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Introducing Skillmakers

Beginnings There is much talk about the need for business, education and local communities to engage with each another to encourage work-based learning and apprenticeships and to help shape the offer from education to ensure it delivers what learners and businesses need in order to be successful. Despite this many employers report difficulty finding the right staff with the right skills and the necessary ‘work readiness’. They also struggle to identify and resolve skills issues within their existing workforce.

So… In response to this challenge, businesses in SW Hertfordshire got together with West Herts College, Oaklands College, Watford Borough council, the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership and community interest groups to discuss and research possible solutions. It was agreed that businesses needed to better understand the offer from providers of education and how they can influence provision. Further, there was an appetite for better integration by businesses in to the community.

The result…

What is the offer? Skillmakers has been designed to allow businesses in Watford and South West Hertfordshire to access the: • Information • Guidance • Resources …needed to improve their business through skills, training and corporate social responsibility.

Why? How? What? Why? We believe in people and their potential for greatness How? We show you how to maximise your investment in skills for the greatest return and business impact What? We help you succeed in business by building high-performing teams

Skillmakers is a unique web-based service: • One Stop Shop – all you need in one place • Hand holding – via a helpline and face-to-face • Solutions – through Together Training • Community – develop its offer to reflect business and local issues

skillmakers.co.uk

Launch Event Friday 2 nd December 8:00am - 9:30am The Grove, Chandlers Cross

Any Questions? Richard Moore Skillmakers Programme Director T +44 (0)1923 812192 M +44 (0) 77 0375 5517 richard.moore@skillmakers.co.uk