This programme is now closed to new applications.
In May 2010 we awarded £17m to 54 projects that will create 800 new paid training opportunities in heritage settings across the UK.
Over the summer and autumn 2010, our grantees produced detailed training plans to inform the delivery of their projects. Many are still advertising exciting new traineeships offering skills in boatbuilding, volunteer management, horticulture and a huge range of other skills.
In December 2011 our Board of Trustees decided to invite the Skills for the Future grantees and a further 10 training bursaries grantees to apply for a grant increase to deliver additional training places quickly. The Trustees have set aside £15million for this initiative and will make decisions on the applications in May 2012.
Find out more about the training opportunities available.
Skills for the Future offers work-based training in a wide range of skills that are needed to look after buildings, landscapes, habitats, species, and museum and archive collections, as well as equipping people to lead education and outreach programmes, manage volunteers and use new technology.
Aims
The aims of Skills for the Future are to:
- fund high quality work based training opportunities to equip people with the skills to pursue a career in heritage;
- enhance the capacity of the heritage sector to deliver sustainable training and share good practice; and
- demonstrate the value of heritage skills to modern life.
Outcomes
To receive a grant a project must deliver all of the following four outcomes:
- increase the range and quality of work-based training to develop skills in the heritage sector;
- meet identified skills gaps or shortages in the heritage sector;
- increase the capacity of the sector to deliver training and share good practice; and
- increase the diversity of the heritage workforce.