Newark and Sherwood District Council grants £150,000 UK Shared Prosperity Fund to Newark College
A grant of £150,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has been invested into Newark College.
Newark and Sherwood District Council has granted the fund, allocated across two years, between 2023 and 2025 to the college to deliver their ‘Boosting’ Programme across Newark and Sherwood, which aims to provide local employers with bespoke services, tools and resources to identify and implement organisational improvement opportunities.
The programme offers a range of support to local businesses, including access to team building activities, meeting facilities, online and face to face training courses for employees such as leadership, management, resilience and data training, as well as access to a variety of resources and analytics tools to help improve organisational performance.
Penny Taylor MBE, Head of Newark Campuses at Lincoln College, said: “We are delighted to receive this grant funding from the District Council through UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which enables us to provide valuable support to local employers and their workforce in Newark and Sherwood.
“The Boosting programme is designed to help businesses grow and thrive by developing their skills, productivity, and performance.
“This allows the college to work alongside businesses as our mission is to be employer-led supporting opportunities for them and for our students to work with local employers.
“We have already seen some great results from the programme and we look forward to working with more businesses in the area over the next two years.”
Within the first half of programme, more than 70 individuals successfully completed courses to help them progress within their career, gain the relevant skills, and remain in local work.
In addition, 27 local employers across a range of industries such as retail, manufacturing, construction, and the technological sector, including small and micro employers up to large scale enterprises, benefited from specialist support
Support will enable businesses to upgrade their organisational processes and adopt new technologies, as well as offer enhanced support to employees through addressing unique workplace training needs.
Claire Penny, Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Economic Development at Newark and Sherwood District Council, said: “As a champion of worked-based learning myself, I really understand how important investing in our people is.
“The programme is providing essential support to local employers and helping them to overcome the challenges and opportunities presented by the changing economic landscape. The programme is also creating positive impacts for the local workforce, by enhancing their skills and career prospects.”
