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INDUSTRY IMPACT FUND
How to apply
The Industry Impact Fund is aimed at CITB-
registered employers looking to make a positive All CITB- registered employers can apply to the
Industry Impact Fund. If you are assessed to
difference to the construction industry by pay levy, then your levy- payments need to be up
developing solutions to key challenges faced by
the workforce across the UK. to date and your latest levy return submitted.
If you are not required to pay levy under the
The fund launched April 2023 and it will aim
to pilot a new way of supporting the needs of Small Businesses exemption, then this criterion
industry and aims to put employers in the driving does not apply to you. If you think your proposal
can address any of the challenges in the areas
seat when it comes to designing and developing mentioned above, then contact your local
training and skills solutions.
adviser to discuss your idea further.
Activity must focus on a skills and training solution Your local adviser will have an initial
that doesn’t already exist. The idea must be new conversation with you, to make sure you
and innovative, not previously supported by CITB
and it must be scalable. meet the eligibility criteria and the aims
of this fund. Then, you will be asked to
The fund is open to big picture ideas that enable complete an application form and send to
shared knowledge and resources across the IndustryImpactFund@citb.co.uk.
industry and are sustainable past the period of If you have a big idea but are not a registered
funding.
employer, you can take your idea to an employer
To apply for the fund, businesses need to propose for them to submit as a lead as long as you’re
and develop solutions on how to enhance clear who is involved in achieving the gain for
productivity, equality, diversity, and inclusion in industry.
the construction industry. If successful CITB can
provide up to £500,000 of funding per proposal to
make the innovative idea a reality.

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