Are you an AEB provider or UK employer?
Providers: Our funded qualifications can help individual learners to gain new skills to support their career development or fulfil skills gaps.
Employers: Our flexible programmes can support employees to gain new skills, improve their current level of knowledge in an occupation, or get them ready for an apprenticeship.
We offer a wide range of qualifications that are funded by the AEB. These can be found in the City & Guilds AEB Qualification Catalogue.
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Are you a college or training provider delivering City & Guilds qualifications?
Ready for – online courses to support adults
‘Ready for Construction and Ready for Social Care’ are City & Guilds online courses to support adults aged 19+ with training or reskilling by creating a bridge into or back into employment.
Developed in collaboration with employers, our ‘Ready for’ courses will give individuals a real sense and flavour of what it’s like working in these sectors, the jobs and progression opportunities available and the attitudes, behaviours and skills employers are looking for when recruiting.
Available for public funding within traineeships, and as part of Adult Education Budget (AEB) Local Flexibility non-regulated provision.
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Are you a college or training provider?
Traineeships are an education and training programme created to help learners who are interested in securing an apprenticeship or employment.
Funding is available through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) for 19-24 learners.
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Are you a UK employer?
You could maximise the use of your AEB funds to support apprenticeships.
How apprenticeship standards and frameworks are paid for is dependent on whether the employer pays the apprenticeship levy, or not. Large UK employers with a pay bill of £3million or more pay an apprenticeship levy.
Learn more about apprenticeship funding