Category: Sheffield City Council

Register for Sector Routeways: Engineering & Manufacturing awareness day & course

Sector Routeways is seeking registrations and referrals for its next Engineering & Manufacturing programme starting Monday 14 February. An awareness day will be staged on Thursday 3 February ahead of the course commencing to provide the opportunity to receive information on the programme and register to start. Please see the flyer below to learn more … Continue reading Register for Sector Routeways: Engineering & Manufacturing awareness day & course →

New digital skills programme to provide training for 800 Sheffield residents

A new scheme has been launched by Sheffield City Council designed to help local businesses and their employees access digital skills training. Advancing Digital will provide access to a wide range of learning opportunities, allowing more than 800 people to build capability in areas including data analysis, social media marketing, finance technology and customer relationship … Continue reading New digital skills programme to provide training for 800 Sheffield residents →

Job vacancy: Social Value Manager (SCC)

See the full job details on the Sheffield City Council website Job details Salary: Grade 9 (£39,880 - £43,857) Contract Type: Fixed term until December 2023 Hours Per Week: 37 Closing Date: 7 February 2022 Social value is a rapidly developing approach to addressing societal challenges and aiming to create flourishing and sustainable communities and places. The Opportunity Sheffield … Continue reading Job vacancy: Social Value Manager (SCC) →

Last chance for VCS organisations to apply for SCC Covid Recovery Fund; deadline 7 Feb

Written by Sheffield City Council Sheffield City Council has launched a Covid Recovery Fund to provide support for the city’s voluntary and community sector with needs that have arisen from Covid. The £1.35m fund will be open from Monday January 10th until Monday February 7th. We asked organisations to complete an expression of interest in October … Continue reading Last chance for VCS organisations to apply for SCC Covid Recovery Fund; deadline 7 Feb →

Construction & Care Sector Routeways course starts in Jan/Feb; awareness days on Tues 25 Jan

Opportunity Sheffield is seeking participants for its upcoming Construction and Care cohorts for the Sector Routeways training programme. Awareness days are being staged on Tuesday January 26 for both courses ahead of course starts on 17 and 31 January for the four-week Construction programme and 1 February for the 3-week Care course. Both programmes involve … Continue reading Construction & Care Sector Routeways course starts in Jan/Feb; awareness days on Tues 25 Jan →

Contribute to the South Yorkshire Local Skills Improvement Plan

Tech and Media employers, please contribute to the South Yorkshire Local Skills Improvement plan with Sheffield Digital South Yorkshire is one of eight "Trailblazer" regions in the UK which have been granted Government funding to pilot "Skills Accelerators". These incorporate a Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) and a Strategic Development Fund (SDF), with the aim … Continue reading Contribute to the South Yorkshire Local Skills Improvement Plan →

New SCC scheme launched to help close the digital divide in Sheffield

Written by Sheffield City Council A new scheme has been launched by Sheffield City Council which will provide grants to the voluntary, community and faith sectors to help digitally excluded adults get online. The Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced how reliant people have become on digital technologies for accessing public services, keeping in touch with family … Continue reading New SCC scheme launched to help close the digital divide in Sheffield →

Join your Local Area Committee’s online consultation event

LAC online consultation events Book a place onto your Local Area Committee’s online consultation to hear from your councillors and LACs and ask questions about your area. This is also your chance to discuss key themes of community plans which are a result of feedback from the LAC survey last year. You are encouraged to book … Continue reading Join your Local Area Committee’s online consultation event →