Britton Farm Redevelopment: Learning, Skills and Employment Hub
- Capital Investment - Getting Building Fund, Kent & Medway, Less than £2m
Approval Status
Fully Approved
Delivery Status
Construction In Progress
Expected Completion Date
Spring 2024
The project will bring forward an innovative adult learning, skills and employment hub through repurposing Britton Farm Mall, an underused Medway Council owned building. The hub will retrain, upskill and support adults to access employment. State of the art digital facilities will improve digital skills and tackle digital exclusion, alongside providing the skills needed to access new high GVA jobs.
The adult learning, skills and employment hub will be designed with flexible classroom space and state of the art digital equipment. A fully equipped training kitchen will be provided which will help meet a variety of community needs, from supporting business start-ups to reducing food waste and teaching life skills.
The project also includes the conversion of an existing car park on the site, into a housing development comprising 44 affordable homes.
Furthermore, public realm improvements will be delivered which will contribute to the regeneration of Gillingham High Street.
| Project Outputs/Outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Jobs created/safeguarded | 263 |
| Homes unlocked/delivered | 44 |
| Learners assisted | 1,050 |
| New/improved learning and training floorspace (sq m) | 450 |
| Public realm or green space improved/created (sq m) | 450 |
£85m of investment to East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Medway, Southend and Thurrock
The Getting Building Fund focuses on projects that can progress quickly and that will stimulate and better integrate economies in some of the most economically impacted and COVID-affected parts of the South East.
£85m of Getting Building Fund investment has been secured, enabling delivery of 45 projects across East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Medway, Southend and Thurrock.