People and Skills funding
People and Skills funding allocation: £1,582,599
Home to over 425,000 residents, West Northants is a place where every individual is invited to live their best life. This funding is a vital part of our strategy to enable all our residents to start, stay and succeed in local, sustainable employment.
The ambitions for this allocation include:
- supporting a diverse workforce to succeed in local employment
- addressing unemployment and economic inactivity to enable residents to progress on their career journeys
- upskilling the existing workforce to continue to succeed
- supporting the skills ecosystem in the area, maximising the benefits of the education providers in the area
As set out in the UK Shared Prosperity Fund prospectus, the People and Skills investment priority seeks to address these challenges by investing in projects with the following objectives:
- reducing levels of economic activity, supporting residents and boosting the skills with cohesive, locally tailored support
- supporting local areas to fund gaps in local skills provision, supporting people progress into work through both qualification and non-qualification based routes
People and Skills projects has been utilised to support activities that sit under one of 3 areas:
Skills for communities
The Skills for communities scheme provides grants for location-focused support (aligned with Local Area Partnership priorities) e.g. youth clubs, local voluntary and community groups, not-for profit and social enterprises focusing on the most deprived areas of West Northamptonshire.
The scheme enables those who apply for grants to extend, enhance or introduce new projects to support learning and development at a community level, all aimed at moving people closer to the labour market.
Skills for work
Skills for work is led by the Adult Learning team to deliver activities to prioritise helping individuals improve their skills, supporting access to work and removing barriers to employment.
Skills for growth
Skills for growth projects target employers and people in work with raising skill levels and career development, benefiting the individual and supporting business growth.
Awarded projects will deliver for a series of projects under this area focusing on the skills needed for sustainable employment and productivity, e.g. digital skills in the workplace, English Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) /Literacy at Work, Inclusive Recruitment Techniques, including Science, Technology Maths and Engineering (STEM) delivered by Silverstone’s Technology Cluster.
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Last updated 09 September 2024