Stand by for York’s major month-long concerted fightback against the recession
Free personal and professional development workshops have been organised in venues across York throughout this month.
They are all part of York’s Spotlight On Skills campaign to help the city’s businesses improve their workforce’s skills and ease them through the ailing economy – and to help people who have become victims of the downturn.
About 50 workshops, including talks, events and taster sessions will be held throughout June. All will focus on themes such as IT skills, health, career change, business development and business start-ups, leadership and management skills as well as job search support should career change be necessary.
All will be part of a series of events organised by the Council’s One City campaign, Learning City York, the city’s lifelong learning partnership.
The events are supported by funding from Yorkshire Forward, City of York Council and Higher York (the partnership of University of York, York St John University, York College and Askham Bryan College.) It kicks off on Thursday with a Support for Businesses exhibition at the Hospitium in Museum Gardens from 9am to 5pm.
It will include one hour Skills Safaris, at 9.15am and 1pm, when employers and managers can have a whistle-stop tour of the business benefits of initiatives like Train To Gain, apprenticeships, graduate interns and subsidised continuous professional development.
There will also be a three-hour business leaders’ event, from 4.30pm, entitled Unlocking York’s Talent.
Sharing their wisdom on training in the workplace will be celebrity chef Cyrus Todiwala, owner of the Café Spice Namaste Restaurant group and Asian cuisine training school in London, Mark Andrews, chief executive of NG Bailey, and John McNamara, chief executive of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils.
On Saturday, York St John University hosts a career development gathering, where people looking to start anew will be able to meet local employers and training advisers.
More than £100 million is available to Yorkshire to support employers and individuals with skills and training, the most recent funding for York being a £600,000 secured by Higher York to provide subsidised training and consultancy for local businesses.
Anyone who wants to attend the free workshops should book their place with Emma Leyland, of Learning City York on 01904 876373. To find out more about the numerous workshops visit york.gov.uk/onecity
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