By joining ESN your company will have access to:
- An online presence and meeting place
- Opportunities to share best practice
- Advice, guidance and support
- The chance to make links with other businesses
- Marketing initiatives to promote your business or services
- Free or subsidised training*
In addition we will offer you targeted support and guidance, the opportunity to be part of a progressive and important sector and the chance to take advantage of the experience of similar businesses
How much will membership cost?
There is currently a two tier membership system in place (as of 01.01.2010) with there being no charge for basic ESN membership which entitles members to access to the first 5 services listed above.
*However, once a member has been supported by ESN for any training (partially or wholly) the second tier of membership is required to help cover our administrative costs. This results in a fee of £25 for businesses with 1 – 5 employees and £100 for businesses with over 6 employees, members of the CoaST Network will receive a 50% discount. This is an excellent opportunity to utilise European funding for your training needs so as to increase the profitability and permanence of your company.
This an annual fee (to be paid for any year during which the cost of your business training has been supported by ESN in any way; therefore, if a training course was 18 months in duration it would overlap two years and so the higher grade of membership will be reqired for those two years). This higher grade of membership will then provide you full access to all the benefits of the network and allow us to apply on your behalf for training funded by convergence.
How do I join?
You can join ESN today and start enjoying the many benefits; to do this you will need to fill out the New Members Form.
PLEASE NOTE: Please ignore the PAYPAL payment method AND instead click the paid by cheque method which will automatically accept your membership for processing.
Payment will not be taken or expected until you take up funding for any training and then it will be automatically deducted from the amount agreed or secured by ESN for this training before payment is made to either yourself or the training provider.