Equalities Funding available to employers
A fund to help employers recruit more Modern 
Apprentices from diverse backgrounds has been launched by Skills Development Scotland.
The Employers’ Equality Action Fund offers grants of between £3000 and £10,000 to private, public and voluntary sector employers to run pilot projects aimed at improving access to Modern Apprenticeships amongst under-represented groups.
The aim of the fund is to encourage innovative and pro-active approaches to increasing uptake of Modern Apprenticeships amongst young people who are either from a black or minority ethnic community, have a disability or have a care background.
The fund is also aimed at encouraging more young men and women to consider a Modern Apprenticeship in an occupation traditionally considered as being dominated by the opposite sex.
More information available here.
