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DevelopMentor

DevelopMentor is a free support programme for small and medium-sized businesses in England, helping line managers of young apprentices aged 24 or under build the skills to support them. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Workwhile · funded by Youth Futures Foundation

Checked against the official page (workwhile.org.uk) on 7 Oct 2026.

Free training programme for line managers of young apprentices aged 24 or under in SMEs, developing skills to support apprentices.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

FREE place

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

SMEs in England with line managers of young apprentices aged 24 or under.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Visit the provider website for further information and to apply.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: England-wide

England

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (workwhile.org.uk) on 7 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 7 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Workwhile before you apply.

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