Equality funding – forms and guidance
Looking for additional funding to support participants? Find out how Skills Development Scotland can help.
Enhanced Funding Contribution
Use these documents and webinar videos to learn about the Enhanced Funding Contribution and apply for it, if eligible.
Forms
Appendix 4A - Enhanced Funding Application form, June 2024 (PDF) – form to apply for enhanced funding to support Disabled and/or Care Experienced apprentices
Appendix 4B - Enhanced Funding Change of Support Requirements, June 2024 (PDF) – form to apply for a change in Enhanced Funding support for Disabled and/or Care Experienced apprentices
Guidance
Enhanced Funding Guidance, 2024-25 (PDF) — guide to help learning providers complete the enhanced funding forms
Enhanced funding for disabled and/or Care Experienced apprentices, May 2024 (YouTube webinar video) – recorded webinar for providers, about enhanced funding for Disabled and/or Care Experienced apprentices
Completing the Enhanced Funding Contribution form, July 2024 (YouTube video) – video guide to completing the Enhanced Funding Contribution form
New Scots Incentive and Ethnic Intersectionality Incentive
These documents support the New Scots Incentive (NSI) and Ethnic Intersectionality Incentive (EII).
The New Scots Incentive (NSI) supports employers to recruit New Scots – this includes refugees and people with the right to work who have recently moved to Scotland.
The Ethnic Intersectionality Incentive (EII) helps learning providers support apprentices from black, minority and ethnic backgrounds or those facing intersectional barriers.
Forms
This form, available in PDF or Word, should be completed if applying for the NSI Additional Payment Scheme and/or the EII Additional Payment Scheme.
Guidance
Right to Work Immigration Documents for New Scots (Word) – a description of immigration documents that demonstrate New Scots have the appropriate Right to Work
Guidance on supporting New Scots into Modern Apprenticeships through Enhanced Ethnic Intersectionality Incentive, 2024-25 (PDF) – this guide explains the term 'New Scots' and the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy
NSI and EII information awareness session webinar, 2025 (YouTube video) – the Scottish Refugee Council talk about New Scots Refugees; SDS Equality Team go over the application process for NSI and EII
E-learning modules
Skills development Scotland has created e-learning modules on equality and diversity, and many other topics, in the eNetLearn portal.