Tag: adult education
Over £280,000 awarded in grants to support adult learning and skills development in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s Learning & Skills Fund, managed by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, has awarded over £280,000 in grants to support the lifelong learning and skills offer for adults in Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough. It hopes to reduce inequalities in access to adult education. The Learning & Skills Fund has awarded 14 grants to local community and charitable […]
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On the road again! Multiply bus tour promoting free courses to improve number confidence
The Multiply Bus Roadshow is back, aiming to help even more people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to become more number confident. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority was awarded £4 million by Government to help improve numeracy across the region as part of the national Multiply programme. The Mutiply Bus Roadshow toured the region at […]
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£5m Skills Bootcamps funding to help advance careers and boost earnings
Nearly £5m in new funding has been approved by Government to help people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough quickly gain new skills to improve their job prospects and income. The Combined Authority applied for £4.9 million to deliver Skills Bootcamps which are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks teaching a variety of in-demand skills which […]
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Have your say on improvements to adult education spending
Improvements to how the adult education budget for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is spent are being consulted on from this week. The Combined Authority has had devolved responsibility for the region’s £12 million adult education budget since September 2019. The budget funds a range of adult learning and training courses run by colleges, local councils and […]
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HGV driver courses set up to help meet critical shortages and support people into better paid jobs
The Combined Authority is funding the training through its devolved control of the Adult Education Budget for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Under the Adult Education programme, Peterborough College will provide a route into driver training. And a new independent training provider, System Group, has also been commissioned to train more local drivers. System Group will work […]
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New skills bursary to help more young people leaving the care system into good jobs and careers
More funding is being given to encourage young people who are leaving the care system to continue their education and help them into better jobs and careers. The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is providing bursaries for care leavers aged 19 to 22 to build their skills, which is on top of bursary funding already […]
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Improved targeting of adult education budget to low skill areas approved by Skills Committee
Improved targeting of adult education funding to areas with low levels of skills, low wages and greater unemployment has been approved by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s Skills Committee today (June 14). Recommendations for how the £12 million annual budget should be spent for 2021/22 were approved by the committee. The funding focusses on […]
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Combined Authority awarded £1 Million to deliver free Level 3 courses for adult learners
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority have been awarded £1 Million to deliver free Level 3 courses for adults across the region. The funding from the Department for Education (DfE) has been delegated to Mayoral Combined Authorities as part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and will deliver free first Level 3 courses for adults […]
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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Invest £500,000 in Adult Learning Through New Innovation Fund
Over half a million pounds of funding has been allocated by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) for adult learning, as part of it’s newly created Innovation Fund. Local colleges and providers can bid for grants for up to £50K to test new and innovative ways of delivering training courses to adults aged over 19. This […]
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Mayor backs An Hour to Skill campaign
A new campaign which aims to boost the nation’s skills and job prospects by inspiring people to set aside just one hour a week for online learning, by taking a free course from The Skills Toolkit, has been backed by Mayor James Palmer. The Skills Toolkit is an online platform giving access to free, high-quality digital, […]
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Combined Authority aims to take the lead on delivering Kickstart Scheme for SMEs across the region
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is helping small and medium sized businesses across the region take advantage of the Government’s Kickstart Scheme. The £2 billion scheme aims to create hundreds of thousands of high-quality 6-month work placements to those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at […]
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Combined Authority Board approve £500,000 spend to support young people struggling to find work
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board have agreed to allocate £486,297 to two schemes to support young people and adults. The money, which the Combined Authority received from the Department of Education, will be used to improve employment prospects of people aged 16-to-24, who will be leaving education this summer having been unable to […]
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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority #RescuetoRecovery Retraining Scheme prioritises retraining and getting people back to work
At a time when economic recovery is more important than ever, the Cambridgeshire &Peterborough Combined Authority prioritises individuals by supporting them to retrain into new jobs. According to the ONS figures to the end of July, the number of people on payrolls in the UK has decreased by 730,000 since March. Meanwhile, in July 26,630 […]
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Mayor applauds Health and Care Work Academy achievements
At a prizegiving event today Mayor Palmer joined learners to mark two important milestones for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Health and Care Sector Work Academy. The Combined Authority Academy has taken on its 500th learner, Martina Bakir, and simultaneously celebrated Rui Patinha gaining the Academy’s 100th job in Health and Care. The Mayor was […]
Find out moreWorld-leading consultants appointed in key step forward for University of Peterborough’s delivery
A big step forward for a new university for Peterborough has been taken with the appointment of a world-leading project management consultancy to support the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority in its delivery. Globally-renowned consultants Mace have been selected to deliver on the Combined Authority’s Action Plan for the new university. Their work will begin […]
Find out moreA new era for adult education in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough set for launch
A refocusing of how adult education funding is spent in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to give lower paid, lower skilled people the qualifications they need to secure better jobs will launch this summer. The £11.5 million budget for Adult Education was devolved to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority earlier this year. Since then the authority […]
Find out more£11.5 million for adult education
Government has committed £11.5 million of funding to support Adult Education in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The funding represents the first tranche of Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding that has been allocated to Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority for the 2019/20 financial year as a part of its Devolution Deal. By devolving funds to the local […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer visits new advanced training facility iMET to see first apprentices at work
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor James Palmer visited the newly launched iMET advanced training facility at Alconbury Weald on Monday (November 19) to see the first apprentices working towards their new qualifications. The £10.5 million facility, funded by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, has this Autumn launched its first […]
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