GREEN SKILLS ADVISORY PANEL - YORKSHIRE & HUMBER
- The Green Skills Advisory Panel (GSAP) is a membership group comprising building services, housing, construction, engineering and manufacturing businesses supported by government agencies, charities and training providers across the UK and internationally. ​
- GSAP exists to encourage, improve and develop education and training opportunities for the sustainable housing and green construction, engineering and manufacturing industries. ​
- Its purpose is to close the skills gap and provide entry routes into green related careers. ​
- The GSAP ambition is to establish a UK-wide framework to upskill the current workforce, and educate new entrants, to adopt emerging technologies, consider the environmental impact and identify how industry can helpmeet net zero targets.
For more information visit the Green Skills Advisory Panel website.
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Why GSAP matters in Yorkshire and the Humber
GSAP enables the appropriate and necessary construction-based skills provision and employment to deliver the UK net zero objectives for Yorkshire and the Humber,  fostering a community that collaborates across industries to attract new talent to the sector whilst also providing robust support for the existing workforce.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- Enable the necessary high quality construction skills provision locally in all sub regions of Yorkshire, so excellent retrofit provision for domestic dwellings can be delivered.
- Attract funding to enable more domestic retrofit projects in Yorkshire and the Humber.
- Enable the delivery of highly innovative retrofit skills and related development projects ​
- Work towards enabling under-represented groups in the construction industry to be upskilled/enter the industry to support retrofit related work​.​
PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
Bringing together stakeholders from​ the construction sector, training providers, government agencies, social housing providers​, VCSE sector and business organisations (Chambers of Commerce/TUC)​ creates huge opportunities.
Excellent governance will support the work of GSAP.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Advance existing programmes to meet skills needs and promote practical opportunites for upskilling and reskilling.
SIZE OF RETROFIT DEMAND IS HUGE
North Yorkshire and York* needs 13,000 people in the sector by 2031 (currently 500).
West Yorkshire** aims to retrofit all social housing by 2038, requiring 838,000 heat pumps installed, 205,000 homes connected to heat networks and 569 megawatts of rooftop solar installed.
* SOURCE: North Yorkshire & York Combined Authority
**SOURCE: West Yorkshire Combined Authority
BRINGING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS FROM
- Construction sector – Large contractors, small medium enterprises (SMEs), consultants, trade bodies, merchants, manufactures​
- Training providers (Further Education & Industry Providers)​
- Government – National, Sub regional, Local​
- Social housing providers​
- Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations
- Business organisations: Chambers of Commerce/Trade Unions
LAUNCHING AUTUMN
Yorkshire & Humber GSAP launch Autumn 2025 date to be confirmed. For enquiries, please contact Simeon Perry.
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