Skills and Apprenticeship Hub
The Skills and Apprenticeship Hub supports employers and individuals across Berkshire to navigate skills development, training, and apprenticeship opportunities.
We work with businesses of all sizes to build a skilled, productive workforce, providing access to expert guidance, local training provision, and up-to-date information on apprenticeships and skills funding.
Developing the Berkshire Workforce
Explore practical advice on apprenticeships and workforce development, helping you:
• Recruit and retain skilled staff
• Develop existing employees through structured training
• Improve productivity and progression within your workforce
Apprenticeships enable employers to combine on-the-job experience with high-quality training aligned to business needs. Navigate the latest apprenticeship and skills training opportunities and start building a skilled, future-ready team today.
Access fully-funded training for your workforce
BT Group, in partnership with Babington, launched the Apprenticeship Fund aimed at supporting local skills and local employment. Eligible SMEs, charities and public sector orgnisations can access full-funded training for a broad range of programmes.
Key Information
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are structured training programmes that combine paid work with formal learning, allowing individuals to gain practical experience while working towards a recognised qualification.
Apprenticeships are not just for school leavers—they’re a strategic workforce development tool.
Employers benefit from apprenticeships by building a future-ready workforce, improving staff retention and loyalty, increasing productivity and innovation, and demonstrating corporate social responsibility.
16-25s
Education and Training Pathways for Young People
Young people aged 16 to 25 in England can explore a variety of routes into employment and further learning. These include practical, supported, and academic options tailored to different needs and starting points. Employers are central to making these opportunities meaningful—helping to shape a skilled, diverse future workforce.
Explore pathways such as Apprenticeships, Supported Internships, and Traineeships
Skills Bootcamps
Berkshire Skills Bootcamps are free*, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks,
giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast track to interview with an employer upon completion.
Our Skills Bootcamps are open to all individuals aged 19 and over from all employment backgrounds and of any experience level, focusing on sectors that employers are actively looking to recruit.
Unemployed, recent graduate, career changer, or someone looking to upskill, Berkshire Skills Bootcamps are for you.
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