Click below to learn more about the Growth Hub Annual Funding Allocation. A unique incentive offered to ECA Members to help you take advantage of training without adding extra cost to your business.
Have other questions about the Growth Hub? Check out our FAQs page here.
The Growth Hub Annual Fund is an allocation that is being made to every ECA Member to help cover or subsidise the cost of Growth Hub Training Courses. This will help you to invest in business skills training whilst minimising training costs.
Your Growth Hub annual funding allocation is based on 25% of your prior year’s subscription. The annual funding allocation has a minimum value of £500 and a maximum value of £3,000. All current Members will receive at least £500 in 2026 to spend on Growth Hub Training Courses. When you book a course this year, you can request your exact annual funding allocation amount.
The Annual Funding Allocation can be used to cover the cost of any ECA Growth Hub course.
When you book a course, you will be asked to choose whether you would like to pay using your Growth Hub Annual Funding Allocation or bank card.
If you select the annual funding allocation option, then the cost of the course will be deducted from your allocation balance once your registration is confirmed (see more details on viewing your allocation balance below).
If your remaining allocation balance for the year is not sufficient to cover the cost of a course and you would like to pay partly with your allocation and partly via card, then please contact growthub@eca.co.uk to arrange this.
You can check your remaining allocation via the My Growth Hub section of your MyECA dashboard. Please be aware that this is not updated instantly, so we ask that you allow up to a week for your balance to reflect recently completed registrations. If you would like to know how your allocation balance will be affected by upcoming registrations (prior to the figure being updated on My Growth Hub) please email growthhub@eca.co.uk.
- The Growth Hub (GH) is available to all ECA Member businesses. It is not available to any ECA Associate categories.
- It is calculated on 25% of the Member business prior year’s subscription. (Minimum value of £500 and a maximum value of £3,000.)
- Member businesses which are part of a wider group will receive a funding allocation for each ECA membership subscription paid.
- It cannot be used by Members to offset any other monies due to ECA such as membership subscription fees.
- It can only be claimed against the cost of courses listed on the GH approved list.
- It can only be claimed for courses attended by an owner or employee of the Member business.
- Amounts will be calculated annually for each Member business.
- It will expire on 31 December each year.
- Unused amounts in a calendar year cannot be carried forward to future years.
- Member businesses who use their full allocation will not receive any further funding allocation until the following calendar year.
- New ECA Member businesses joining before 30 June during a calendar year will receive a £250 funding allocation in their first year of membership. Those joining after 30 June will receive their funding allocation from the start of the following calendar year.
- Registrations will not be approved if a Member business has subscription fees in arrears
