What is The Skills Enhancement Fund?
The Skills Enhancement Fund is co-financed by The Skills Funding Agency through the European Social Fund and funded by Yorkshire Forward.
It was commissioned by The Skills Funding Agency and Yorkshire Forward and awarded to the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges with Calderdale College (www.calderdale.ac.uk) as the accountable body.
The aim of The Skills Enhancement Fund is to engage employers in Yorkshire and Humber in skills development and increase the skills base within the region. The Skills Enhancement Fund will therefore:
- Provide further interventions in skills and workforce development which cannot be funded through the Train to Gain service.
- Increase the numbers of employers undertaking structured learning and development leading to qualifications.
- Offer support to help develop Higher Level Skills.
- Provide a mechanism to drive and support a broader range of skills building on a demand-led approach.
The Skills Enhancement Fund operates from Calderdale College with Delivery Hubs based at Leeds City College's Technology Campus for West, North Yorkshire & Humber and Fusion at Magna Science Centre for South Yorkshire.