The latest news from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority:
People in our region are incredibly versatile in making the best of whatever situation they find themselves in.
As a result of an increase in requests for warehousing and Health and Social Care training since COVID 19 broke out, and in accordance with social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus, adult employment and skills training funded by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is now being delivered digitally.
In the run-up to Remembrance Sunday, Mayor James Palmer is calling on local businesses to follow his lead, and that of local Cambridgeshire & Peterborough councils, in signing the Armed Forces Covenant – a pledge to ensure veterans, and those still in uniform, are treated with the fairness their service and sacrifice deserves.
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.
Government has committed £11.5 million of funding to support Adult Education in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Job title: AEB Partnerships Executive.Salary range: £40,000-£48,000.The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is seeking a Partnerships Executive as part of an exciting new opportunity within the adult education sector.In May 2017, residents of Cambridge and Peterborough voted to elect their first mayor, and the area established one of the first Mayoral Combined Authorities in the Country.
Thousands of disadvantaged people and long-term jobseekers in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area are set to receive specialist tailored advice and support to get into work.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority are set to agree funding worth £6.5million to accelerate the establishment of a University of Peterborough.
