<p>Our third podcast and host Shona McCreedy, Project Lead for the North East Workforce Skills Project, is joined by Sara Jolly (University of Sunderland), Kerry Burlison (Access Training) and Michelle Francis (MTC Training). With less than a year left to access fully funded training the ladies discuss the myths they've come across during the previous year - the courses must be inferior, nothing is free these day and so on!</p>

EP.4 Engineering Upskill

Is there such a thing a ‘free’ training?You’d think the North East would be biting our hands off, er no the Geordies are a little sceptical, we can’t possibly be offering them free training (or fully funded as we have to call it)?! &nbsp;Yes we are, it’s been paid for by a European Social Fund.Join the partners in the North East Workforce Skills Programme who have an ESF project, worth nearly £15 million, to deliver training to upskill and support 17560 employed participants in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland by September 2023.There challenge to convince businesses that this training offer is legit!Our partners include:  University of Sunderland  Access Training  Code  MTC  Newcastle College  Seta  TDR Training and ApprenticeshipsThis partnership is possibly a little unusual - seven training providers working collaboratively to deliver an ESF project. And we mean collaboratively, we all actually get on and genuinely want to provide the best training for each business and yes that can mean giving a lead to another partner.Join Shona McCreedy, North East Workforce Skills Programme Project Lead and her various guests to find out what courses are available, who the training providers are and lots more but most importantly having a laugh along the way.