PRP Training

The Young Recruits Programme is an all Wales programme that provides financial support to employers offering high quality apprenticeship programmes to recruit and train additional young apprentices (16-24 year olds).

What exactly is the Young Recruits Programme?

Targeted support will be made available to create additional opportunities for young people to access quality apprenticeship places. The programme can benefit:

Large employers that already offer high quality apprenticeship programmes who are able to expand their programmes to take on additional learners;
Small and medium sized employers working individually or in partnership to offer additional apprenticeship opportunities where there is a need to maintain a highly-skilled workforce for when the economy recovers.

Young Recruits Programme Eligibility Criteria

All employers must:

be able to offer (a) full time additional apprenticeship place(s), ie. a minimum of 30 hours including time with the provider;
be paying a minimum wage of £2.60 per hour (or any other National Minimum Wage regulations that may apply);
be able to evidence payment to their learner with either HMRC-compliant wage slips or certified copies of bank statements.  Without this evidence, we are unable to offer our support.

All learners must:

be between the ages of 16 and 24 at time of application;
be living and/or working in Wales;
be enrolled upon or due to enrol upon a level 2 or level 3 apprenticeship framework with a WAG-contracted Work Based Learning Provider;
not have been employed by the applicant for longer than 20 weeks at time of application.

What is the financial support?

£50 per week wage subsidy paid to the employer, subject to the eligibility criteria and evidential requirements being met (not applicable to the Public Sector)

To find out more:

Call us on 0845 60 661 60.  We’ll answer your questions and link you to someone who can find you the right apprentice. Or you can email us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.