Back2Work (B2W)

Back2Work (B2W) is a skills and training provider focussed on pre-employment and employability training, bootcamps and apprenticeships. B2W delivers a clear social impact by helping people return to work and gain new skills for employment. It works with large employers and job centres to provide high-quality training to upskill and support unemployed people in getting paid employment. B2W focuses on upskilling workers beyond the minimum wage poverty trap and into better-paid careers.

Recent funding has come predominantly from the Adult Education Budget (AEB) and delegated to the Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), where new deployment rules allow for better targeting of local employment and training needs. In Greater Manchester, the funding was used to offer free level 2 training for all, including those without qualifications, allowing anyone in the area to apply for career-enhancing level 2 training, which B2W and others delivered.

To date, almost 500 people in the Greater Manchester region have achieved job outcomes, meaning they have accumulated earnings that exceed the equivalent of someone working 16 hours per week for 26 weeks, earning the National Living Wage. This is the best outcome of all training providers in the Greater Manchester region.

To date, almost 500 people in the Greater Manchester region have achieved job outcomes, meaning they have accumulated earnings that exceed the equivalent of someone working 16 hours per week for 26 weeks, earning the National Living Wage. This is the best outcome of all training providers in the Greater Manchester region.