{"id":29985,"date":"2025-04-18T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29985\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:35:19","slug":"government-cash-for-london-skills-bootcamps-welcomed-by-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29985\/","title":{"rendered":"Government cash for London ‘skills bootcamps’ welcomed by Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bootcamps will take the form of flexible courses focused on eleven \u2018priority sectors\u2019 identified in the mayor\u2019s London Growth Plan,<\/strong> reports Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SadiqSadiq Khan (credit Noah Vickers\/LDRS)<\/p>\n

Sir Sadiq Khan has welcomed \u00a327m in government funding for \u2018skills bootcamps\u2019 to help \u201cfast-track Londoners into good jobs\u201d while growing the capital\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

The bootcamps will take the form of flexible courses focused on eleven \u2018priority sectors\u2019 identified in the mayor\u2019s recently-launched London Growth Plan<\/a>, including the green, digital and creative industries, along with areas like healthcare, construction and hospitality.<\/p>\n

Londoners aged 19+ are eligible to access the training, which lasts anywhere between two weeks and three months. Employers involved range from big names like Tesco and Transport for London to smaller businesses and public sector bodies like Hackney Council.<\/p>\n

According to City Hall, Londoners who complete the programme are guaranteed a job interview, with guidance on professional working environments to help fully prepare them for new roles. Course structures vary to suit learners already in work, as well as unemployed Londoners and those returning to work after a break.<\/p>\n

Bootcamp graduates can progress in a range of occupations, including carpentry, arboriculture, early years, pharmacy, logistics, cyber security and adapting homes to make them greener.<\/p>\n

The scheme has been running for some years now, but this latest wave will see a 25% annual uplift in funding, and a 42% increase since the Department for Education first allocated the programme\u2019s funding to City Hall in 2022. Khan\u2019s office said that the cash increase will enable the mayor to support more than 7,700 new learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy skills bootcamps will play an important role in helping fast-track Londoners into good jobs in sectors that are key to London\u2019s long-term economic success,\u201d said Khan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis additional funding will help even more Londoners to access free accessible training and gain the skills they need to succeed. This is even more important given the high cost of living.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to drive economic growth in every corner of our city, raise living standards and ensure more Londoners can access good high-paid jobs, as we work to deliver the London Growth Plan and continue building a fairer and more prosperous London for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time this year, most of the courses can include Level 2 qualifications \u2013 equivalent to a grade 4\/C at GCSE \u2013 as well as the previously provided Levels 3-5, equivalent to A-Levels up to higher national diplomas.<\/p>\n

Skills providers and employers can apply to get involved from now until 27th May. City Hall covers 90% of training costs for small and mid-size enterprises to upskill their staff, and 70% for larger employers.<\/p>\n

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