The HWSETA hereby invites constituent and eligible health and welfare organisations/companies, sector statutory bodies, sector associations, universities, TVET Colleges (including public and private nursing colleges), community colleges, health and social development departments and HWSETA partners with signed MOUs to apply for discretionary grant funding. This grant is intended to meet the HWSETA sector needs as set out in the sector skills plan, strategic plan, workplace skills plans and priorities outlined in the National Development Plan.

The discretionary grant is intended for programmes and projects that improve the supply of qualified and competent people in sector-priority occupations and interventions, occupational shortages (hard-to-fill-vacancies) and skills gaps (top-up or critical skills) and economic reconstruction and recovery plan.