.
Find my fundingContains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · schemes change, so every scheme page shows the date it was last checked.