Apply for Kickstart Scheme funding with REED
Get access to the government's £2bn Kickstart Scheme with REED and provide fully funded work opportunities. Boost your business, support unemployed young people and receive an additional £750 grant per placement.
Accessing funding
To apply for funding directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), you need to offer a minimum of 30 new placements. If you are planning to offer fewer than 30 placements, you will need to apply through a registered gateway organisation, like REED.
Why choose REED as your gateway partner?
Why take part in the Kickstart Scheme?
The government scheme provides funding for 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit.
Provide invaluable work opportunities for young people, helping to fight unemployment and boost the economy.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Benefit from free extra resource to help your business thrive.
GROW YOUR BUSINESS
Receive funding covering 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week, National Insurance and pension contributions as well as a £750 grant per placement.
YOUR COSTS COVERED
By applying through REED, you can access funding starting from just one placement. To apply directly you would need to offer a minimum of 30 placements.
ACCESS TO FUNDING
We are the UK’s #1 recruiter, with over 60 years' experience. We will support you with finding a good match and onboarding your new recruit(s) - giving them the best start possible.
RECRUITMENT EXPERTISE
We will save valuable time, by managing the entire application process on your behalf.
APPLICATION COMPLETED FOR YOU
The DWP requires you to provide training to qualify for the scheme. We will manage this for you with our online Employability Skills Training Programme, supporting the Kickstarter(s) to develop skills they will need to succeed in the future.
FREE EMPLOYEE TRAINING
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Our commitment to fighting unemployment
Our company purpose is ‘Improving Lives Through Work’ and we believe in meaningful employment for everyone. Find out more about some of our other initiatives fighting unemployment.
Reed In Partnership specialise in helping people in challenging circumstances. Since 1998, they have supported over 150,000 back into work.
We have been helping people take their first steps into a recruitment and technology career through our award-winning apprenticeships and internship programme.
We are campaigning to preserve jobs and protect livelihoods, by supporting employers and jobseekers with resources, upskilling opportunities and redeployment.
Apply for Kickstart Scheme funding with REED
Get access to the government's £2bn Kickstart Scheme with REED and provide fully funded work opportunities. Boost your business, support young people and receive an additional £750 grant per placement.
