Skills Bootcamps for Londoners funding

Overview

Skills Bootcamps are free courses aimed at helping Londoners aged 19+ to enter employment, upskill or change career. They are developed by training providers in partnership with employers.

They typically last up to 16 weeks and are open to adults who are full-time or part-time employed, self-employed or unemployed, as well as adults returning to work after a break.

Skills Bootcamps are an important part of the Mayor’s commitment to support Londoners to progress into and within work, with a focus on roles that pay at least the London Living Wage.

The Mayor has secured £27.028 million grant funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver Skills Bootcamps in London in 2025-2026 (Wave 6).

Who can apply

Skills Bootcamps for Londoners can be delivered by suppliers such as:

independent training providers
further education (FE) colleges
employers.

If you are an employer who does not want to apply directly, but still wants to recruit skilled Londoners, to upskill your existing workforce, or find out more about the many different ways of getting involved in the Skills Bootcamps for Londoners programme, please get in touch at [email protected].