These included life skills, basic skills, and industry specific skills to support the built environment sector as well as support for young people with additional support needs with relevant vocational pathways to nationally recognised qualifications.
Some of the projects in the 'People and Skills' category include:
- £1,568,837 to support employment support for economically inactive, unemployed and underemployed residents of North Lanarkshire through Routes to Work. Support is tailored to you, and can offer Employability Skills including CVs, Jobsearch, Interview Skills, Confidence and Motivation, as well as support to gain accredited qualifications, gain Digital Skills, Health and wellbeing and one-to-one support to help you move into or closer to the labour market and support you to remain in employment.
- Vocational Training support for NEET pupils leaving school will benefit from £250,000 of support to provide facilities, resources, vocational opportunities, qualifications and support to help them move into positive destinations after leaving school and equip them with the skills necessary. · £454,000 of SPF funding for training within the North Lanarkshire’s Skills Academies by providing training in construction and digital skills.
- Sum It Up will benefit with £496,000 of SPF funding and is a programme of free courses for those aged 16+ who would like to improve their number skills, or who need an SQA Maths qualification.
- £118,000 of UKSPF support will be provided to Managing your Money, a project that provides money management support and workshops within the community and helps to improve financial literacy and numeracy skills.