The next meeting of the Sheffield Employability Network / Teacake Club will take place remotely on Microsoft Teams on Friday 18 June (10am-12pm). We have updated the registration process for the upcoming meeting - you simply need to register via Eventbrite to attend the meeting. Opportunity Sheffield is in the process of constructing an agenda … Continue reading Register on Eventbrite for Summer Teacake Club meeting (Fri 18 Jun) →

Daniel Inniss, Contract Manager at Opportunity Sheffield, welcomed attendees to the Spring Teacake Club meeting with a few housekeeping points before welcoming the first speaker of the morning. Louisa Downing - Workpays Louisa Downing from Workpays gave an overview of the organisation’s current projects in Sheffield and the surrounding region, which includes Skills Support for … Continue reading Teacake Club Review – Friday 26 March →

10am - Welcome & Introductions by Daniel Inniss 10:10am - Presentations Name Organisation Topic Louisa Downing (Workpays) Workpays Claire Ward (Stafforce) Recruitment Referrals Streams/ Jobs Edward Dawson (Sheffield City Council) Futureproof Vikki Squires & Peter Stansfield (Irwin Mitchell) Your Story Kevin Straughan (Sheffield City Council) Education & Training BREAK 5/ 10 MINUTES Faye Mellors (The … Continue reading Agenda for Teacake Club Online meeting Friday 26 March (10am) →

On Friday 26 March, we're staging the Spring meeting of the Teacake Club Online - our third remote networking event during the coronavirus pandemic. We're hoping this may be the last meeting we have to hold virtually - fingers crossed. If you'd like to register to attend the meeting please email opportunity@sheffield.gov.uk or daniel.inniss@sheffield.gov.uk - … Continue reading Sign up for Teacake Club Online meeting: Zoom on Fri 26 Mar (10-11:30am) →

Written by Phil Johnson, Opportunity Sheffield Many thanks to the 39 members who joined the first Teacake Club meeting of the year this morning. We had a packed agenda with a variety of interesting presentations and Q&As - here's a quick recap of what happened, in case you weren't able to attend. Kevin Owers - … Continue reading Teacake Club Online meeting Fri 15 Jan – quick recap →

The next meeting of the Teacake Club will take place on Friday 15 January 2021 at 10am. This will be a virtual event using the Zoom web conferencing app. We haven't staged a meeting since the summer and with the vaccine rollout commencing - ahead of a potential return to normality in the spring - … Continue reading Register for Teacake Club ONLINE meeting: Zoom on Fri 15 Jan (10-11:30am) →

Written by the Teacake Club at Opportunity Sheffield We were pleased to add two new organisation profiles to the Teacake Club (Sheffield Employability Network) member directory this week, with the National Careers Service and Woodhouse & District Community Forum the latest to join. If you are on the Teacake Club mailing list or you are … Continue reading Teacake Club member lists – 2020 updates to directory →

On Friday 26 June, Opportunity Sheffield staged the first ever Teacake Club ONLINE meeting via the Zoom web conferencing app. Around 40 representatives from more than two dozen organisations with an interest in Sheffield employment support attended the conference. Introduction and welcome – Kevin Owers, SCC Kevin Owers welcomed everyone to the first Teacake Club … Continue reading Recap: Teacake Club Fri 26 Jun →

If you would like to attend this Friday's virtual meeting of the Teacake Club, from 10-11:30 on the Zoom web conferencing app, the entry link for the chatroom is as follows: Topic: Teacake Club Time: Jun 26, 2020 09:45 AM London Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5495136912?pwd=MHZ5ZDlGc1FMbHFReEc5NW1mWE5uQT09 Meeting ID: 549 513 6912 Password: 565886 Further information Contact … Continue reading Teacake Club ONLINE – Zoom link for Friday’s meeting →

As lockdown conditions ease and we begin the process of returning to something akin to normality, we thought it would be valuable to check in with everyone for an update on your status, activities, and plans. With this in mind, we’re organising an online meeting of the Teacake Club using the Zoom web conferencing app, … Continue reading Invitation to Teacake Club Online (Fri 26 Jun – 10am) →

The meeting opened with Will Earp and Cleo Metcalf from host organisation Element Society welcoming attendees to the expansive Yorkshire House, former premises of Yorkshire Building Society on the corner of Leopold Street. Will highlighted the work the youth-led charity does with young people from all backgrounds, including running skills programmes, residential courses and outreach … Continue reading Teacake Club meeting review: Fri 6 March →