Skills for Londoners Capital Fund
Skills for Londoners Capital Fund Round 3
Introduction
The GLA has launched an open and competitive bidding round as part of the Skills for Londoners Capital Programme. A pot of £10m is available to skills providers and their partners to apply for capital funding for projects which meet the current and future skills needs of the London’s key sectors.
Key sectors are those identified as part of the Mayor's Skills Academies. Half of the funding will be prioritised for projects that enable the delivery of green skills, to support London's progress towards becoming net zero carbon by 2030. The remaining funding will be available to support projects enabling the delivery of skills for the hospitality, digital, creative and health and social care sectors.
Applications are now closed.
What can be funded?
Funding is available to support skills providers with the capital costs of ensuring they have the equipment, systems and facilities to provide a high-quality learning offer to equip Londoners with the skills required to enter key occupations.
Key information
- Requests can be made for funding of between £50,000 and £1.2 million.
- There is a requirement to provide a minimum of £1 of match funding to every £1 of GLA funding requested.
- Equipment purchase projects must be completed by September 2024 while projects involving refurbishment or other construction works must be completed by September 2025.
For more detail on the application criteria and instructions on how to apply please refer to the key resources below:
Any questions?
Questions on the opportunity should be sent to [email protected]. Answers will be collated into frequently asked questions which will be published in the Key Resources section.
Information on Round 1 and 2
Up to £82 million was made available for investment into estate and equipment for London's skills providers over the next three years. The aim of this fund is to:
- respond to current and future skills requirements of employers and learners, improve quality of provision and learner satisfaction, progression and success rates
- support increased levels of apprenticeship delivery and/or progression to the highest levels of vocational and technical study
- establish strong and innovative partnerships with employers and local stakeholders
Round 2 launched in Summer 2018 with a new prospectus for projects requesting between £200k and £10m grant investment.
Successful applicants were awarded funding in Spring 2019 and are now entering delivery. Read the Mayor of London's press release for information on successful applicants.
Round 1 funding was awarded in 2017/18. In addition to the main fund projects, we awarded the following funding:
Other information
We want to see projects that show innovation in:
- partnerships with employers and local stakeholders in the design and delivery of provision
- approaches to delivery which deliver social, economic and environmental benefits
- place making and high quality design, strengthening links with local communities
From £200k to £10m per project from a pot of £82m was available in Round 2.
Up to £7.2m of the £82m pot was been ring-fenced for investment in construction skills training facilities and equipment under the Mayor's Construction Academy. This element of the funding was only available to MCA quality-marked providers, more detail on eligibility is available in the FAQs.
Get in touch
- Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
Read the prospectus
Download the skills for Londoners round 2 prospectus
Download the skills for Londoners round 3 prospectus
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