ITF Member Travel Fund

What is it?

  • ITF aims to run courses at convenient venues to meet member demand around the UK.
  • However, there are not always enough delegates to run each course in every nation and region.
  • Therefore…ITF members can apply to cover their travel costs to an ITF course when the course is not available in their locality*.

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How does it work?

  • Identify the course you wish to attend
  • Check upcoming dates/venues of course at www.indietrainingfund.com
  • Check with your company’s ITF membership manager (usually Head of Production or someone in Human Resources) to see if you can use your company’s free ITF course allocation to attend.
  • If the course is not scheduled to run within the next 3 months in your nation/region, you can apply to ITF for a travel bursary.

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How much can I claim?

  • Travel: up to £150 standard class travel for return journey
  • Mileage: 45p per mile up to a maximum of £150 for return journey
  • Accommodation: up to £100 per night (inc VAT) 
    • NB: Overnight accommodation will only paid for when cost of accommodation the night before course plus travel is cheaper than peak time morning travel.
  • Subsistence: up to £20 per evening meal (inc VAT)
    • NB: Evening meal will only be paid for if it has been agreed that travelling and staying overnight prior to the course is cheaper than peak time morning travel.

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HOW TO APPLY

  • ITF will respond by email to confirm whether your application has been successful
  • ITF will transfer funds to your account by electronic transfer and send email confirmation

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* ITF will only cover travel and accommodation costs for staff or freelancers working for an ITF MEMBER COMPANY – line manager (or equivalent) signature required.

To qualify for travel the course must not be taking place within the same nation or region as the ITF member company office at which you work – nations and regions listed below:

Nations

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

English regions

East

East Midlands

London (within M25 boundary)

North East

North West

South East

South West

West Midlands

Yorkshire and Humber