Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: GREAT FUTURES trade mission to Riyadh attracts major corporate sponsorsFound: economy, while also serving as a showcase of the nation’s geographical richness, cultural heritage, hospitality
Formal Minutes Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources • Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces Address
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: outstanding results across various sectors such as Technology, Construction, Professional Services, Hospitality
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Future skills projections and analysisFound: : construction; advanced manufacturing; engineering, health, digital; technology; creative sectors; hospitality
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: April 2024Found: request January 2019 8 City & Guilds - Hair and Beauty - second request January 2019 9 City & Guilds - Hospitality
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government Planning Guidance - Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoodsFound: community facilities and spaces to support local clubs, groups, organisations, and communal activities • hospitality
Formal Minutes Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources • Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces Address
Asked by: Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support unemployed people in Birmingham with (a) skills training and (b) financial management.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
In Birmingham, our local Jobcentre Plus partnership teams are working directly with colleges and training providers to ensure claimants have access to the right skills support. Our successful Sector Based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) have seen almost three hundred customers in Sparkhill take up this support in the last year. This provision includes pre-employment training, work experience and a guaranteed job interview across a variety of sectors, with further SWAPs available with employers such as HS2, Compass Group, Air Scaffolding, Weatherspoon’s, and Jet 2.
In the Hall Green constituency, we have recently supported customers into jobs in the hospitality sector through English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision based at Sparkhill Jobcentre. Customers have also taken up non-teaching roles within local schools through the skills training we have set up with Pineapple Recruitment, and Sparkhill Jobcentre staff work closely with Joseph Chamberlain College to support claimants move into self-employment.
We are committed to ensuring that all staff can identify and signpost customers to the financial support they require. Across all our Jobcentres in Birmingham, Work Coaches have regular conversations with customers about the Flexible Support Fund (FSF) and how this can help to remove barriers to work, such as support with childcare costs.
The ‘Move In Move On’ programme helps customers in supported accommodation to move into work via a partnership with the Salvation Army. This programme offers financial education, tenancy skills and employability. We also work with The Money House which offers a financial education course to support 16–25-year-olds with banking, budgeting, and spending habits to support in reducing youth homelessness.
To help facilitate signposting discussions with customers, staff have access to a database of national and local support information, the District Provision Tool, which ensures that customers can access tailored support where required.
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: Meet the businesses helping get prison leavers in to workFound: enterprise which equip prisoners with valuable skills in coffee roasting, barista techniques and wider hospitality
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: Meet the businesses helping get prison leavers in to workFound: enterprise which equip prisoners with valuable skills in coffee roasting, barista techniques and wider hospitality