Coding ‘bootcamps’ will be staged in three Northern cities after training firm Northcoders won £1.65m in Government funding.

The company, which has centres in Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle, is launching the second wave of its fully funded Excellence Scholarship Scheme, which is part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and Plan for Jobs.

Northcoders last year trained almost 300 people and is offering places to people in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber, and the Midlands who want to become tech leaders of tomorrow.

As well as training on JavaScript, Northcoders will offer careers advice, CV writing workshops and access to Northcoders’ internal jobs board, where they will be able to view and directly apply for junior software developer roles.

Chris Hill, CEO of Northcoders, said: “Thanks to the new funding, we are delighted to be able to launch the second wave of the scholarship scheme.

“Since August, we have helped nearly 300 people kick start a new tech career which demonstrates that the demand is out there. The programme is an amazing opportunity for people with little or no coding experience to enter an exciting and evolving industry.”