• How can I get £200 Government Funding towards Training?

• What should I do if I suffer an assault whilst working as a Door Supervisor?

• What is deemed a minor variation to a premises licence or club premises certificate under the Licensing Act?

The Individual Learning Accounts in Wales (ILA Wales) programme has been designed to encourage individuals to take responsibility for their learning and encourage career development.

Individual Learning Account Wales (ILA Wales)

The ILA Wales award can assist students aged 18 or over with the fees for certain part-time courses dependant upon personal circumstances.  You must be resident in Wales to claim this grant.

If your income is based upon income related benefits you may be eligible for a grant of up to £200 (100% of fees).

If your income is based upon being employed or self employed you may be eligible for a grant of up to £100 (a maximum of 50% of fees).

If you are unfortunate enough to suffer an assault, please ensure you remember the following 3 steps:

Step 1: Notify the police immediately about the assault. The next day is too late! You have to report the matter yourself.

 Step 2: Obtain a Crime Reference Number from the police. This identifies your incident and is a vital piece of information.

Step 3: Note the details of witnesses. Information may be required from them at a later date.

It is now possible to make small changes to your premises licence or club premises certificate through the Minor Variation process, which is cheaper, easier and quicker than the full variation process.

We expect that the process will be used for changes such as:

• small changes to the structure or layout of a premises;
• the addition of authorisation for late night refreshment or regulated entertainment (such as live music, performance of plays or film exhibitions);
• small changes to licensing hours (but see below on changes that relate to alcohol);
• revisions, removals and additions of conditions (this could include the removal or amendment of out of date, irrelevant or unenforceable conditions, or the addition of volunteered conditions).

The Minor Variations process cannot be used to:

• add the retail or supply of alcohol to a licence
• extend licensing hours for the sale or supply of alcohol at any time between 11pm and 7am;
• increase the amount of time on any day during which alcohol may be sold by retail or supplied;
• extend the period for which the licence or certificate has effect;
• transfer the licence or certificate from one premises to another, or vary substantially the premises to which it relates
• specify, in a premises licence, an individual as the premises supervisor;
• add the sale by retail or supply of alcohol as an activity authorised by a licence or certificate; or
• disapply the mandatory conditions relating to a designated premises supervisor (there is a separate process by which community premises can apply for this).