Our new built environment training centre, introducing The Learning Foundry Skills Centre
We’re so excited to be opening our second campus, The Learning Foundry Skills Centre. The centre will creat e opportunities for local people to get the skills they need to get a job in the built environment sector .
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) predicts an additional 251,500 construction workers will be needed by 2028 to build new homes. An additional 23,850 new workers will be needed in the North West alone .
Our Skills Centre will be the new home for our built environment training programmes for people aged 16+ across the N orth West , including Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeships, specialist Skills Bootcamps in Green Skills and free feeder programmes for young people and adults living in the Liverpool City Region.
With 35 years' experience delivering quality training programmes, we know our stuff about supporting local people to get long term jobs in a range of sectors, from construction to housing to green skills.
Being part of The Regenda Group means w e’re in a n even better position to deliver these programmes. Our courses are created with the expert knowledge and requirements of social housing provider, Regenda Homes and specialists M&Y, Maintenance and Construction and Ecogee .
Our Managing Director, Terry Collier, says:
“The launch of our Skills Centre is crucial for The Learning Foundry. Creating a designated home for built environment training which gives our communities the opportunity to access practical skills that employers are seeking in their recruitment processes. Working collaboratively with our partners across The Regenda Group enables The Learning Foundry to address skill gaps within the sector so our learners transition quickly and effectively into employees that have immediate impact in the workforce.”
Managing Director at M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Gill Kelly, says:
“ At M&Y Maintenance and Construction we’re not just building structures; we’re committed to building futures. It’s been a pleasure to support The Learning Foundry shape their programmes, we couldn’t ask for a better fit. This incredible programmes offer two major advantages. First, the programmes offer a great opportunity to local people to gain the versatile and in-demand skills that they need to work in across the built environment sector. The second is that through collaboration The Learning Foundry can address skill gaps within our sector, allowing learners to upskill and impact in the workforce.”
Programmes will begin running from the new Skills Centre from February 2025. Register now for all our programmes, click here.