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Opportunity for employers to support young futures with new Talent Pledge

Employers are being urged to find out more about how they can pledge support to young people by offering a range of opportunities to gain experiences of the workplace and inspire their future careers. Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson, is opening a webinar on the launch of a new Talent Pledge on […]

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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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Relaunch of pilot scheme to train more than 1,300 people for health and care jobs

Mayor Dr Nik Johnson visited City College Peterborough to relaunch a pilot project aiming to give more than 1,350 people skills to start or advance careers in the health and care sector. The Health and Care Sector Work Academy (HCSWA) is a pilot project developed by City College Peterborough and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined […]

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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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£1.8m funding for Skills Bootcamps to help people into better jobs

£1.8 million in new funding to help more than 800 people gain sought-after digital skills to accelerate their careers has been secured by the Combined Authority. Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. The […]

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Growth Works with Skills launches new online platform to support employers, learners and workers

A new digital talent platform has been launched by Growth Works with Skills to help employers, learners and workers across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Growth Works with Skills is an innovative demand-led skills service connecting learners and employers with opportunities that enable growth. The online platform will allow employers to post their job and apprenticeship […]

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New Business Growth Service to deliver 5200 new jobs

Transformational Business Growth Service to deliver at least 5200 new jobs across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough just when we need it most to grow back jobs Growth Works will deliver 5278 new jobs, 1400 new apprenticeships and generate significant inward investment in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough over the next three years. Made up of five service lines, […]

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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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Green light given to pilot Retraining scheme that will help people affected by Covid-19 move into new careers

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board has today voted to approve the acceleration of a government scheme to help people retrain and develop new skills to support their employment following Covid-19. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been chosen as a pilot area for a National Retraining Scheme launched by the Department for Education (DfE).  The […]

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Key employment courses go online to keep up with demand during Covid-19 lockdown

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. The Cambridgeshire […]

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Mayor launches match-making service for job seekers and local businesses to help people move into new roles

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, has today launched a new digital platform to match job seekers with new roles and businesses with the right staff. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Talent Portal is a digital ‘match making’ service for people seeking new employment and businesses looking for employees. To ensure […]

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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 […]

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Businesses in the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough area to benefit from a £3.7 million skills training fund.

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough are urged to take advantage of a £3.7 million skills training fund to upskill their workforce. The programme is co-financed by the European Social Fund and the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The training is delivered as part of the Skills Support for […]

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