Sheffield Careers Fair to be held on Fri 22 September

UK Careers Fair is holding a Sheffield Careers Fair on Friday 22 September from 10am-2pm. The event will be held at Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, S1 2HH. There will be a wide variety of different organisations attending, alongside a wide variety of roles being advertised and the event will offer the opportunity to speak … Continue reading Sheffield Careers Fair to be held on Fri 22 September →

Learning and Work Institute: What’s happening with pay?

By Stephen Evans, Chief Executive of Learning and Work Institute (https://learningandwork.org.uk/news-and-policy/whats-happening-with-pay/) Inflation has remained higher for longer than expected. After initially rising because of the price of essentials like energy and food being driven up by the pandemic, war in Ukraine and possibly Brexit, inflation was expected to fall. But now there are concerns that, … Continue reading Learning and Work Institute: What’s happening with pay? →

Skills Training UK August course dates

Below are the dates for Skills Training UK's courses in August 2023. All courses are delivered on Teams, so learners are required to have access to a laptop/computer to complete the course.

Sheffield Apprenticeships Bulletin (ESFA) – 10 July

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provides weekly district-level apprenticeship vacancy bulletins, broken down by region and local authority area. See below the latest vacancy lists for Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield apprenticeship vacancies copy-of-sheffield-10-jul-2023Download South Yorkshire apprenticeship vacancies copy-of-sy-apprenticeship-summary-10-07-2023-with-percent-40-l3-plus-1

NHS announce long term workforce plan

Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the NHS, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has been published. This Plan sets out an expansion in training, changes to ways of working, and improvements to culture that will increase the NHS permanent workforce over 15 years, this could mean at least an extra 60,000 doctors 170,000 nurses … Continue reading NHS announce long term workforce plan →

Sheffield Citizens Advice Information Session for Staff & Volunteers on Weds 12 July

Sheffield Citizens Advice community trainers are delivering the following sessions: An Intro to Citizens Advice Sheffield and Where to find information and get support around the Cost of Living. The event will take place on Wednesday 12 July from 1pm-3pm at South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (SYFR), Earl Street, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 4QW. The Intro … Continue reading Sheffield Citizens Advice Information Session for Staff & Volunteers on Weds 12 July →

DWP: Touchbase – Fri 7 July

Roundup of recent DWP announcements Disability Cost of Living Payment - update Most people entitled to the £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment will have been paid automatically between 20 June and 4 July. Customers can now report a missing payment if they think they should have had one of the following payments but cannot … Continue reading DWP: Touchbase – Fri 7 July →

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (7 July)

Weekly Policy Briefing Highlights: The Trussell Trust distributed almost 3 million food parcels between April 2022 and March 2023, including over 90,000 in South Yorkshire. A report from the Resolution Foundation explores how if motoring-related tax revenues fail to keep pace with the transition to electric vehicles, there is the risk of an annual £10bn … Continue reading South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (7 July) →

See it Be it Business Network event on Weds 12 July

See it Be it is holding a Business Network event on Wednesday 12 July from 8:30am-10:30am. The event will be held at Sheffield Town Hall and there will be a focus on how See it Be it can help with corporate social responsibility, environmental, social and governance and social value initiatives. Attendees will hear from … Continue reading See it Be it Business Network event on Weds 12 July →

Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair in Lowedges on Tues 18 July

Opportunity Sheffield's next Sheffield's Working community job fair will be held in at Gresley Road Tenants Meeting Rooms, Lowedges on Tuesday 18 July 2023. Local and national employers will be attending including British Army, Keepmoat, Amey, Avon, SCC Fostering and many others. As usual, there is no need to book, just drop in. Event details … Continue reading Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair in Lowedges on Tues 18 July →

Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fairs dates for Sept, Oct & Nov

There will be three Opportunity Sheffield Sheffield's Working community job fairs throughout September, October and November. Tuesday 26 September (10am-12pm) at St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, S2 4QZ Tuesday 24 October (10am-12pm) at Miners Welfare Community Centre, 56 Angram Road, High Green, S35 4GD Wednesday 29 November (10am-12pm) at English Institute of Sport (EiS), Coleridge … Continue reading Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fairs dates for Sept, Oct & Nov →

Prince William aims to end homelessness and announces Sheffield as a partner for his Homewards initiative

On Tuesday 27 June 2023, Sheffield welcomed Prince William as he launches his UK wide homelessness programme Homewards, with Sheffield right at its heart. Sheffield has been chosen as one of only six places across the UK to benefit from the Homewards programme – which involves an integrated team here in Sheffield and funding to … Continue reading Prince William aims to end homelessness and announces Sheffield as a partner for his Homewards initiative →