The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has been successful in securing funding for its most vulnerable and workless residents from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This programme offers employment grants to support the recruitment and employment of economically inactive residents. This programme is known as an Intermediate Labour Market opportunity (ILM) Ways to Work.
The programme will offer a financial grant paid directly to employers who can demonstrate business growth and/or community benefit. The employer should be committed to extending this offer past the 6 months therefore giving a sustained employment opportunity. The ILM programme grant will be paid monthly in arrears. The Grant will only be paid after compliant evidence is produced (e.g. time sheets, payslips, and proof of wage defrayment).
Employer Eligibility
- A company with fewer than 250 employees
- An annual turnover not exceeding €50 million (approximately £40 million)
- Has received less than €200,000 in State Aid (under De Minimis Regulations)over a rolling 3 year period
- Show a commitment to offer employment to the participant after the grant period has finished (preferable)
- Is willing to pay National Minimum Wage (NMW) as a minimum (age related to the participant)
- Must be able to offer a minimum of 35 hrs per week for a 26 week minimum employment contract
Employee Eligibility (Participant)
- Halton Resident
- Aged 16+
- Economically Inactive
- Registered with Haltons Ways to Work programme
Contact
Lynsey Carr for more information lynsey.carr@halton.gov.uk