Skilled people, better jobs

We live in a global economy in which we have to compete with others for jobs in a rapidly changing world. We recognise that there is a skills gap in our region and we want to address that gap and provide people with the tools to improve their employability, access jobs and realise their potential.

Our Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) aims to meet future job demands and enable people from all communities in West Yorkshire to secure more and better jobs.

We want to give people great educational opportunities which are closely connected to business and to build workforce skills and attract talent to our city region.

Projects within this programme

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Calderdale College - Unlocking Potential

Project overview

Our £4.9 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment into Calderdale College, in Halifax, is helping to train the next generation of advanced engineering & manufacturing, digital & creative media, and health & social care students.

Funding was used to refurbish and upgrade the college’s Percival Whitely Centre, which was formally opened in March 2017.

The refurbishment work was part of the ‘Unlocking Potential’ project, a multi-million pound building programme jointly funded by Calderdale College and the Leeds City Region Growth Deal.

 

Project Lead Calderdale College
District/ Area Calderdale
Business case summary Link here
Funding £4.9 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates November 2015 to December 2016
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Calderdale College

Other funders £4.3 million match funding from Calderdale College
Get in touch calderdale.ac.uk/contact-us

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Bradford College - Advanced Technology Centre

Project overview

We invested £250,000 of Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding in partnership with the LEP in the Northern Dental Education Centre (NORDEC) at Bradford College.

The high-spec £500,000 centre, housed in the College’s £10 million Advanced Technology Centre on Randall Well Street, will train apprentice dental nurses and deliver CPD courses to dental professionals from all over the country.

 

Project Lead Bradford College
District/ Area Bradford
Business case summary Link here
Funding £250,000  Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates December 2016 to July 2017
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Bradford College

Other funders £250,000 match funding  from Bradford College
Get in touch bradfordcollege.ac.uk/study/nordec/

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Kirklees College - Dewsbury Learning Quarter

Project overview

The official launch of the Springfield Sixth Form Centre in Dewsbury took place on Thursday 15th November 2018 to showcase the centre’s excellent facilities.

The BREEAM Excellent standard further education facility offers high quality vocational programmes for students as part of the Dewsbury Learning Quarter Project.

The Centre has received funding through a £11.1 million grant with cash flow loan facility of up to £0.85 million from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, delivered by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, through the Leeds City Region Growth Deal – a £1 billion package of Government investment to accelerate growth and create jobs across Leeds City Region.

Built in partnership with Kirklees Council, and with funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund, the state-of-the-art Centre is part of the Dewsbury Learning Quarter which also includes the LEP-funded renovation of nearby Pioneer House.

Pioneer House will be completed and open to students from Autumn 2020. 

 

Project Lead Kirklees College
District/ Area Kirklees
Business case summary Link here
Funding £11.1 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 6: Delivery
Start and end dates End September 2020
Delivery partners Kirklees College
Other funders None

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Kirklees College - Process Manufacturing Centre

Project overview

£3.1 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment helped to fund Kirklees College’s new Process Manufacturing Centre (PMC) and boost apprentice numbers from 70 to 300.

Our funding was matched by investment from local and national businesses. New facilities offered by the PMC include control rooms and packing lines, IT suite and learning resource centre.

The new centre has seen the college develop its curriculum in line with national industry demands and be selected by the National Skills Academy Food and Drink (NSAFD) to as a national provider for two Trailblazer Apprenticeships - Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer, and Process Operations.

 

Project Lead Kirklees College
District/ Area Kirklees
Business case summary Link here
Funding £3.1 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates July 2015 to August 2016
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Kirklees College

Other funders None
Get in touch kirkleescollege.ac.uk

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Leeds City College - Printworks Phase 3

Project overview

We invested £9 million into Leeds City College’s Printworks campus from the £1 billion Leeds City Region Growth Deal.

The refurbished South Bank Leeds campus on the site of a former printhall, will house more than 1,300 students studying Business, IT, Computer Science and digital technologies from September. These are all among Leeds City Region enterprise Partnership's (LEP) priority skills areas. A brand new restaurant and bar, open to the public, will also be based in the £10 million building.

This is the third phase of campus development for the city college on South Bank Leeds.

