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Leading Change for Digital Champions

Leading Change for Digital Champions is a fully funded support programme for operational Made Smarter Digital Champions who help lead changes in businesses based in North West England.

Run by Made Smarter North West · funded by Made Smarter

Last read from madesmarter.uk on 10 Oct 2026.

A fully funded programme for operational Made Smarter Digital Champions who help lead changes and support teams to adopt new technology.

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Status and deadline

Status

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Deadline

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How much

Described as fully funded; no amount stated.

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Who can apply

Designed for Made Smarter Digital Champions: operational people in a business who help lead changes.

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Business size

Not stated

Sectors

manufacturing

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How to apply

Use the 'Register your interest in a Made Smarter Leadership Programme' link on the page.

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Where it is open: the North West

North West England

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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: 35 council areas in North West England.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Whether businesses can apply directly is not stated; participants are individuals named as Digital Champions within a business.
  • No dates or closing date stated.
  • Includes two face-to-face workshops, site visits, online coaching and a visit to Amazon's Fulfilment Centre; format details only.

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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. Last read from madesmarter.uk on 10 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 10 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Made Smarter North West before you apply.

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