East Durham College is one of the leading further education colleges in the North East and provides training and education to more adults from County Durham than any other FE provider in the North East.

A key part of our adult training is driven through the work we do supporting a huge number of employers. Our workforce development team support all types of organisations and their mission is to make achieving your business and training objectives as simple as possible, regardless of their complexity.

Our expert team spends time getting to know you and your business. Our holistic approach to assessing your workforce enables us to identify areas where investment can deliver optimal results. Partner organisations frequently take advantage of our vast and high-quality apprenticeship provision, securing long-term solutions to problems such as an ageing workforce, high turnover of staff, the need to upskill and more.

We offer customised and bespoke programmes to companies, ensuring that apprenticeship programmes or training courses are tailored to their specific needs - now and into the future. Our solutions also include support for organisations with their staff CPD (continuous professional development), including soft skills such as problem-solving, communication and time management, through to management training, project management and mentoring.

In addition, we can provide specialist short courses, distance learning and even higher education options in the likes of engineering manufacturing. These programmes support the development of staff, enabling them to update their knowledge or learn something new whilst balancing their studies with work and other commitments.

There are different ways your business could receive funding for staff training and our team is expert at identifying and helping you to access it.

With campus sites in Peterlee and Durham, we are perfectly located in the centre of our region. Let's start the conversation... To discuss your business's training and skills needs, please call the Workforce Development Team on 0191 518 5508 or email business@eastdurham.ac.uk.

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