A40 - Investors in People
While training individuals in your workplace is essential, it's important to bear in mind how you can improve your business as a whole. We can help you develop and deliver a Training and Development Plan and guide you towards Investors in People (IiP) achievement.
IiP is a practical tool which assists in finding the most efficient and effective way of developing your business through your employees. It aims to match their abilities and motivations with your business needs, for the benefit of everyone.
Notice regarding Investors In People grant changes for 2009/2010
The IiP grant has been withdrawn from 1st August 2009. You need to be aware that you will only be entitled to receive the £4,000 achievement grant (or £1,000 where appropriate) if you made a commitment to IiP and received payment of the £1,000 commitment grant on or before 1st April 2009.
If you have made the commitment, and been paid grant on or before 1st April 2009 in any Grants Scheme, you will have until 31st July 2010 to achieve the IiP standard and until the 31st October 2010 to claim the £4,000 achievement grant.
If you still wish to make a commitment to IiP after 1st April 2009, you can still do so, but you will only be entitled to the £1,000 commitment grant if you completed this before 1st August 2009 and you claim the grant before 31st October 2009. In these instances no achievement grant of £4,000 will be payable.
Choose a link below for more information about grants available to support IiP:
What achievements are supported?
What is the status of trainees supported?
What else might I be able to claim?
What achievements are supported?
The Investors in People (IiP) grant was available in two stages; commitment and achievement.
As a pre-requisite for IiP commitment grant eligibility your firm must have had a current Training and Development Plan in place at the time of claiming. Download more information about Training and Development Plans.
If your company is a separate legal entity or part of a group undertaking*; the first IiP grant claim received from an employer, which meets the Grants Scheme criteria, will be accepted for:
- the initial public commitment under IiP
- the initial award of the IiP standard, as recognised by the employer's IiP quality centre, or equivalent.
This is dependent upon where you are based:
- England - the recognised organisation for your area.
- Wales - Welsh Assembly Government (WAG).
- Scotland - Local Enterprise Company (LEC).
If your company has divisions, establishments or equivalent, which may or may not be separate legal entities but attract separate and distinct IiP achievement status; subsequent IiP claims received will only be accepted for:
- the initial award of the IiP standard, as recognised by the employer's IiP quality centre, or equivalent, depending on where you are based (see above).
What achievement is not supported?
IiP re-accreditation, re-recognition or renewal.
IiP commitment by an employer who does not have a current Training and Development Plan (B101/B102) at the time of claiming.
IiP commitment unless this is the first IiP grant claim form an employer (legal entity or group undertaking*).
* for the purposes of IiP grant a 'group undertaking' is defined in Section 259 (5) of the Companies Act 1985 - as amended.
What is the status of trainees supported?
This grant is payable for an employer's commitment and achievement; not that of an individual trainee.
How much is the grant?
The IiP grant has been withdrawn from 1st August 2009. You need to be aware that you will only be entitled to receive the £4,000 achievement grant (or £1,000 where appropriate) if you made a commitment to IiP and received payment of the £1,000 commitment grant on or before 1st April 2009.
If you have made the commitment, and been paid grant on or before 1st April 2009 in any Grants Scheme, you will have until 31st July 2010 to achieve the IiP standard and until the 31st October 2010 to claim the £4,000 achievement grant.
If you still wish to make a commitment to IiP after 1st April 2009, you can still do so, but you will only be entitled to the £1,000 commitment grant if you completed this before 1st August 2009. In these instances no achievement grant of £4,000 will be payable.
If your company is a separate legal entity or part of a group undertaking*; the first IiP grant claim we receive from an employer will be payable once only at a rate of:
- £1,000 for commitment
- £4,000 for achievement of the IiP standard
If your firm committed to IiP prior to 1st August 2006 you will be eligible for a standard rate of £4,000 for achieving the IiP standard during 2008/2009 Grants Scheme year. You are not eligible for any payment during 2008/2009 for your IiP commitment.
If your company has divisions, establishments or equivalent, which may or may not be separate legal entities but attract separate and distinct IiP achievement status; subsequent IiP grant claims we receive will each be eligible for the following CITB-ConstructionSkills grant support:
- £1,000 only, for the initial award of the IiP standard. This payment also applies to subsequent claims for those who committed to IiP prior to 1st August 2006.
- There is no payment for IiP commitment.
You will receive an additional 25% Supplementary Payment automatically if you are eligible.
This rate may be reduced if sufficient Levy funding was not available. This is only likely to take effect in exceptional circumstances.
How do I claim?
Please write to the Area Manager at your local ConstructionSkills office who will make the claim on your behalf when the eligibility criteria have been met.
What else do I need to submit?
For the IiP commitment grant you must supply evidence of all the following at the time of claiming:
- A dated and signed letter of commitment to IiP.
- A dated and signed letter or certificate of commitment from the IiP quality centre or equivalent confirming your commitment to the IiP standard.
- Your IiP action plan, signed by you and your adviser containing a schedule of activities required to meet the standard along with a target date for IiP recognition.
- Your CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy & Grant registration number (including your establishment registration numbers, if applicable).
- That you have a current Training and Development Plan in place which attracts CITB-ConstructionSkills grant (B101/102)
To claim for the initial award of the IiP standard you must supply a signed and dated confirmation letter or certificate form the IiP quality centre or equivalent, confirming the initial award of the IiP standard and the date of recognition.
Note - if you initially committed to IiP before 1st August 2006 and are claiming for achievement of the initial IiP Standard awarded during the 2008/2009 Grants Scheme year we do not require evidence of your commitment to IiP, nor do we require a Training and Development Plan to be in place.
Is there a closing date?
If you have made the commitment, and been paid grant on or before 1st April 2009 in any Grants Scheme, you will have until 31st July 2010 to achieve the IiP standard and until the 31st October 2010 to claim the £4,000 achievement grant.
If you still wish to make a commitment to IiP after 1st April 2009, you can still do so, but you will only be entitled to the £1,000 commitment grant if you completed this before 1st August 2009 and you claim the grant before 31st October 2009. In these instances no achievement grant of £4,000 will be payable.
Claims received after these date will be rejected.
What else might I be able to claim?
Grants are available to support the Training and Development Plan (B101/102).