ESFA Community Training Grants
The ESFA and ESF are co-financing Community Training Grants to offer skills, training and employment opportunities for individuals who are unemployed or out of education. This grant is intended for projects which […]
Greatwood Charity – Programmes for 16 to 24 year olds
Greatwood Charity are pleased to confirm that their Get Going and Initial Bit programmes are back for April 2021 and are taking bookings now. Both of these programmes are horse […]
Swindon and Wiltshire Institute of Technology – Coming this September
New College Swindon was one of 12 colleges in the UK to have been given the go ahead from the Department of Education to launch an Institute of Technology at […]
Adults to gain new skills on 400 free courses
From April this year, any adult aged 24 and over who wants to achieve their first full level 3 qualification, will be able to access almost 400 fully funded courses. […]
Research reveals that employers who embraced apprenticeships during the pandemic found it helped them recover more quickly.
The Open University in association with The 5% Club, commissioned a survey of over 600 employers in England about their plans for apprenticeships in the coming months. The polling was […]
Are you a young person in need of help with career choices?
According to a recent article Young people less confident in career prospects because of pandemic, young people are more confused about their career path than ever, with more than two-fifths […]
Building Bridges – Sam’s Story
The Building Bridges team is very pleased to be able to share another uplifting story of collaboration, passion and encouragement bringing great results… Sam* was referred to Building Bridges by […]
Let’s Talk Wiltshire Festival
We are encouraging everyone to get involved with the Let’s Talk Wiltshire Twitter Festival on Thursday 18th February, 11am – 12pm. During these challenging times it is so important we […]
Our Be Involved Subscribers
As National Apprenticeship Week draws to a close for another year, we thought it would be a great opportunity to support the local employers who have signed up to our […]
Apprentice Catch Up – Noel
We met with Noel back in October 2019, at the time he was about halfway through a Leadership and Management Apprenticeship offered by his employer Wiltshire Council, and thought it only […]