About the North West Heritage Skills Hub

The Centre for Construction Innovation (CCI) in Manchester is being funded by English Heritage and ConstructionSkills to host the North West Heritage Skills Hub.

The Heritage Skills Hub will be a focal point from which heritage skills can be championed within the region and provide a ‘Heritage Skills Ambassador’ to promote heritage goals through the established CCI network. The hub will develop sub-groups, seminars, topic specific teams and will compliment existing provision within the region.

The Heritage Skills Hub will:

• undertake a mapping exercise and audit of the heritage skills training provision and capacity in the North West.
• develop a regional action plan to address the skills gaps and shortages in the region's built heritage sector.
• provide seminars & workshops to promote life-long learning in heritage professions
• drive the demand for heritage skills across the region and work to coordinate the establishment of a heritage training infrastructure for the North West
• deliver a marketing strategy to promote training and best practice to the built heritage sector, including regular newsletters for the industry
• establish a project steering group and a regional network of stakeholders

The NW Heritage Skills Hub builds on previous work done by CCI with English Heritage, ConstructionSkills, CABE, RENEW and the NWDA - please see the CCI website 

If you would like more information on any of the Heritage Hub’s future activities then contact Heather Emery, the North West Heritage Skills Ambassador.