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Marches Centre of Excellence in Health and Social Care

  • Infrastructure
  • Skills
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About the project

A £5m project, including £3.5m of Local Growth Funds, to upgrade and refurbish space on the University of Wolverhampton’s Telford campus, including the installation of state-of-the-art equipment, creating a technologically advanced learning facility to support the health, allied health, social work and care sectors within the Marches.

It will incorporate technologies such as immersive reality, revolutionising the way in which learning content is delivered and developing new courses and content to meet market and sector demands.

The investment will result in 72 new jobs, the development of 2 new apprenticeship programmes, 174 new apprentices and enrolment of over 1,000 students in the first four years.

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£3.5m investment in state-of-the art learning facility for the health, allied health, social work and care sectors

Attracting 1,313 new learners and recruiting 174 new apprentices into the field of health and social care and allied health by 2025

Development of 2 new apprenticeship programmes

Revolutionising the way in which learning is delivered and developing new courses and content to meet market and sector demands
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Project milestones

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The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership has now ceased trading and transferred all its functions to Shropshire Council working with Telford & Wrekin Council and Herefordshire Council, in line with the UK Government's plans for devolution.

The Marches LEP was established in 2011 and hands over an impressive legacy from its 13-year life. In that time the LEP invested over £196m in projects across the Marches, securing in excess of £100m of match funding and supported more than 66,000 business interactions.

The schemes supported have made tangible differences to local communities, increasing skills, creating jobs and improving the physical appearance of many towns.

We would like to thank all the LEP Board Members who have given their time freely over the life of the LEP, as well as all the staff who worked for the LEP over the years. We also want to thank our delivery partners, local education providers and local, regional and national stakeholders who helped us achieve so much.

The Marches Growth Hub will continue to support businesses and will be managed by Shropshire Council, supported by Telford and Wrekin and Herefordshire Councils. Each of the three Local Authorities will also continue to provide direct business support locally. Details of this support will be available through the Marches Growth Hub website and from the Local Authorities directly. Website: www.marchesgrowthhub.co.uk | email: enquiries@marchesgrowthhub.co.uk.

The Marches Careers Hub will continue to be delivered and will be managed by Shropshire Council, supported by Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire Councils. Website: www.marchescareershub.co.uk | email: info@marchescareershub.co.uk

For any queries about Getting Building Fund (GBF), Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Marches Investment Fund (MIF) projects supported by the Marches LEP please contact: gary.spence@shropshire.gov.uk

For any finance queries please contact: michelle.hodgkiss@shropshire.gov.uk

The solvent liquidation of the Marches LEP is being managed by the Evelyn Partners Limited. For any matter related to this please contact: Camilla.Mulholland@evelyn.com

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