Sector Skills Council funding
Proskills loses out
Proskills, which represents employers in process industries such as glass, paper, wood, ceramics, and building products manufacturing, is on the verge of closing after it did not receive any funding in a recent public funding round.
Other ‘sector skills councils’ received funding. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UK CES) awarded;
- Financial services body £1.7m,
- Hospitality and leisure organisation received £6.8m,
- Creative media body got £6m.
Over £61 million will be invested in projects to drive employer investment in skills across all four nations of the UK, it was announced today. The investment, provided through the Employer Investment Fund administered by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, will support 18 Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) with a range of employer designed and led skills solutions.
A spokesman for UK CES said decisions were based on the “strongest proposals”
| SSC | Sector | Government offer of investment through the Employer Investment Fund – Phase 2 |
| Asset Skills | Property, Housing, Cleaning Services, Facilities Management and Parking | £2,026,000 |
| Cogent | Chemical and Pharmaceutical, Oil, Gas, Nuclear, Petroleum and Polymers, Life Sciences | £4,817,047 |
| ConstructionSkills | Construction | £1,362,434 |
| Creative & Cultural Skills | Craft, Cultural Heritage, Design, Literature, Music, Performing Arts and Visual Arts | £3,064,716 |
| Energy and Utility Skills | Energy, Waste and Utilities | £3,471,884 |
| e-skills UK | IT and Telecoms | £4,200,000 |
| Financial Skills Partnership | Finance, Accountancy and Financial Services | £1,762,637 |
| Improve | Food and Drinks Manufacturing and Processing | £1,636,210 |
| Institute of the Motor Industry | Retail Motor Industry | £3,150,535 |
| Lantra | Environmental and Land-based | £2,909,161 |
| People 1st / GoSkills | Hospitality, Leisure, Passenger Transport, Travel and Tourism | £6,789,864 |
| SEMTA | Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies | £5,000,000 |
| Skills for Care and Development | Social Care, Children, Early Years and Young People’s Workforces in the UK | £2,200,000 |
| Skills for Health | UK Health | £3,028,000 |
| Skills for Justice | Policing & Law Enforcement, Youth Justice, Custodial Care, Community Justice, Courts Service, Prosecution Services, Forensic Science, Fire Rescue Services and Legal Services | £4,882,426 |
| Skills for Logistics | Freight Logistics and Wholesaling Industry | £3,955,366 |
| SkillsActive | Sport and Recreation, Health and Fitness, Outdoors, Playwork and Caravanning Industry | £893,672 |
| Skillset | TV, Film, Radio, Interactive Media, Advertising, Animation, Computer Games, Facilities, Photo Imaging, Publishing, Fashion and Textiles | £6,000,000 |
| Total | £61,149,952 |
