Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross)
Perth & Kinross Council
Worth
Up to £5,000
Deadline
Rolling - no fixed deadline
Type of funding
Grant
Where
Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
What it is
A grant of up to £5,000 from Perth & Kinross Council towards training and mentoring a new employee (started in the last 3 months and living in Perth and Kinross), for small and medium-sized rural-skills employers such as farms, forestry and land management businesses in rural Perth and Kinross.
Checked 9 Nov 2026 on pkc.gov.uk: the programme runs from April 2025 to March 2027, with up to £5,000 per business (once in that period) for training and mentoring a new employee who started in the last 3 months and lives in Perth and Kinross. Note your interest by emailing SkillsandEmployment@pkc.gov.uk; the separate Rural Employment Incentive on the same page is fully allocated.
Official sourceWho can apply
A summary of the main rules, not the full list. Perth & Kinross Council decides who is eligible, so read their guidance before you apply. The free scan checks these against your own business.
- Business based in Scotland
- Business in the Perth and Kinross council area (rural)
- Rural skills sector (farming, agriculture, forestry or land management)
- An SME with 250 employees or fewer
- You've taken on a new employee and will train or mentor them
Common questions
- Is Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross) open for applications?
- Yes. It is open for applications, with no fixed deadline.
- How much is Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross) worth?
- Up to £5,000. It is a grant, and the funder decides what each applicant receives.
- Who runs Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross), and where is it available?
- Perth & Kinross Council runs it. It is available in Scotland (Perth and Kinross).
Does your business qualify?
Eligibility rules are where schemes get fiddly. Gov Owed checks your business against Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross) — and every other UK scheme we track — in about two minutes, free. The £19.95 report then explains exactly why you qualify, drafts your answers and walks you through the real application step by step.
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Information, not financial advice; eligibility is decided by the funder. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Schemes change — confirm details on the official page before applying.