The Skills Innovation Fund is a £2,375,000 grant fund to support skills development in the York and North Yorkshire region over a timeframe of two years, from April 2025 to March 2027.
Latest Updates
As of Wednesday 5 February 2025, the Skills Innovation Fund is now live. Further information can be found on this webpage.
We will keep you updated with the latest news here as this fund progresses.
Prospectus
- Please find a link to the Skills Innovation Fund Prospectus
- This programme is open for applications from Wednesday 5th February to Wednesday 5th March 2025
- Capital and revenue grant funding is available to FE & HE Sector Organisations, Local Authority Skills Providers, Independent Training Providers, and VCSE Sector Skills providers, applying as individual organisations, partnerships, or consortiums
- The project delivery window is from April 2025 to March 2027
Key Outcomes
We would like to achieve the following key outcomes through this funding:
- Increased numbers of new tutors trained in industry related skills
- Increased numbers of adult learners engaged in training in priority sectors focussing on disengaged learners and those who need upskilling and reskilling
- Improved teaching facilities
- New flexible courses developed (bitesize/modular/outreach)
- Enhanced capacity and collaboration in the York and North Yorkshire skills provider base
- A strong network of industry relevant training facilities and tutors across York and North Yorkshire, responsive to the needs of learners and businesses
Before you apply
Before you complete the following application for the Skills Innovation Fund, please ensure that you read and/or complete the below guidance.
- Read the Prospectus in full
- Familiarise yourself with the Application Form Questions
- Familiarise yourself with the Additional Application Information spreadsheet to be submitted with your application
- Read the Routemap to Carbon Negative Summary
- Prepare to supply your key contact details and organisational information. Prepare to supply this for any partner organisations too
- Prepare to upload a signed declaration of delivery partners. This may take whichever form you think is most suitable.
- Prepare to upload a copy of your organisation’s latest audited accounts
- Prepare any further supporting evidence you would like to submit with your application
Saving your progress
- You can save your progress and return to your application form at a later time. To save progress, please select ‘Save’ at the bottom of the form. You will then be presented with a pop-up message asking you to ‘Sign up to save submission as a draft’.
- Please select ‘Skip Create an Account’. You will then be offered the choice of saving a draft URL link or entering an email address. If opting to send by email, please use the email associated with your application.
Next Steps
Applications submitted will be appraised following the submission deadline
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