Creating opportunities
in digital employment

CODE Lancashire is a flexible programme that creates opportunities in digital employment and addresses the skills shortage within the tech sector through the delivery of Digital Skills Bootcamps.

Combining technical skills learning with practical industry experience, the programme teaches individuals how to code in just 12 weeks, with the aim of creating a new generation of digital talent.

For candidates

Have you recently graduated from university? Are you looking for a change in your career or returning to work after a career break?
Are you keen to learn how to code?
Are you a resident in Lancashire aged 19 and over?

The Programme

Open to all residents in Lancashire aged 19 and over, the 12-week programme is for people who would like to progress in the tech industry and reach a Junior Developer level. It is fully funded by the Department of Education and Lancashire County Council.

85 Hoursof Learning

60 Technical Skills

20 Practical Skills

05 1-2-1 Mentoring

For employers

Are you hiring Junior Developers now or in the near future?
Are you interested in joining our Employer Board, which meets monthly to inform the programme?
Do you want to speak directly to candidates to offer insight into your company?

FAQs

What will I learn?

The programme helps candidates to develop sector-specific skills in areas such as coding, programming, data science, data analysis, and software engineering. There will be a focus on using Python as a programming language and covering basic coding principles. Additionally, candidates will gain employability skills and practical industry experience to ensure that they are ready for employment by the end of the 12 weeks.

Keen to find out more? Please visit our FAQs page

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Code Values

Collaboration

Our programme is built on strong partnerships and teamwork.

We aim to work together with individuals and businesses to increase digital skills and employability and create connections that benefit everyone.

Our programme is built on strong partnerships and teamwork.

We aim to work together with individuals and businesses to increase digital skills and employability and create connections that benefit everyone.
Progression

We want to see everybody succeed. CODE provides the tools and opportunities for the growth and development of individuals, businesses, and the tech sector during our extensive 12-week programme and beyond.

We want to see everybody succeed. CODE provides the tools and opportunities for the growth and development of individuals, businesses, and the tech sector during our extensive 12-week programme and beyond.
Accessibility

We aim to create a diverse team and programme that removes the barriers to taking part in training and creating a thriving career or business in tech.

We aim to create a diverse team and programme that removes the barriers to taking part in training and creating a thriving career or business in tech.
Support

Our immersive programme provides more than digital skills training. We offer practical industry experience and employment workshops and mentoring, adapting our support to the particular and changing needs of individuals, businesses, and the industry.

Our immersive programme provides more than digital skills training. We offer practical industry experience and employment workshops and mentoring, adapting our support to the particular and changing needs of individuals, businesses, and the industry.
Transformation

We’re here to change the future. We aim to give individuals the tools to change their direction, their skill set and potentially their lives. And it’s our mission to create a diverse digital workforce that changes the shape of the industry for the better.

We’re here to change the future. We aim to give individuals the tools to change their direction, their skill set and potentially their lives. And it’s our mission to create a diverse digital workforce that changes the shape of the industry for the better.