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Access services that improve your life in the West of England

Career support and skills development

Find career support - Skills Connect

Discover skills, training, and career support in the West of England to help you get to where you want to be. Find career support.

Advance your career - Future Bright

"Find your happy" at work with funded career coaching to help you advance your career. Access free coaching.

Upskill and train - Skills Bootcamps

Access free, flexible courses to build up your skills and get fast-tracked to an interview. Upskill with a bootcamp.

School career support- Careers Hub

Learn how we're transforming careers education for our region’s young people and get support. Access the Careers Hub.

Retrain into a green career - Retrofit

Your retrofit career guide, offering a clear roadmap to a rewarding career in retrofitting. Retrain into retrofit.

Travel, transport and infrastructure

WEST (West of England Sustainable Transport)

Plan your travel across the region with WEST, a sustainable transport initiative for the West of England. Plan your journey.

Transforming rail travel

Learn how the Combined Authority is transforming rail travel with new and improved stations, and more frequent train services. Discover rail improvements.

Improving our region's buses

Explore how the Combined Authority is bringing partners together to enhance bus services across the region. Learn about bus service improvements.

Making walking and cycling better

Find out how walking and cycling infrastructure is being improved in the West of England. Discover walking and cycling enhancements.

Get free travel with Birthday Bus

Celebrate special occasions with the Birthday Bus, a unique initiative offering free travel in your birthday month. Apply for your Birthday Bus pass.

Homes, culture and the environment

Learn about our environment, and how we can support it together

Learn how the Mayoral Combined Authority is helping to tackle the climate and ecological emergency, working towards a net zero region. Explore the environmental initiatives.

Understand the improvements to housing and planning

Learn about efforts to address the need for more homes of all types in the West of England, focusing on building communities, not just houses. Discover housing and planning initiatives.

Learn about and access cultural initiatives

Access support and learn about the impact on creativity and culture in the region. See how culture is being enhanced.

Improve your home's energy efficiency - Retrofit Advice

Get expert advice and support for retrofitting projects to improve energy efficiency and sustainability in your home or business. Access retrofit advice and services.

Access affordable solar panels for your home - Solar Together

Join a community solar initiative to install solar panels and benefit from collective purchasing power for better rates and support. Learn more about Solar Together.

Frequently asked questions

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority primarily funds these services, with additional support from central government for certain initiatives. In some cases, The Combined Authority collaborates with both the Unitary Authorities (local councils) and with private sector partners.

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority provides services to benefit people living and working in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Check out the map (PDF, 0.5MB) to cross reference your location.

The priorities for delivery of services in the region are set by the Mayor of the West of England.

Whilst there isn't currently a central consultation tool for you to have your say, most initiatives involve effective consultation with the public, other Unitary Authorities, and businesses in the region. Matters are also discussed in public Committee Meetings, to which you may submit questions, petitions and statements.

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