Halesowen College is one of 20 across the West Midlands joining forces to help get local people who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic get back into work. More than 5,000 adults are set to benefit from free training over the next year in a major new programme, funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority, to help them gain jobs in one of the region’s growth sectors. In the first initiative of its kind in the country, the 20 colleges have pooled their expertise to offer a region-wide skills recovery programme called ‘Reignite Your Future’. Any adult living in the West Midlands can join short sector-based work academy programmes, which usually last up to six weeks. Sectors include construction, digital, health and social care, engineering and logistics, with a guaranteed interview for everyone who completes the course.
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West Midlands Combined Authority wins £51m to transform brownfield sites
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has won £51m to transform derelict industrial sites into new communities.
A total of £24m from the Government’s £40m National Brownfield Housing Fund has been won by the WMCA as part of a competition involving eight combined authorities.
The Government has also confirmed that the region’s performance over recent months in delivering new homes and jobs meant it was handing over a further £27m from the Land Fund agreed in the region’s landmark 2018 Housing Deal.
‘That we’ve managed to secure more than half of the National Brownfield Housing Fund that was designed to be for eight combined authorities across the country shows the strength of our bid, our excellent delivery record, and our expertise in unlocking challenging sites,’ said Andy Street, the mayor of the West Midlands and chair of the WMCA.
Click the thumbs up >Regional leaders from 41 local auhtorites have committed to cutting council emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2030, and emissions from their communities by 2045.
However, the cross-party group is calling on the Government to give local authorities more powers, if the ambitious target is to be achieved.
The Greater London Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, Newcastle City Council, Sheffield City Region and West Midlands Combined Authority are among those that have made the new pledge, which has been co-ordinated by UK100.
The authorities represent more than 20 million people, almost a third of the UK’s population, including all tiers of local government, all regions in England, and Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Andy Street told the weekly Covid-19 briefing the criteria changed over moving down a tier
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