In September 2022 we held our first NSN Green Skills conference, which included colleges, training providers &
MCA’s from across the North to showcase & share the work taking place on the green agenda for FE & Skills. This event was such a positive & collaborative approach, that there was a big call for a northern community of practice to continue the work and disseminating support and resource.

In our 2023 manifesto, we have identified 4 priority areas including future skills landscape – within this priority we have identified GSD as an area of work we as the NSN and regional networks are committed to enhancing at local, regional and
northern level.


Through the new Apprenticeship Workforce Development programme with the Education & Training Foundation, an
opportunity was identified to gain grant funding for a collaborative project. The NSN board agreed this would be a great
opportunity to further develop our response to the GSD agenda across the networks in the North. A bid was submitted
& a week later it was approved….so we are now ready to launch our GSD community of practice for the North!

Read more here.