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Digital Manufacturing Champions

Digital Manufacturing Champions is a fully funded eight-week support programme for managers who run digital projects in micro, small and medium-sized businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Made Smarter · funded by UK Government

Checked against the official page (madesmarter.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

A fully funded eight-week course for managers who run digital projects in Yorkshire-based SMEs, covering leadership skills, Industry 4.0 technologies and a business implementation plan.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Fully funded (no amount stated)

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Who can apply

Managers who run digital projects in Yorkshire-based SMEs can apply for this fully funded eight-week course, provided they attend all sessions and complete a project. No qualifications are needed.

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Business size

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

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

manufacturing

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How to apply

Register using the registration form linked on the page.

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Where it is open: Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber

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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

Shaded: 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • This is a second course on the same page; it is included because it appears in the same text, though the source note asked for the Digital Manufacturing Leadership programme.
  • The page does not state start dates or a deadline, so it is not clear whether registration is open.
  • The page does not say what the funding covers or who funds the course; 'fully funded' is the only wording given.
  • It is not stated whether individuals must be employed by a Yorkshire-based SME or whether the business itself is the applicant.

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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 (madesmarter.uk) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 15 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 5 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Made Smarter before you apply.

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