LOCAL SKILLS PULSE: SUB-REGIONAL PARTNER UPDATES
Following the publication of the West London Alliance Annex to the London LSIP, West London convened the first Youth Careers Summit at Wembley Stadium in November. The summit’s objective was to bring local businesses of all sizes together with skills providers and intermediaries, to develop pathways for effective transition from education into employment, and career pathways into local priority sectors, including health and social care, construction and retail, as well as cross cutting areas: digital and green. With 240 attendees, including over 50 businesses, it was a great opportunity for stakeholders to grow their networks. Watch the Summit Video.
The summit will be followed up though a series of sector-focussed events throughout the year, including a ‘Get into Tech’ event in partnership with the Digital Skills Hub and UK Black Tech. For more information/to get involved, please contact the West London Alliance.
Central London Forward recently held a workshop in partnership with Westminster City Council focused on the skills central London needs to retrofit heritage and historical buildings. Retrofitting these requires specialist and currently not widely available skills.
The event brought together training providers that are gearing up for retrofit qualifications to meet with landlords with major heritage stock and specialist officers at local authorities, as well as representatives from construction and Historic England. It explored how colleges can embed heritage retrofit in their course design, the challenges of recruiting people into the sector, identified future skills needs, and discussed some of the potential solutions.
This is an ongoing workstream and if you’d like to get involved please contact Aleyna Prokudina.
In November, Local London had their first employer representative group meeting. Chaired by Dr Noorzaman Rashid, Chief Executive of CEME, this new group will provide advice and guidance to our Employment and Skills Board.
Local London’s LSIP Employer Engagement Officer, Cathy Back, has just joined the team. As well as focusing on employer engagement, Cathy will be working with education and training providers across the sub-region as they implement their LSIF projects, following the recent announcement of their successful £6.5m bid. This funding will be used to develop green and digital skills in the Local London sub-region, including a network of 21 immersive digital hubs that will enable shared teaching expertise.
Find out more about their work here.
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