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Externally Funded Projects
Truro and Penwith College receives a number of grants for specific projects through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Department for Education.
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What is the UK Shared Prosperity Fund?
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus at www.gov.uk.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit the gov website.
Truro and Penwith College is part-funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to deliver the following projects.
For additional information about any of these projects please email Charlotte Styles (charlis@truro-penwith.ac.uk) or Laura Hames (laurahames@truro-penwith.ac.uk)
Project Overviews:
This project is led by Cornwall Council, with Truro and Penwith College and The Cornwall College Group as delivery partners. The Construction Skills Hub will act as a focal point for Construction related pathways, training and support, providing assurance to Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors that the region prioritises the development of its people and their skills in this sector, whilst ensuring that there are clear pathways into training, support and careers embedded in its communities.
Through the Construction Skills Hub project, Truro and Penwith College aims to advance infrastructure and curriculum developments including:
- Curriculum development and pilot delivery of Construction provision with a particular focus on the Retrofit and Renewables upskilling and re-skilling needs of the existing Construction SME workforce.
- Careers and outreach activities with primary, secondary and further education students to raise awareness and aspirations regarding the career opportunities within Construction.
- Targeted outreach programme for adults to encourage them to re-train or access employment within the Construction sector.
- Programme of CPD qualifications and Retrofit Academy upskilling for academic and assessing Construction staff within the FE workforce.
- Capital works to upgrade teaching and workshop space into a permanent specialist facility for Green Construction.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council is responsible for managing projects funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme.
Contact Dolly Mazonowicz (dollymaz@truro-penwith.ac.uk) or Jay Wagstaff (jayw@truro-penwith.ac.uk) for further information.