Full Text: Kickstart Scheme Grant Application Form for Employers

Kickstart Scheme Grant for Employers


Are you are an employer or representing a group of employers?

I am an employer
I represent a group of employers

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How many new Kickstart Scheme job placements can you offer?
29 or fewer
30 or more

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Do all of your Kickstart Scheme job placements meet the criteria?

The Kickstart Scheme job placements must be:

    6 months
    at least 25 hours per week
    paying at least the National Minimum Wage through PAYE
    paying the statutory employer duties for the health, safety and welfare for young people, National Insurance and pension contributions
    including support for young people to help them get work after they finish their Kickstart Scheme job

Do your job placements meet this criteria?
If you represent a group of employers you need to make sure that all job placements from all employers within your group meet this criteria.
Yes, all job placements meet this criteria
No, not all job placements meet this criteria


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re your job placements just for the Kickstart Scheme?

The Kickstart Scheme job placements must:

    be funded by the Kickstart Scheme grant and would not exist without this funding
    be paid from the grant money for the 25 hours per week on National Minimum Wage (employers can pay a higher wage and pay for more hours)
    not replace existing or planned jobs
    not cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment

Do all of your Kickstart Scheme job placements meet this criteria?
If you represent a group of employers you need to make sure that all job placements from all employers within your group meet this criteria.
Yes, all job placements meet this criteria
No, not all job placements meet this criteria

Can you provide employability support to young people?

Young people need support so that they are in a better position to find work in the future.

By creating a Kickstart Scheme job placement you are helping young people who are at risk of being unemployed in the long term.

The Kickstart Scheme job should help them get basic work skills. This includes:

    attendance
    timekeeping
    teamwork
    communication
    travelling to work

Kickstart participants may also need help with:

    CV and interviews
    looking for long term work

You need to offer support so they are employable by you or other organisations. You can also work with other organisations to provide this employability support on your behalf.
Yes, I can provide employability support to young people
No, I cannot provide employability support to young people

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Employer Details
Your name
Person answering enquiries
This is the person in your company who will deal with queries about your Kickstart Scheme application
Telephone number
This should be the number for the person dealing with application enquiries. Enter the telephone number without spaces.
Email address
This should be the email address for the person dealing with application enquiries
Organisation name
This needs to be the exact name you have registered with Companies House
Companies House registration number or Charity Commission number
Your company registration number (CRN) is given to you by Companies House when you register. It is a unique combination of 8 numbers, or 2 letters plus 6 numbers. Public sector organisations and exempt charities should enter ‘0’.
Organisation address
Building and street line 1 of 2
Building and street line 2 of 2
Town or city
County
Postcode


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How many job placements are you (or your group of employers) planning to create for the Kickstart Scheme?

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What sort of roles are you or employers in your group planning to create for the Kickstart Scheme?
What sort of roles are you or employers in your group planning to create for the Kickstart Scheme?
We use this to understand the type of work young people will be asked to do.

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What information do you have to show your job placements are just for the Kickstart Scheme?

Provide information that the Kickstart Scheme job placements from your organisation (or organisations in your group) are created just for the Kickstart Scheme. This includes that they must:

    be funded by the Kickstart Scheme grant and would not exist without this funding
    be paid from the grant money for the 25 hours per week on National Minimum Wage (employers can pay a higher wage and pay for more hours)
    not replace existing or planned vacancies
    not cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment


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How will you (or your group of employers) support the long term employability of young people through your Kickstart Scheme job placements?

The type of support we expect is anything that will help a young person be in a better position to find work in the future.

By creating Kickstart Scheme job placements you are helping young people who are at risk of being unemployed in the long term.

The Kickstart Scheme job placements should help them get basic work skills. This includes:

    attendance
    timekeeping
    communication
    teamwork
    travelling to work

Kickstart participants may also need help with:

    CV and interviews
    looking for long term work


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Where will your Kickstart Scheme job placements be based?

If you are representing a group of employers these locations should cover all of the job placements.

Select all that apply.
East of England
East Midlands
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber


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Accept and send your application

By submitting this application you confirm you have the authority to represent the organisation stated in ‘Organisation name’.

You confirm that:

    the information in this application is correct and complete
    the organisation meets and will continue to meet all Kickstart Scheme qualifying criteria
    the organisation has the legal authority to participate in the Kickstart Scheme, is financially solvent and has not been the subject of any judgement for fraud, corruption or illegal activity
    you understand an application does not in any way signify eligibility for Kickstart Scheme funding or confirm that a grant will be approved or provided

We may be in touch to ask for more information about your application.

Important If your organisation gives false or incomplete information to obtain a grant or uses funds for a purpose not outlined in this application, you risk prosecution and any funding provided may be repayable and future payments stopped.


References: Apply for a grant through the Kickstart Scheme
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-grant-through-the-kickstart-scheme
[archive] https://web.archive.org/web/20200924200355/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-grant-through-the-kickstart-scheme
https://www.apply-kickstart-grant-employer.service.gov.uk/