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Found 152 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Construction pathways into employment (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Scottish Building FederationAmount awarded:£250,000Project summary:Commission: Employer led training and employment pathways into construction for ex-offenders. The project will create a Scotland-wide sustainable framework of employer led learning and employment pathways into construction for ex-offenders. The project will enable employers of all sizes to partner with prisons and other services on a longer term basis and help to identify other possible interactions. By the end of the project, participants will have built a coherent framework which takes account of demand, best practice and employer incentives.
- Contextualised curriculum toolkit (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resourcesProject lead:Bouygues UKAmount awarded:£300,000Project summary:Commission: Construction contextualised curriculum to improve the appeal of working in construction. The aim of the project is to develop a pan Wales construction curriculum resource that facilitates and standardises an end to end offer, which is currently only undertaken by construction companies on an ad hoc basis.
The project will support teachers and careers advisors to contextualise the curriculum by developing curriculum support and guidance and will produce resources to support C&BE Welsh Baccalaureate challenges.
- Fast track new entrant trainees from FE construction diploma courses to home building
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Home Builders FederationAmount awarded:£210,448Project summary:The project will target FE full time construction diploma course students and encouraging them to follow a career in home building, supporting house builders to build on their existing relationships with colleges in target areas and regions to deliver a fast-track route into employment.
- Fit out Futures
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Small employer support, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Finishes and Interiors SectorAmount awarded:£1,550,755Project summary:Fit out Futures is made up of three work streams:
- BuildBack - which will develop a routeway for employers to access a talent pool within the sector.
- FE to Employment - this enables full time learners to have work experience within the sector and to improve their employment opportunities. This work stream will build confidence for employers to offer work experience placements.
- The final work stream - 'Sector Engagement' will build awareness of the sector to ensure the sector is appropriately qualified. This employer awareness campaign will enable a greater take up of training.
- Inspiring Students (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resourcesProject lead:Kier Construction LtdAmount awarded:£183,999Project summary:Commission: Schools and employer engagement to improve the appeal of working in construction. The project will focus on inspiring students to consider the many different career opportunities to people of all academic abilities within construction educating parents, careers advisors and teachers about the construction industry. The activity will run across Wales and will focus on schools that are not currently engaged or increase engagement with those that are already engaged students will partake in a construction process over a 6-8 week period, during after school clubs. All resources and case studies will be made available on Go construct for wider use.
- Pathways to skills accreditation for hard to reach workers
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Sectors and rolesProject lead:UniteAmount awarded:£156,360Project summary:The project will support a demographic of hard to reach workers who require their skills to be recognised, wish to develop or change careers within the sector. It will do so by building assessor capacity and delivering relevant qualifications to the target group therefore providing them with an opportunity to progress into a new career within the sector.
- Promotion of careers in construction through school and employer partnerships (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Scottish Contractors GroupAmount awarded:£199,300Project summary:Commission: School and Employer Engagement to improve the appeal of working in construction. The project will deliver a system of engagement between schools, colleges, Skills Development Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, construction employers and careers schemes to address the issue of low aspirations to a career in construction. The delivery will include support for trade demonstrations, professional career events, raising awareness of construction to career advisors, onsite visits and computer simulations.
- School and employer engagement to improve the appeal of working in construction
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Kier Construction LtdAmount awarded:£183,999Project summary:To improve the links between schools and industry – to build and maintain relationships between schools and the construction industry, as opposed to the ad-hoc interactions that often take place.
- Think Build
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resourcesProject lead:Wates ConstructionAmount awarded:£47,152Project summary:The Think Build project is a pilot programme adapted from the award-winning Think Logistics programme set up in 2014 as a partnership between several logistics firms and the charity Career Ready.
Its aim is to provide an effective method of employer engagement in schools. Industry volunteers deliver workshops to younger teenagers, leading to an in-depth programme of mentoring, masterclasses and work placements for 16-18 year olds.
- Women in construction – changing the face of construction
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:BAM NuttallAmount awarded:£480,392Project summary:The project will address gender diversity in construction, focusing on Crossrail and Tideway and key construction projects in London and Birmingham.
As the lead delivery partner, Women into Construction will use innovative techniques to deliver advice and guidance on work experience and training to support women in to sustainable employment.
This advice and guidance will be based on best practice delivered in over 60 construction companies over 8 years and trialling new approaches in the West Midlands.