BTP are interviewing women only this week for a Construction Skills Boot Camp which starts on 2nd January. The plan is for those who successfully complete this course, to get a job with a local construction company. Its funded (ie its free) and you’d need to commit to 7 days of training.

You will learn how to plaster with traditional materials and how to insulate floors, walls, and roofs professionally.

Definition of retrofit? “Retrofit refers to any improvement work on an existing building to improve its energy efficiency, making them easier to heat, able to retain that heat for longer, and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. Source of info: https://www.cse.org.uk/news/what-is-retrofit/)

With time running out to keep global temperatures to 1.5 degrees, upgrading the nation’s homes is one of the biggest opportunities the UK has to reduce carbon emissions whilst tackling the cost-of-living crisis, energy security and levelling up.” Source of info: The UK’s Green Building Council (UKGBC) Find out more by clicking on this link: https://ukgbc.org/our-work/home-retrofit/

The Green Building Council’s webpage is highly informative – check out their article on how an sustainable built environment can work towards improving health, well-being and social values. Click on this link if you are interested in finding out more: https://ukgbc.org/our-work/health-wellbeing-social-value/

This is a great opportunity for folk to get involved in this increasing busy industry. There are a lot of old buildings in Cumbria and a lot of businesses looking to renovate and refit them.

For more information, contact the office on 01228-739019 as soon as possible. Or email info@btp-cumbria.co.uk. Alternatively, pop into our office on Rome Street in Carlisle (CA2 5AQ/beside Soccer World/what3words = first.crop.teach)