Working with our partners we have:
RWC Hospitality Training – Purple Cloud Consultancy
- Successful bid for £53,438
- 10 courses successfully completed
- 109% target (256 delegates)
- Evaluation completed
- 79% delegates opted to take a free Level 2 qualification
- Purple Cloud & EHOD ESB combination excellent
REEP – Motiv8-SW
- Rugby Empowering Employment Programme
- Very successful and intensive – these young people were the “furthest from the workplace”
- 13 (93%) young people still engaged
- BBC Inside Out and Archant feature in September
- Celebration 29th September – Darts Farm & Midas sponsorship & RWC 2015 tickets– thank you
- Met with HRH Prince Harry on 7th October
BEEP – BEEP-UK
Making REEP sustainable- The Great BEEP Launch 1st October (BEEP charity)
- Young People ‘stars of the show’
- Businesses keen to meet young people in person
- Will need to pursue this effort with your help
Innovation Exeter
- Skills agenda ‘ascending’
- ESB delighted to be part of Innovation Exeter
- Ties in with STEM agenda
- ESB instrumental in saving Big Bang SW for Exeter
- EHOD Skills Plan Evidence Base a useful for resource
Apprenticeships – National Apprenticeship Service
Summit with all local councils and LEP represented- Event at River Cottage with new contacts made
- Further work with Devon and National Apprenticeships contributing to National Apprenticeships Week 2016
- Disseminated consultation about Employer Levy
Local Employment and Skills in Construction
- Imperative huge & imminent but a long slow progress
- Councils asked to co-fund post to facilitate and enforce
- Interim measures being adopted on piece-meal basisConcordat between councils to adopt same approach
Digital
- Planning to pilot a Carousel ESB Digital Apprenticeship
- Working on a Digital Strategy
- Unlocking Big Data – Investing in Human Capital event
- 3 elements to skills – higher/technical/analytical data – Digital Leadership – digital skills for modern workforce and living
World-class work Experience – Industrial Cadets
- Pilot of World-class Work Experience with Industrial Cadets
(Duke of Edinburgh Award for Work Experience) and Education business Partnership SW - To accredit Work Experience at Silver Level 30 hours
- Flagship activity for work with schools
- Possibilities to extend to undergraduates and returners
Shared Opportunities for Learning and Development – Michelmores
- Early stage of development
- Piloting with Michelmores free places to micro and small businesses (in first 2 years) on in-house courses
- Plan to roll out across sectors
Social Media – Greater Exeter Skills
- Blog main communications mechanism and reduction of
duplication - Link from http://www.exeter.gov.uk
- GreaterExeterSkills works well and can link to reports
- More work on branding happening so that work is recognised
Information and Influence
- Maximising our limited resources to inform and influence
- Providing pertinent information eg ESIF event
- Collecting and collating evidence to influence eg DWP and MP select committee.
Greater Exeter Skills Partnership 