The government’s “Skills For Life” campaign aims to help businesses build the skilled workforce they need for our economy to thrive.
Discover support and funding for boosting young talent in your workforce
This campaign highlights the range of training and employment schemes available to employers to help them upskill the young people in their business.
Skills programmes can help businesses grow by upskilling employers, driving better results and helping to retain their workforce. Training and employment schemes help fill skills gaps by developing the skills needed to succeed, including in demand skills for the future (green/digital/STEM).
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Visit the new Skills for Careers website to explore the choices on offer.
Further background on employer skills programmes
Apprenticeships
- Apprenticeships offer flexible but structured training, which meet the needs of employers
- SMEs get 95% of their apprentice’s training costs paid for by the government
- There are hundreds of apprenticeships to choose from to suit all industries
- Almost 67,000 businesses took on an apprentice in 2019/20
T Levels
- T Levels are a key part of the government’s reforms to revolutionise skills and technical education, generating the skilled workforce that businesses need for the future
- T Levels tackle skills shortages, whilst supporting and developing the future talent pool, with students bringing new ideas and a fresh perspective
- The £1000 T Level incentive fund supports employers impacted by the pandemic, to ensure they can continue to host industry placements
Skills Bootcamps
- Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks
- Designed with employers to meet skills needs and fill vacancies
- Skills Bootcamps give adults aged 19 and over the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer
- Skills Bootcamps are available in digital, technical, construction, HGV driving and green skills.
