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Margot Fonteyn was born in Reigate on 18 May 1919 as Margaret (Peggy) Hookham. She made her debut in 1934 with the Vic-Wells Theatre, and died in 1991. A statue to honour her is in Castlefield Road in the centre of Reigate.

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Funding for employers

Im an employer seeking funding for training of my staff. Where can I go?

Train to Gain

This is a service designed to help businesses get the training they need to succeed. It can help businesses improve their productivity and competitiveness by ensuring that staff have the right skills to do the best job.
For businesses, getting the right skills advice is essential to choosing the best and most appropriate training. Train to Gain helps you to do this by using experienced Skills Brokers who can:

  • Offer free impartial and independent advice to businesses
  • Match any training needs identified with training providers
  • Ensure that training is delivered to meet business needs.


One of the key goals of the service is to make sure that both the training and the skills advice are impartial, flexible, responsive, and offered at a time and place to suit businesses.
A local Skills Broker will recommend the best ways of funding your training, explaining all funding options available to you. Train to Gain provides some funding itself. This might include:
 

  • Contribution to wage costs for companies with fewer than 50 employees with eligible qualifications
  • Funded programmes and access to funding to help employees gain their first full Level 2 qualification and Skills for Life first numeracy and literacy qualification, plus Programmes such as Apprenticeships, Advanced Apprenticeships and NVQ Level 3 and above, such as higher education.
    www.traintogain.gov.uk


People Development Advisers (Sussex)

A network of People Development Advisers (PDAs) has been set up to provide a link between the college, private training providers and employers. The PDAs have an important role to play in helping the colleges understand and respond to employers skills needs. To find out more go to www.actionforbusinessskills.co.uk

Business Link
This site contains important advice for employers who wish to develop the skills of their workforce.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&topicId=1074202347&r.s=tl
For local advice go to:
Berkshire
www.businesslink.gov.uk/berkshire
Hampshire & the Isle of Wight
www.businesslinkwessex.co.uk
Kent
www.businesslinkkent.co.uk
Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire & Bucks
www.businesslinksolutions.co.uk
Surrey
www.businesslinksurrey.co.uk
Sussex
www.businesslinksussex.co.uk