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 Increased sense of ownership / belonging of
undergraduates to the town
 Improvements in the local community through delivery
of social action projects
 Increase in skills of graduates

To achieve an outward looking, inclusive and confident
town positively perceived as a place to live, work and visit
with more younger people choosing to stay in or move to
Barrow

Due to underrepresentation of women in trades and high
demand for skills, the initiative will provide taster sessions
for women, designed to introduce them to different trades
(welding, steelwork, sheet metal etc). These sessions will
take place in an evening, allowing those currently
employed during the day to take part. Initial sessions could
be held in FE colleges with longer-term courses provided
within workplaces.

This initiative will have the following objective;
 Encourage more women to consider a career in trades.

The outcomes of the project will be;
 Increase in number of women applying / securing trade
related roles / apprenticeships.

Building the Barrow Skills and enterprise This builds on the extensive work carried out in the Furness BAE with £0-1m
runway area to develop the skills, behaviours and aspirations of support from
young people from key stage 1 to key stage 5. Whilst there Furness
is currently lots of work taking place with employers and Education and
schools this is not particularly aligned, underpinned by a skills