CABWI Awarding Body is a registered charity who promotes learning and development for young people and adults to gain skills and confidence to enter the job market and career paths.
CABWI will support projects that:
- Reach and work with those who face complex barriers to employment, or who are at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education, or training).
- Increase the learning and life skills of people so that they may further develop their careers, with a particular focus on the water, utilities, and construction industries.
- Have clear and well-established connections to employers who can offer meaningful work experience and/or employment.
Awards of up to £35,000 per year, is available depending on income.
- Projects whose income is below £231,000 may only apply for up to 15% of annual turnover. (For example, if you have a turnover of £125,000, the maximum amount that you could apply for is £18,750).
- Projects whose income is between £231,000- £1m can apply for a maximum of £35,000, (not 15% of turnover).
- Organisations with income of more than £1m per year are not eligible for funding.
From 2024 grants will be awarded for a maximum of 12 months. The following organisations can apply:
- Registered charities
- Community Interest Companies
- Co-operatives – registered Community Benefit Societies and registered Industrial and Provident Societies
- Social Enterprises