Key information
Grant status:
The VocTech Challenge Impact Network + Grant fund will open on 11 June 2024.
Detailed guidelines will be published by 27 May 2024.
Purpose of the fund
This grant fund is part of our VocTech Challenge: Skills for an Economy in Transition programme.
Informed by the learnings from our place-based collaborations we are looking for bold, tech-led approaches to tackle one of three specific challenges:
- Employer integration:
How can technology be used to integrate and reflect employers’ changing needs so that the skills of the available workforce better match the needs of local employers? - Pathways into and within work:
How can technology be used to increase the visibility, accessibility and uptake of pathways from learning into work, or from one type of work into another, particularly in regional growth sectors? - Vocational language barriers:
How can technology be used to support adults with in-demand vocational skills, but who don’t speak English as their first language, gain the employment-ready English required by employers?
Impact Network + Grant Fund
The VocTech Challenge Impact Network + Grant Fund represents a new approach to Ufi grant funding.
Successful grant fund applicants will each receive between £200k and £250k to refine and deploy their ideas.
They will also join a network of organisations working alongside each other as part of an active, expert-led programme designed to create connections, share knowledge, test assumptions and accelerate adoption and deployment.
Pre-application workshops
To help you prepare your application we run a series of workshops to introduce the grant fund and help ensure it is right for you.
Applicants who attend one of our workshops are much more likely to be successful.
Our workshops provide an opportunity to find out more about the scope of this grant call. You will be able to take part in small group discussions with members of the Ufi team to ask any questions you might have.
"This is the first time I have come across any funders that have had a workshop like this. I was left impressed and would highly recommend.”
"Very informative sessions providing clarity regarding what Ufi is looking to fund.”
"Extremely helpful - particularly the breakout sessions where we were able to ask questions about our specific bids."
Date and Times
Workshop 1
2:00pm, 11 June 2024
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Workshop 2
10:00am, 12 June 2024
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Workshop 3
10:00am, 18 June 2024
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Workshop 4
10:00am, 20 June 2024
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Workshop 5
10:00am, 1 July 2024
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Explore our previous cohort of organisations awarded VocTech Challenge grant funding
The VocTech Challenge: Levelling up learning grant fund targeted projects with the potential to create a step-change in learner confidence and motivation, leading to better outcomes for learners, employers and for society as a whole.
