Ensuring local businesses have access to a readily available skilled workforce.
A business is only as good as its people. And so too is a region. We’re nurturing a workforce that equips businesses – and Tees Valley – with the specialist skills we need to succeed.
Explore the workforce development and skills support available to your business.
Making sure that our adult skills provision directly meets the needs of local employers means we can help equip the Tees Valley workforce with the right skills, qualifications and tools needed to help businesses meet their goals.
We work closely with Tees Valley employers to continually develop this provision, as well as identifying and supporting transferable skill routeways and specialist skills provision.
If you want to help shape our adult skills provision, please speak to us by e-mailing [email protected].
Find Out MoreTees Valley’s Apprenticeship Levy Matching Service will match levy payers who want to transfer unspent funds with other local Tees Valley businesses who are looking to take on apprentices.
The Apprenticeship Support Grant is designed to help employers who are committed to creating a new apprenticeship, or progressing their existing apprentice onto a higher level of apprenticeship, with grants of £2,000 or £3,000.
Find Out MoreDo you want to improve the numeracy skills of your employees? Through Multiply you can access bespoke courses which will be tailored to the needs of your company. Support your employees to upskill, improve their productivity or progress onto a further qualification.
Find Out MoreSkills Bootcamps are flexible training courses for adults aged 19 and over. They last up to 16 weeks and offer participants a job interview on completion.
You can use this scheme to hire new staff or upskill existing staff who may need to update or formalise their skills or learn new specialist skills to develop in their role or take on a new one.
Employers who would like to access courses for existing staff are required to contribute to the cost of learning (10% SME and 30% for a large employer). The cost varies for each Skills Bootcamp and can be discussed with the individual training Provider.
Skills Bootcamps are funded by the Department for Education, as part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, and provided locally through the Tees Valley Combined Authority.
Find Out moreYour business can help make sure young people receive high-quality careers guidance and experiences. Promoting key sectors, job opportunities and pathways.
Find Out MoreLooking for your next recruit? You can now advertise your current vacancies free of charge on Tees Valley Jobs.
Find Out MoreAn electric motorbike or bicycle can be hired from the scheme from £21 a week to support eligible Tees Valley residents who are unable to access employment or training due to living in remote areas which are currently not well serviced by public transport links or who work outside of normal working hours.
The scheme is designed to provide an innovative way of overcoming transport barriers by hiring an electric motorbike or electric bicycle to working age people in the Tees Valley for up to a six-month period, until a longer-term transport solution can be found.
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