The Heart of the South West Digital Skills Partnership, launched in June 2018, brings together the public, private and third sector to tackle the digital skills divide in Somerset, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. It is one of seven Local Digital Skills Partnerships (LDSP) delivered in conjunction with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Our Local Digital Skills Partnership is responsible for coordinating and delivering a digital strategy that raises digital skills for our community by working to eradicate social and geographical imbalances to ensure everyone has access to digital services. The partnership also focuses on workplace mobility; ensuring the right digital training is available for young people, those outside of the workforce, work returners and individuals looking to retrain. We champion an ethos that every workplace should be one where employees can continue to learn.
We also work closely with the region’s education providers, to ensure young people are aware of the diverse range of digital careers available and that teaching staff are supported to keep pace with new technologies.
The Digital Skills Partnership is running the Train4Tomorrow SkillsforJobs programme – this programme is open until 2022 and offers adults age 19+ the opportunity to retrain for free into Cyber, IT, Cloud Architecture, Software Development, Web Design or Digital Marketing. You can find out about lots of other current digital skills programmes, projects and access lots of free online learning on the Skills Launchpad Heart of the SW website.
For more information about current digital skills programmes, projects and access to lots of free online learning available use the link below.
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