Funding procedure and contact
What funding is available?
Striving to offer a low-cost opportunity for businesses and their trainees, the British Council can contribute up to 70% of the total project costs.
Average funding levels are:
- Up to £1,000 for preparatory visits to Germany
- Up to £1,200 per trainee for a three-week placement in Germany
- Up to £1000 per trainer for observation visits to Germany.
What are the benefits?
For companies:
- Improved status of corporate training programmes
- Long-term business linking
- Exchange of best practice
- Internationalised workforce
- Improved skills, motivation and commitment from staff
- Enhanced international marketing strategies.
For employees:
- Accelerated progress towards work-based qualifications
- Increased self-confidence
- Improved team-working
- Lasting international contacts
- Greater understanding of European working practices
- Improved cultural awareness and language skills.
What types of projects have been supported?
Training Bridge encourages applications from all sectors, from hairdressing to engineering. Recent participating UK organisations have been Shell UK, BAE Systems, Airbus UK, Southern Railways, Training 2000, Lincoln College and Hartlepool College.
Click here to read our brochure and click here to read our guidelines document.
For further information please contact:
UK organisations:
Training Bridge
Contracts and Projects
British Council
Bridgewater House
58 Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6BB
T +44 (0)161 957 7122
F +44 (0)161 957 7111
e-mail trainingbridge@britishcouncil.org
www.britishcouncil.org/trainingbridge
Partner organisations in Germany:
InWEnt
Internationale Weiterbildung
und Entwicklung gGmbH
Capacity Building International
Weyerstraße 79-83
50676 Köln
T + 49 221 2098 213
F +49 221 2098 114
www.inwent.org