Enterprising Cumbria delivers the Department for Education’s pioneering Skills Bootcamps provision.

Skills Bootcamps are funded training opportunities for businesses looking to upskill their staff, for employed people to increase their skills to upskill in the workplace or for job seekers to learn new skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer. 

Skills Bootcamps are part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, helping everyone gain skills for life, offering bespoke training solutions to bridge existing skills gaps within high demand sectors. Funded through the Department for Education and forming part of the National Skills Fund, Skills Bootcamps place the employer at the Centre of training and development.

Enterprising Cumbria have been awarded £1.7 million from the Department for Education to deliver Skills Bootcamps to over 400 learners in Cumbria between April 2024 and March 2025 as part of the local grant area delivery. 

We’d like to draw your attention to the below Skills Bootcamps being delivered by Carlisle College and Furness College.

• Network Support Technician Bootcamp (Carlisle College)

• Web Design and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Bootcamp (Carlisle College)

• Digital – Data Analytics Skills Bootcamp (Furness College)

• Engineering & Manufacturing – Manufacturing for non-engineers (Furness College)

• Project Management Skills Bootcamp (Furness College)

Barrow Training Partnership are also running a Women in Construction Skills Bootcamp which starts on 6^th January 2025. BTP will also be looking for businesses interested in potentially taking on these learners once they complete the course.

You can find out more about all available Skills Bootcamps here