Employer, Facilitator, Funder and Provider members from across Exeter and the Heart of Devon, work collaboratively to improve people’s lives through Employment and Skills opportunities. Members bring energy, expertise, ideas and resources. The EHOD ESB works by:
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Believing in the mission
- The development of a local World Class Workforce
- Opportunities for individuals to up-skill and re-skill improve work opportunities
- The local economy benefits from a skilled workforce and successful work places
- Collaborative creative working enhances the region’s future sustainability and prosperity
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Sharing intelligence
- Local, regional and national
- Political and economic change
- EHOD ESB members
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Identifying and setting priorities
- Preparing for work
- Progressing in work
- Sector specific
- Generic work skills
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Raising awareness
- In the broader community of employment and skills priorities
- The need for socially conscious work places and workers
- Opportunities for individuals
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Influencing provision and participation
- Skills provision
- Business support
- Policy making
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Leading by example
- Tackling the difficult and not just the ‘low hanging fruit’
- Being an exemplar Employment and Skills Board composed of exemplar organisations
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Committing time
- Thought, direction and planning
- Delivery, assessment and evaluation
- Communication and connections
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Engaging with the broader community
- National, regional and local economic partnerships
- The Third and Charitable sectors
- The potential and the current workforce at all abilities, backgrounds and all ages
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Investing in human capital
- To enable all individuals to progress and success
- For workplaces to become more productive and to grow
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Achieving positive results
- Provides evidence for funding and sponsoring organisations
- Changes lives for the better
- Rewards those involved and their colleagues, family and friends
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Celebrating success
- Positive feedback encourages greater participation
- Counters sometimes ingrained negativity
- Makes us happier
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Doing the right thing!
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Greater Exeter Skills Partnership 