Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark Councils, in partnership with London Southbank University and the Mayor of London, have set up an innovative green skills academy to prepare residents to get into work in green and sustainable employment sectors.

With the number of green and low carbon jobs in central London due to double over the next decade, the academy will offer support into direct employment, apprenticeships, traineeships, training or self-employment. Jobs will include green construction and retrofit, green transport, energy, waste/recycling, infrastructure and transport. The £44m Mayor’s Academies Programme will coordinate and improve the quality of training in the capital, enabling anyone who is over-19 and unemployed or in low-income work to access training courses for free at local colleges and adult education providers. This will mean that residents of the three boroughs can retrain, learn or upskill and seize the new opportunities available on London’s growing green job market.

Read more here on the Love Lambeth website.