Skills Support for the Workforce

Are you a Greater Manchester based employer looking to boost skills in your business at zero cost?

Commissioned by ESFA and working with the Greater Manchester LEP, Skills Support for the Workforce offers fully funded support to help you develop your staff through a range of training programmes which are tailored to your business needs. These qualifications cover a variety of topics/sectors including: Automotive, Cleaning, Construction, Health & Social Care, Functional Skills Maths & English, and Warehousing, Storage and Manufacturing.

Have you or your team been impacted by redundancy or placed on the Job Retention Scheme (furloughed)?

What support is available?

We can provide you with a range of advice and support which is tailored to your needs. Our friendly advisors can help you and your team work through a range of learning programmes in order for you to up-skill or re-train for another role.

In addition, we can help you and your team with:
• Improving CVs
• Job searches
• Interview skills

Who is eligible for support?

Learners must be aged 16+ who are at risk of redundancy, have recently been made redundant, or have been placed on the governments' Job Retention Scheme (furloughed). For more information contact our expert team.

Download the brochure
for further information on all the programmes available.
Brochure

We offer tailored programmes for your business.

In addition to our range of programmes, we also offer a tailored service to meet your unique business requirements. Here are just a few examples of programmes we have delivered across Greater Manchester to help businesses maintain their competitive edge:

  • CV Preparation & Interview Skills
  • Food Hygiene/Safety
  • Health & Safety
  • Business Management
  • Basic HR Policies/Procedures
  • IT Skills - Excel
  • Mental Health Awareness & Safeguarding
  • Project Management
  • Safeguarding
  • Social Media & Marketing

If you would like more information on any of the courses, or to understand how you can access these Government funded courses, please contact us and one of our Business Advisors will be in touch.