Investment Priority: People and Skills
We are looking for providers to come forward to identify the need for digital upskilling within CIoS and provide targeted, specialist digital skills support to train and/or retrain individuals or to support them to progress within the digital skills field of work.
Bids should outline how the digital upskilling support they will provide will fuel growth in the digital/tech sector by providing a pipeline of talent, making sure every resident has access to the essential digital and data skills that are increasingly required for all jobs, and building on the Council’s Digital Inclusion team’s work with community groups to ensure every resident has the right skills, kit, and connectivity to operate in a digital world.
Delivery will need to respond to need and demand, as highlighted in the recent Digital Skills Deep Dive commissioned by CIoS Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). We also expect projects to work closely with the People Hub and Growth Hub to streamline services for residents. Additional delivery partners should also be clearly outlined in your application.
>>> For a list of the types of activity supported by the Digital Upskilling opportunity, as well as the full requirements of the application, please download the initiation form.
Want to apply?
Please fill out the details of your project via the initial enquiry form below. The Good Growth team will respond to you within five working days with the next steps.
The Good Growth team will send you the relevant application form, where applicable, which will need to be returned to the Good Growth team via email in advance of the application deadline.
More information on what will be required in your application is available on the Application Support page.
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