Apprentice Support

WORCESTERSHIRE APPRENTICESHIP BURSARY

What is the WA Bursary?

The WA Bursary is a £500 Bursary to help with the initial costs associated with your apprenticeship and give you the best start in your apprenticeship journey. You’ll be able to spend your bursary on things like travel, uniform, equipment and other similar things that will help you complete your apprenticeship.

 

First, you’ll get £250 as an upfront payment when your bursary application is approved and you begin your apprenticeship. The remaining £250 can be used to get money back for expenses related to your apprenticeship. We’ll give you all the necessary information on how to do this once you apply.

To be eligible:

  • You will have obtained your apprenticeship through signing up to the WA Account
  • You are receiving an apprentice salary of £24,000 per year or less before tax
  • You live in a Worcestershire postcode You are between 16 and 24 years old
  • Your apprenticeship is an approved Apprenticeship standard or framework, and the training organisation is on the approved register todeliver the apprenticeship
 
Follow this link for more information on the Worcestershire Apprenticeship Bursary

Earn, learn and make a difference with an NHS apprenticeship. Our apprenticeships offer routes into many of the more than 350 NHS careers through a mix of on-the-job training and classroom learning. 

What you need to know about NHS apprenticeships

  • many NHS employers will pay you more than the minimum wage
  • if you are aged 16 to 18 or 19+ and in your first year of an apprenticeship, the minimum you should receive is £6.40 an hour (the National Minimum Wage for apprentices)
  • apprenticeships take between one and five years to complete 
  • anyone over the age of 16 can do one
  • over a week, you're likely to spend the equivalent of four days on work placement and one day at a training centre or college
  • you'll develop your skills, including English and maths
  • you'll gain a competence qualification (based on what you can do in the workplace) and a knowledge qualification, or a qualification combining both

Follow this link to more information on NHS Apprenticeships

Employer Resources

Apprenticeship Funding Rules

 

The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.

Follow this link to Government guidance on apprenticeships ​​​​​​​

To support the providers within the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System we have developed a form to allow our partners needing levy to make a request to those that may have some to share.  To request levy follow this link Apprenticeship Levy Request Form

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