The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has launched a £3m Fast Track Digital Workforce Fund, which aims to help employers in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire areas develop a diverse pipeline of talent for jobs that require specialist digital skills. The fund will be open for applications from 25^th June 2019.

Consortia of employers and training providers (including colleges and universities) can bid for between £50,000 and £180,000 to run innovative digital training schemes linked to skills shortage vacancies.

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The fund provides an opportunity for employers that need digital talent to work with training providers to develop new and innovative models of addressing digital skills shortages across Greater Manchester.

A launch event will be held on Tuesday 25^th June in Manchester which is now open for registration via Eventbrite.

For more information, please contact FastTrackDigital@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.