The Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (“HWSETA”) invites all registered Small and Micro Enterprise (SMEs) of the Health and Welfare sector to apply to participate in the implementation of Small and Micro Enterprise Organisation funding 2024-2025.
All applicants must complete the following information:
Details of the Small and Micro Enterprise Funding Project
The Small and Micro Enterprise (SME) Grant is aimed at enabling qualifying SMEs in our sector to access funding for training interventions that would have a direct impact on their businesses in terms of growth, sustainability and the level of professionalism.
SMEs businesses must be privately owned and operated with 11-50 paid employees and medium businesses as those that have 51-250 paid employees. Emerging organisations are growing organisations that can have one employee to 10 employees.
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in our sector include Veterinary hospitals/clinics, Animal welfare organisations, Counselling services, Registered therapeutic health and skin care services, Physician offices, Owner-managed radiography practices, Small and medium-sized pharmacists’ practices, Optometrist practices, Paediatrics practices, Dental practices, Social workers in private practices, Psychologists in private practices, Dietetics and nutritional services, Hearing and audiometric services, Laboratory & Pathology services, and Ambulance services. These cover both animal and human health.
Details of the funding for all employers wishing to participate:
Qualifying criteria:
Please note the following employment equity targets which the SETA will consider when allocating the grant to qualifying organisations:
The HWSETA reserves the right to withdraw the approval if:
The learners will be funded at the maximum of R4000 per participant and the funding is targeting only employed persons. Further, no learner will be funded for more than one course. The employers will be required to submit proof of learner registration against any of the following interventions:
| Intervention | Training Interventions Identified |
| Skills Programme | • Customer service.
• Diversity and inclusion. • Basic life support. • Disability awareness. • Fire fighting. • Computer skills and digital literacy. • artificial intelligence. • Health and safety. • First aid. • Governance and Ethics • Fund Raising • Civic Education |
For any enquiries, please contact the nearest Provincial Office as per the details provided below:
| Eastern Cape Office Tel No.: (043) 726 9406/7 Office Email Address: HWSETA-EasternCape@hwseta.org.za |
Free State Office Tel No.: (051) 430 2134 Office Email Address: HWSETA-FreeState@hwseta.org.za |
Gauteng Office Tel No.: (011) 205 0200 Office Email Address: HWSETA-Gauteng@hwseta.org.za |
| Kwazulu-Natal Office Tel No.: (031) 202 5972/3 Office Email Address: HWSETA-KwazuluNatal@hwseta.org.za |
Limpopo Office Tel No.: (015) 295 4302/3 Office Email Address: HWSETA-Limpopo@hwseta.org.za |
Mpumalanga Office Tel No.: (013) 762 3027 Office Email Address: HWSETA-Mpumalanga@hwseta.org.za |
| North West Office Tel No.: (018) 381 1192 Office Email Address: HWSETA-NorthWest@hwseta.org.za |
Northern Cape Office Tel No.: (053) 831 1338 Office Email Address: HWSETA-NorthernCape@hwseta.org.za |
Western Cape Office Tel No.: (021) 914 1058 Office Email Address: HWSETA-WesternCape@hwseta.org.za |
Click the link below to apply:
https://projects.hwseta.org.za/eoi_index
CLOSING DATE: 23 December 2024
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Expression of Interest Small and Micro Enterprise Organisation 2024 – 2025
7 Comments
Andrew Jooste
4th December 2024Good day I have business Consultant and Training Services Pty Ltd Company can I apply for funding for training
Wendy Tembe
5th December 2024Dear Mannetjie
Thank you for the email, the answer is no; based on the following;
Qualifying criteria:
“All employers must be registered with the Health and Welfare SETA and be in possession of an SDL number or T-number.
All employers must have submitted a Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report to HWSETA by the time of EOI submission.
All employers must ensure that all applications are done in line with the requirements of the funding as indicated.
All employers falling in this category that were approved for skills Programme funding under learning Programme expression of interest in 2024-2025 year will be excluded.
Be compliant with all relevant legislation”.
Trust you will find this note in order
Thank you
Regards
Wendy Tembe
5th December 2024Dear Andrew
Thank you for the inquiry; the answer is no; based on the qualifying criteria below;
Qualifying criteria:
“All employers must be registered with the Health and Welfare SETA and be in possession of an SDL number or T-number.
All employers must have submitted a Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report to HWSETA by the time of EOI submission.
All employers must ensure that all applications are done in line with the requirements of the funding as indicated.
All employers falling in this category that were approved for skills Programme funding under learning Programme expression of interest in 2024-2025 year will be excluded.
Be compliant with all relevant legislation”.
Trust you will find this note in order
Thank you
Regards
Mannetjie Norman Van Rooyen
5th December 2024Hi! I’d like to have a internet Cafe to help school Kids after school with their w/work en print out
Wendy Tembe
5th December 2024Dear Mannetjie
Kindly note that the primary focus of your business does not fall under HWSETA scope.
Trust you ill find this note in order
Thank you
regards
Stephinah Matjila
5th December 2024I am a registered social worker in private practice and would like to find out how one can register with HWSETA and apply for SDL/T-number.
Thank you.
Wendy Tembe
6th December 2024Dear Stephinah
Thank you for the email, the registration depend on the Organisation’s / private Practice registration status with SARS. Is your private practice contributing a Skills Development Levy to SARS or exempted from paying a skills development levy (SDL) based on the size of the Practice. Kindly check this information from the EMP201 letter issued by SARS.
For information, the private practice register with SARS then SARS allocate the Organisation accordingly.
Should there be information you want to further confirm with us, kindly send an email privately to; hwseta@hwseta.org.za as this domain is public.
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Thank you
Regards