The purpose of the funds are to enable individual personal development opportunities.
Funding must not be used to provide military training or to deliver capabilities for the unit. The essence is about enabling individual personal development opportunities:
• Grants may only be made to members of the Corps of Royal Engineers/Queen’s Gurkha Engineers.
• Beneficiaries must not be in receipt of other in-year RE-CPD funding i.e. a Study Grant.
• Funding must focus upon individual activities, ideally weighted towards newer members of the Corps.
• Funds may not be re-allocated or granted outside of the designated unit or group without the written approval of RE-CPD.
There is no requirement for an activity to deliver recognised national qualification. But you must be content that there is an individual personal development benefit. If the development is professional, SLC/ELC etc are more appropriate, rather than a Unit Grant.
There is no requirement to use SLCs or ELCs in conjunction with a Unit Grant.
Unlike Study Grants, there is no requirement for a personal contribution to be made.
Decisions within this guidance and the scope of the Trust’s aims remain at the commander’s discretion. Commanders are requested to scrutinise anything that could be construed as professional development and judge whether the application could be better supported by a Study Grant, or whether it should be provided using Defence funding.
If you are unsure, please contact the RE-CPD team.
Civilian advanced first aid or paramedic course in support of an individual’s personal goals
Tree surgery training
Language course not funded by Defence
Arts course
Sports skills, coaching and qualifications not funded by Defence
Providing military training or capabilities e.g. storeman, driver of first aid course because the unit needs a qualified person
Power saw training to meet a military need
Language training available through Defence
Welfare activities or resources
Infrastructure or station facilities
Transport requirements
Recommendations for Unit Commanders on using unit funds include:
Regard RE-CPD Unit Funds as your personal grant and support to the workforce under your command.
Nominate a unit CPD POC to promote personal and professional development opportunities.
When allocating funds, a good rule of thumb is the newer or more junior the applicant, the higher the priority and level of grant (i.e. sappers and subalterns should be considered high on the list).
“Dragon’s Den” style CPD events, where feasible, generate best practice and focus on personal and professional development. Such events have proven to be fun, competitive, and uplifting. Sappers who have made their pitch report that this was empowering and good for raising awareness of CPD.
Promote the RE-CPD website.
Steer academic applications and senior Corps members to SLC/ELCs and RE-CPD Study Grants.
Review unit spend at mid-year: there is a reserve pot available; please use it.
Avoid funding group presentations unless you judge that there is specific benefit to each participant.
Look for and support unusual and remarkable applications to encourage a wider section of the workforce to seek out CPD opportunities.
Report accurately and promptly.
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