In this episode of the podcast from the Chamber's Local Skills Improvement Plan team, Richard Caulfield, Senior Policy Manager at the Greater Manchester Colleges Group, is back in the hot seat to update us on how the funds from the Local Skills Improvement Fund are being spent, and crucially, when learners will be able to reap the benefits of this.

Richard also tells us about another fund - the Further Education Innovation Fund - and how businesses across Greater Manchester will be able to take advantage of it.

Chris Fletcher, Policy Director at the Chamber, provides further information about the development of the Local Skills Improvement Plan and talks about how businesses can still get involved.

Further information about the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan can be found here: https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/ To contact the team, email gmlsip@gmchamber.co.uk.

For more information about the Local Skills Improvement Fund, visit: https://gmcg.ac.uk/lsif/. And to find out more about the Further Education Innovation Fund, visit: https://gmcg.ac.uk/feif/.

If you'd like to attend the Innovation Roadshow that Richard mentions in this podcast, which is taking place at Wigan & Leigh College on 10th May, you can book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-reality-in-business-cdi-roadshow-wigan-tickets-875897662487