Project Directory

The Project Directory will help you find details of  and signpost you to the current skills support projects that help Lancashire businesses inspire people, recruit, improve workforce skills, create new jobs, tap into sources of skilled workers and improve skills in their industry.

We have also produced a summary of skills support projects for businesses in Lancashire, which is a useful reference guide to the funded skills support projects available, so that you can decide which projects are best suited to your business. Please find this here:

Lancashire Employer Guide to Skills Support Updated V 2June 2023_

There are also a number of projects which support Lancashire residents on their journey back into employment, by employers offering them work placements or volunteer opportunities, details of these can be found on the Skills for Work website.

Be an Enterprise Adviser

Enterprise Advisers are experienced people who may be employed, self-employed or retired, who volunteer to work closely with a specific school or college to motivate and support young people in their career aspirations.

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Become an Apprenticeship Ambassador

The Lancashire Apprenticeship Ambassador Network is part of a county-wide drive to increase understanding of Apprenticeships and encourage more apprenticeship opportunities.

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Boost Business Lancashire

Boost is Lancashire's business growth hub, helping growth-hungry businesses in the county realise their potential by providing simple access to a range of leading-edge funded business support programmes.

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Building Successful Futures

This project offers partially-funded support to boost skills in businesses. Building Successful Futures will help businesses to upskill the workforce through a wide range of different programmes.

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Business Health Matters

The Business Health Matters project will support businesses in the county to improve the physical and mental health of their employees, so that staff are happier, healthier and more resilient.

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Help Young People Get Work Ready

Share your career journey and insights with young people in schools and colleges in your local community. Your unique industry knowledge and experience as someone who owns or works for a business can make a difference to the options a young person considers for their careers. You could be the person who changes the life of a young person, just by showing them what is possible.

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Lancashire Engaging Apprentices Programme (LEAP)

LEAP delivers a targeted mix of support, training and development for apprentices and their workplace mentors employed in the Lancashire SME workforce.

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Recruit Lancashire People

If you are looking to recruit people for your organisation, then this pledge can support you in finding the right people.  There are several projects operating in Lancashire which work with unemployed people to upskill them, so they are ready to gain employment

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Take on an Apprentice

Do you want to fill skills gaps in your organisation using apprentices? Are you looking to recruit an apprentice and need support?

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Train an apprentice

Are you looking to upskill your current workforce? Did you know that apprenticeship funding can be used for any age group and can also be used for your current teams?

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UpSkilling Lancashire Project

Are you looking for free advice and support to increase the skills and capabilities of your employees?
UpSkilling Lancashire helps Lancashire based SME’s to identify skill gaps and suggests pathways to training opportunities.

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Upskilling the Health and Social Care Work Force Across Lancashire

The purpose of the project is to bring together ‘support, training and future proofing’ for the workforce of small and medium sized enterprises (less than 250 employees) across private and social enterprise sectors throughout Lancashire, who contribute towards improving people’s health.

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