Support Retention and Upskilling

Apprentices are not just for those aged 16-18, you can use apprenticeship funding to retrain and upskill your existing workforce. For example, an experienced employee may be keen to get a formal qualification in their specialist area. Or perhaps someone has the aptitude and drive to learn something new and progress into a different role?

There are apprenticeships from level 2 to level 7 (equivalent to a degree), so you’ll be able to find apprenticeships that suit the learning and development needs of your employees. Apprenticeships are designed by employers, so they reflect the relevant knowledge, skills and behaviours that your business needs.

Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for adults aged 19 or over and who are either in work, self-employed, recently unemployed or returning to work after a break. They give people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer.

Multiply is a fully funded programme, aimed at helping people to become more confident with numbers.

Multiply for Individuals
Get support and advice to gain the skills that you need for the job you want, to support your lifestyle, or for a businesses idea you have.

Multiply for employers
If your business could benefit from improving the numeracy skills of your workforce, Multiply can help.
You can access bespoke courses designed to meet your business needs, all of which are free and flexible to work around your business.
Multiply not only helps your business, but supports your employees to become more confident with numbers, reducing workforce errors and improving productivity.

Courses are being delivered across Lancashire and can be accessed in person or online.

The network connects schools, academies and colleges with local employers and dynamic careers programme providers. It works to create inspirational and meaningful encounters for young people within the world of work.

Evidence proves that a young person who has four or more encounters with an employer is 86% less likely to be unemployed or not in education or training, and can earn up to 18% more during their career.

Through both strategic planning and practical activity, the Lancashire Careers Hub inspires young people to get to know the world of work, understand what work is, explore their options and build real confidence about their future.

The Report of the Independent Panel on Technical Education, 2016, chaired by Lord Sainsbury, has given new focus to Technical Education in England, resulting in the government’s Post-16 Skills Plan and the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022, focusing initially on new, high quality level 3 courses for 16-19 year olds – T Levels. Further national research on Higher Technical Education has also identified a ‘Missing Middle’ – the shortage of people qualified to levels 4 and 5.

Providing work placements and employment to T-Level students will benefit employers and ease their burden of recruiting talented individuals.