A £2.25m scheme that aims to put the North East at the forefront of training people for green jobs has been announced.
New College Durham will run skills bootcamps for green skills across the region after receiving £1.2m from the North of Tyne Combined Authority and another £1.05m from the North East LEP. The sessions will focus on areas such as electric vehicle maintenance and housing retrofitting, which are seen as key areas for economic growth, as well as being crucial in reducing the UK’s carbon emissions.
The sessions, which last up to 16 weeks, are available for anyone aged over 19, with hopes that they will give people the chance to land jobs in green industries. They come after a recent report warned that up to 80,000 jobs could be created in the drive to decarbonise homes and help the region meet net zero targets, but training people to fill those roles will be a major challenge.
