Skills Bootcamps (2022 - 2025)

Skills Bootcamps began in April 2022; it was created to give residents aged 19+ the opportunity to build up sector specific skills across a range of industries through fully funded and co-funded flexible courses of up to 16 weeks. After completing the training, participants were fast tracked to a guaranteed interview with a local employer.

The three-year programme was part of the Department for Education’s (DfE) £2.5bn ‘National Skills Fund’, which was part of the Government’s wider ‘Plan for Jobs’.

Skills Bootcamps programme ended in March 2025 when Greater Manchester transitioned to a more integrated, place-based funding approach for adult skills.