GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES £8MILLION WARM HOMES SKILLS PROGRAMME

This will provide up to 9,000 subsidised training opportunities for installers and retrofit professionals, including installing insulation and solar panels in homes and non-domestic properties.

There will be four work packages covering courses in:

• fabric insulation and solar panel installation
• skills for working on non-domestic buildings
• retrofit assessor and retrofit coordinator qualifications
• shorter entry-level courses for those new to the retrofit sector

Financial support to training providers across England will be available through a skills competition to fund delivery of accredited and non-accredited Ofqual-registered courses. Trainees currently working in the energy efficiency and building retrofit sectors in England, as well as those aiming to enter the sector, will be able to benefit from funding.

The aim of the programme is to increase supply chain capacity and competence which will support the delivery of government retrofit schemes and the decarbonisation of buildings in support of the government’s Warm Home Plan ambition.

Application forms need to be submitted to whsp@nottinghamcity.gov.uk by midday on 6 June 2025.

Further information at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/warm-homes-skills-programme