 

Project Lead Leeds City College
District/ Area Leeds
Business case summary Link here
Funding £9 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates May 2016 to August 2017
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Leeds City College

Other funders £1 million match funding from Leeds City College

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Leeds City College - Quarry Hill

Project overview

In partnership with the LEP, we’ve invested £33.4 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal Funding into the new Leeds City College Quarry Hill campus in the heart of the city’s cultural quarter.

The new campus, which will cost a total of £57 million to complete, will be home to the college’s Creative and Digital Arts and Health and Social Sciences departments. It will be one of the main campuses for Leeds City College, alongside the newly refurbished Printworks Campus and Park Lane campus.

Quarry Hill campus was successfully opened to students for September 2019. 

 

Project Lead Leeds City College
District/ Area Leeds
Business case summary Link here
Funding Leeds City Region Growth Deal - £33.4 million
Project Status Activity 6: Delivery
Start and end dates Quarry Hill opened in Summer 2019
Delivery partners West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Leeds City College
Other funders £23.6 million match funding from Leeds City College
Get in touch leedscitycollege.ac.uk/contact/

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Leeds College of Building - Construction & Innovation Centre

Project overview

Our £11.9m Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment into Leeds College of Building is helping to fund a new state-of-the-art, 5,200 square metre, four-storey campus in the heart of South Bank Leeds.

The second phase of campus improvement works for Leeds College of Building, in Hunslet, the centre will train school leavers, mature students and apprentices in core skills, including tiling, plumbing and electrics.

Construction started in September 2017 and completed in Autumn 2019.

£1m of the Growth Deal grant is also being spent to refurbish the college’s North Street site.

 

Project Lead Leeds College of Building
District/ Area Leeds
Business case summary Link here
Funding £11.9 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 6: Delivery
Start and end dates Completed Autumn 2019
Delivery partners West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Leeds College of Building
Other funders None
Get in touch www.lcb.ac.uk/contact/

Last updated Quarter 3 2020/2021

Selby College - The Aspiration Building

Project overview

Our £693,000 Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment into Selby College is helping more than 1,200 additional learners pass through the doors of the college by 2021. This will help to fill the gap in construction skills, locally and nationally – a key aim of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Our funding, matched by the college itself, helped to refurbish existing facilities and extend the Aspiration Building by almost 500 square metres.

 

Project Lead Selby College
District/ Area Selby
Business case summary Link here
Funding £693,748 Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates November 2016 to May 2017
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Selby College

Other funders £693,748 match funding  from Selby College
Get in touch selby.ac.uk

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Shipley College - Mill Building Refurbishment

Project overview

We’ve invested £119,000 of Leeds City Region Growth Deal Funding into the Mill Building refurbishment.

The refurbishment of the Mill Building to Category B standard, which will cost a total of £357k to complete now provides a pathway to employment or further education for the young low skilled, or long term unemployed, supporting the City Deal pledges to develop a skilled & flexible workforce and become a NEET free city region.

Project Lead Shipley College
District/ Area Bradford
Business case summary Link here
Funding Leeds City Region Growth Deal - £119,000 + match funding 
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring & Evaluation
Start and end dates Summer 2015 – Autumn 2015
Delivery partners West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Shipley College
Other funders £238,000 match funding  from Shipley College

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Shipley College - Refurbishment & IT Upgrade

Project overview

We’ve invested £300,000 of Leeds City Region Growth Deal Funding into the Salt Building refurbishment.

The refurbishment of the Salt Building to Category B standard, which will cost a total of £636,000 to upgrade of the IT infrastructure across the college.

 

Project Lead Shipley College
District/ Area Bradford
Business case summary Link here
Funding £300,000 Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring & Evaluation
Start and end dates Summer 2016 – Winter 2017
Delivery partners West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Shipley college
Other funders £336,000 match funding  from Shipley College

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

Wakefield College - ASIC

Project overview

We invested £3.3 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding into the Wakefield College Advanced Skills and Innovation Centre (ASIC).

The centre, which is based at the college’s city centre campus and includes general teaching facilities, specialist engineering labs, a 90-seat lecture theatre, a modern Apple Mac suite, IT rooms and business incubation spaces where local entrepreneurs can bring their business ideas to life.

 

Project Lead Wakefield College
District/ Area Wakefield
Business case summary Link here
Funding £3.3 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates March 2016 to April 2017
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Wakefield College

Other funders None

Last updated in Quarter 3 2020/2021

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