The Retrofit Academy has opened a tenth Training Hub in Hampshire in partnership with workforce solutions and training specialist SERT Training. As Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) and Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) funding increases demand for retrofit talent, The Retrofit Academy Hampshire has been established to meet this demand by upskilling workforces and unlocking new…
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
A new partnership between The Retrofit Academy and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH) will help train and develop the workforce required to retrofit an estimated 13.9 million households in the South East of England. The partnership comes as local authorities and social housing providers in the South East region were awarded over…
The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has made grants totalling £1.8 billion to local authorities, social housing providers and charities in England as part of the government’s latest initiative to reduce building-realted emissions. More than 115,000 homes are being earmarked to receive upgrades funded through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Public…