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England Construction Opportunities - Bounce Back Foundation
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Bounce Back
Amount awarded:
£18,731
Project summary:

Bounce Back is one of the leading organisations supporting prison leavers into the construction industry, working with NOVUS, delivering construction skills training in 4 London prisons (HMPs Brixton, Wandsworth, Pentonville, and Isis) to help new entrants with 6 months left of their sentence to prepare for work. Through partnerships with local authorities, adult education providers, and training centres, they will source individuals looking to transition into construction from other sectors. Their employer network will support mid-career changers and women re-entering the workforce, ensuring they receive tailored mentoring and in-work support.

England Construction Opportunities - Gement
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Gement
Amount awarded:
£1,788,144
Project summary:

"Gement’s main areas of operation are in Essex, Suffolk, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Kent, however due to Gement’s broad customer base, the wider UK area is regularly covered as well. This includes Gement’s involvement with Tier 1 contractors who have multiple sites across the UK, as well as smaller companies who have recently opened new branches in other counties of the UK during the duration of their involvement with Gement.
The support programme will comprise of a series of checkpoint meetings conducted at the job start and running 12 months post job start and include supporting individuals through a bespoke plan, encouraging new entrants to upskill and remain motivated in their job, provide honest feedback to the individual and improve employee satisfaction. "

Virtual Taster
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Careers Collective Ltd
Amount awarded:
£29,950
Project summary:

The Virtual tasters project will develop a standard and quality that positively promotes construction as an aspirational career path and is engaging and informative to support individuals to consider a career in construction.

Careers Collective Ltd will work in close collaboration with Education providers Experience Hubs to ensure the virtual tasters are aligned to their needs, and the outputs from this commission can be successfully incorporated into the Onsite Experience programme and that virtual tasters can be rolled-out to a wider audience within the construction industry.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - North of England
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,871,700
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - Scotland
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,113,250
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - The OM Group
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,593,400
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - MKC Training
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
MKC Training
Amount awarded:
£2,166,095
Project summary:

MKC Training (MKCT) was originally formed in 2008 to provide skills training to the Royal Engineers at the Royal School of Military Engineering (Construction Engineer School) based in Medway, Kent. With considerable expertise in trade and management skills, gained over decades, we now provide a full range of award-winning learner-centric training services to construction and engineering businesses and other sectors, providing expertise in the full learning cycle from needs analysis through to delivery and evaluation.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd
Amount awarded:
£1,686,690
Project summary:

As one of the UK’s leading labour suppliers working across all major UK Infrastructure Projects, the partnership between Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd and Deere Apprenticeships Ltd believes we have the ability to engage with an array of employers from major Tier 1 Contractors to SME’s seeking to grow the competency and skillset of their workforce. Through utilisation of our collaborative resources and an aligned marketing strategy, we forecast strong engagement from both individuals and organisations seeking to avail of this brilliant CITB initiative to tackle the ever-present skills shortage in our industry.

Structural Concrete Alliance Training & Assessment Scheme
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Sectors and roles, Small employer support
Project lead:
Structural Concrete Alliance
Amount awarded:
£18,550
Project summary:

To increase the number of assessors within specified sectors.

Assessors and IQAs will be recruited and trained to provide assessment resource for the trades covered under the Structural Concrete Alliance . Consequently , the number of assessors available in the industry and assessors via IQAs will increase, this will result in an increase in qualified leaners to NVQ standard linked to the three trade represented within the Alliance.

Timewise: Designing Flexible Career Pathways in Construction
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Leadership and management, Small employer support
Project lead:
Build UK
Amount awarded:
£30,000
Project summary:

The Timewise: Designing Flexible Career Pathways in Construction project will work with several major contractors and their supply chains to gain new insight into how to make flexible working work in the construction industry, by designing and piloting new approaches to flexible working construction sites and in HQ offices, in order to evaluate, codify and share insights to create roadmap for wider change in the industry.