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£8.1m boost to expand Skills Bootcamps for the Liverpool City Region
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has secured £8.1m to deliver Skills Bootcamps in a range of sectors over the next year, after successfully piloting Skills Bootcamps in digital skills over the last two years.
Thousands of people are expected to benefit from the free courses, which are intended to raise skill levels in key sectors, enabling eligible adults to move into more sustainable roles, and provide Liverpool City Region residents with the skills the region’s employers really need.
Skills Bootcamps are funded by the Department for Education. The free flexible courses last up to 16-weeks and are playing a key role in the government’s Levelling Up activity. The Skills Bootcamps will provide training with content at Level 3 standard or above.
Skills Bootcamps support employers who wish to retrain their existing staff in order to develop new business or retain staff, individuals who are self-employed, and also any adult employed or unemployed who is looking to gain new skills to enable them to progress.
Everyone who undertakes the training will be offered an interview with an employer.
Speaking about the training available, Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said:
Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Alex Burghart said:
The Liverpool City Region was one of only six areas nationally to pilot Skills Bootcamps in digital back in September 2020, aimed at helping participants gain jobs in the digital sector, and went on to run a further round of digital Skills Bootcamps in 2021.
To date almost 700 people – a combination of unemployed, self-employed, and employed – have completed a digital Skills Bootcamp. Their progress will be monitored over the coming months.
For more information – for individuals and employers – see the web page.
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