Purpose

Skills Bootcamps help residents develop new skills that employers are looking for providing an opportunity to train in a new industry and supporting career progression. the council has secured additional funding to deliver Skills Bootcamps

Decision

1. Cabinet agrees to approve the extension of the contracts for the delivery of Skills Bootcamps in Brighton & Hove for a period of one year to 30 September 2027 to enable the additional grant funding of £1.68m to be utilised.
2. Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Families, Children and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Youth Services, to take all necessary steps to implement, manage and vary the Skills Bootcamp contracts within the available grant funding.