Funding for in-work skills initiatives to support residents to gain qualifications and training through modular training.
Initiatives which increase apprenticeship starts and completions and which increase engagement from a variety of target groups, parents and employers.
New programmes which engage the most vulnerable and economically inactive in our communities facing multiple barriers to accessing mainstream training and employability services.
New programmes which provide intensive individualised support for individuals to grow in confidence, access wrap around services such as health and wellbeing and progress into positive skills/training, employability and volunteering outcomes.
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These are other projects which ensure there are not gaps in provision for key target groups and sectors in tour region where there is strong robust evidence of need.
This is £1 million of funding to support gaps in provision identified through Skills Connect and wider intelligence (i.e. gathered through LMI, evidence from the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), delivery of the Community Support Fund, Digital Skills Investment Programme, AEB, bootcamps and other provision). It is aligned to support Mayoral Priorities and the Employment and Skills Plan.
This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Combined Authority has been awarded £3.2 million to support People and Skills initiatives in our region. There are 4 priority areas this funding will address: