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Opportunity Sheffield’s Apprenticeships: Be Inspired event to take place on Thurs 9 March

Opportunity Sheffield, the Employment and Skills Service in Sheffield City Council, will be holding it's annual Apprenticeships: Be Inspired event on Thursday 9 March. The event will take place at Sheffield Wednesday Football Ground between 12pm - 4pm. Apprenticeships: Be Inspired provides an opportunity for Y11, Y12 and Y13 students across Sheffield to meet real … Continue reading Opportunity Sheffield’s Apprenticeships: Be Inspired event to take place on Thurs 9 March →

Job vacancy: Project Support Officer – Work Experience (Opportunity Sheffield)

Salary: Grade 6 (£28,900 - £32,464) Package: Temporary to 21 July 2024 Job description A vacancy has arisen within the Employment and Skills team for a Project Support Officer to run the Work Experience service in Sheffield.  The Employment and Skills team branded Opportunity Sheffield provides support to individuals and businesses to develop their skills … Continue reading Job vacancy: Project Support Officer – Work Experience (Opportunity Sheffield) →

Spatial mapping of South Yorkshire highlights areas of education, skills and training deprivation

Report produced by Shivani Sickotra, a PhD student funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council and SYMCA, researching the skills and education landscape of South Yorkshire. Relative deprivation across England using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) has been widely analysed, including mapping overall deprivation within each English LAD (Rae, 2019). This geo-visualisation … Continue reading Spatial mapping of South Yorkshire highlights areas of education, skills and training deprivation →

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (10 Feb)

This week's key messages GDP figures released on Friday indicate that the UK technically avoided a recession but has zero growth. This week the PM reshuffled Cabinet, with several restructured departments and new ministerial appointments. This includes a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. A report by think tank Common Wealth looks into … Continue reading South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (10 Feb) →

DWP: Touchbase – Fri 10 Feb

Roundup of recent DWP announcements  Support for bereaved families extended  Bereaved cohabitees with dependent children can now claim additional financial support. Following Parliamentary approval of the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022, parents who were not married or in a civil partnership with their late partner can now claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance or the higher … Continue reading DWP: Touchbase – Fri 10 Feb →

Level Up course start dates with PET-Xi in Feb & Mar

PET-Xi Training is recruiting for its February and March Level Up cohorts. Details are as follows: Times: 10.30am – 3.00pm Venue: Sheffield futures, Division street, S1 4GE Customer Service Level 2  (5day)    Mon 13 – Fri 17 Feb Team Leading Level 2  (5day)             Mon 20 – Fri 24 Feb IT User Skills … Continue reading Level Up course start dates with PET-Xi in Feb & Mar →

Govt increases apprenticeship bursary for care leavers to £3K

The government has announced an increase in the support available to care leavers undertaking apprenticeships. As part of a wider package of support, there will be an increase to the bursary available from £1000 to £3,000. Nicola Aylward, Head of Learning for Young People at Learning and Work Institute, welcomed the government’s decision to increase … Continue reading Govt increases apprenticeship bursary for care leavers to £3K →

Final call for employability sessions from Equans and Employment is for Everyone

Equans is offering some employability sessions in partnership with Employment is for Everyone, on Wednesday 22 February. Equans ran some site visits in December 2022 for people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic people to go down and find out more about the company, as well as the apprenticeships Equans have available in many different roles … Continue reading Final call for employability sessions from Equans and Employment is for Everyone →

Open day for Disability Sport Yorkshire’s Sporting Futures programme on Fri 24 Feb

Disability Sport Yorkshire's Sporting Futures programme will focus on increasing employment skills over a 15 week period. It aims to provide practical training and meaningful volunteering opportunities for disabled adults aged 19 and over using sport as a vehicle. The programme will include giving disabled people opportunities to develop skills around the running of a … Continue reading Open day for Disability Sport Yorkshire’s Sporting Futures programme on Fri 24 Feb →

Sheffield Futures’ Employability Support drop in sessions start Tues 14 Feb

Sheffield Futures is running a series of Employability Support drop in sessions beginning on Tuesday 14 February. Sessions will take place every week from 2pm-4pm for a duration of 4 weeks. These sessions are informal and aimed at anybody aged 16-24 years old who is looking for education, employment or training. Sheffield Futures' employment coaches … Continue reading Sheffield Futures’ Employability Support drop in sessions start Tues 14 Feb →