Event: How to Invigorate your Workforce – Seminar – Recovery Programme

Join us as we launch our brand-new series of ‘recovery programme’ virtual events which support businesses to restart, rebuild and renew.

Are you unsure whether Apprenticeships, Kickstart Placements and Traineeships are available for your business? The government’s Plan for Jobs will help to kickstart the nation’s economic recovery, and each incentive will be more important than ever in helping businesses to recruit the right people. Also developing the skills they need to recover and grow – both now and in the long-term. Nova Fairbank, Head of Policy for Norfolk Chambers of Commerce will be providing an outline of what a Gateway is for the Kickstart Scheme. How employers can access it for their placements and the level of support Norfolk Chambers is providing to their Kickstart applicants. Hear from Sam Massingham, Head of Learning & Organisational Development and Danielle Cox, Apprenticeship Manager at Norse to understand the opportunities apprenticeships can provide along with some of the practical implications for the employer. Understand how they can help attract fresh talent into your organisation as well as developing and retraining existing staff to equip them with new skills and knowledge for the future. This seminar has been designed to give you a better understanding of the incentives and how they can support your organisation.

Content / Takeaway

Walk away from this seminar knowing more about the following incentives and how they can invigorate your workforce;

• Apprenticeships
• Kickstart Placements
• Traineeships

Event Speakers

You will be able to hear directly from local experts and employers about their experience on each incentive along with the benefits they bring your business.

• Nova Fairbank from Norfolk Chambers of Commerce – outline of what a Gateway is for the Kickstart Scheme
• Gill Mason from Department of Work and Pensions – discussing the Kickstart Scheme
• Bev Moxon, Rekha Patel and Teresa Culmer from Education and Skills Funding Agency – discussing apprenticeships and traineeships
• Ed Rose from City College Norwich – will be discussing apprenticeships and traineeships including businesses who they have helped
• Sam Massingham and Danielle Cox from Norse Group – discussing apprenticeships from an employer’s viewpoint

About our Host

Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North

In January 2013, Chloe and other members of the Norwich For Jobs Steering Group launched an ambitious project seeking to halve youth unemployment in Norwich. Norwich for Jobs is a network of local employers, charities and organisations, volunteering to get young people the skills and experience they need to get into work. The project has allowed the business community of Norwich to link up through the project’s Employers Panel and allowed them to tap into support services for young employees and apprentices that they might otherwise have not been aware of.