Connect with the South London Partnership
South London Partnership works in collaboration with the five boroughs across the sub-region to offer support to employers and improve the skills and employment landscape in the region. Explore the many ways we support businesses in South-West London to continue leading in inclusive and sustainable innovation.
The Integration Hub supports employers who want to create pathways into work for some of societies most marginalised individuals e.g. young people, people with disabilities, living with a long-term health condition and women returning to work. By connecting employers with support organisations, training providers and talented, historically overlooked people – we strengthen our local job market and social infrastructure.
Through the relationships with schools and colleges, the South London Careers Hub strengthens the connection between industry and education by facilitating valuable career focused experiences, placements, apprenticeships and simply engaging young people. We also support Health & Care employers who want to provide work experience, apprenticeships or placement opportunities to young people.
The South West London Social-Care Academy supports businesses to:
Support people into Health and Social Care opportunities.
Identify which skills new talent will need to be successful in your industry.
Connecting you with training providers teaching health and social care qualifications.
Taking on a funded placement for an individual aged 18 to retirement age.
The Green Skills Academy works with organisations that provide green skills training and green job vacancies, helping to build a more sustainable and innovative local economy. They can connect you with local training providers, so that you can help inform them of the right training content required to equip our future workforce. Make use of Candidate Spotlight, where you can access referrals to top talents in your industry.
BIG, which stands for Business, Innovation & Growth, in South London is a new programme of support which brings together the world-class knowledge, expertise and facilities of six universities for the benefit and economic recovery of South London based businesses and communities. It is an ambitious and pioneering programme of activities crucial for unlocking opportunities for knowledge-based economic growth in the SLP boroughs.
FREE Recruitment Support
Employ Merton supports employers to recruit and develop a skilled, local workforce in Merton with:
- Free recruitment service, promoting your vacancy regionally
- Long-listing and short-listing
- Offer to pay the London Living Wage while prospective candidates complete work trials, so you can ‘try before you buy’
- Sector-relevant training
- PPE (personal protective equipment)
- Support accessing apprenticeship levy to help fund the training of apprentices
- Support converting new roles to apprenticeships
or email the team at employmerton@merton.gov.uk
Richmond Work Match offers businesses of Richmond upon Thames a free, bespoke recruitment service.
Work Match supports businesses of all sizes, sectors and specialisms and have supported hundreds of local companies to find their next high quality member of staff. Our dedicated Business Engagement team’s will work with you to source the best possible local people to your company. We are experienced in working across a wide range of sectors and can help businesses of any size to grow.
All of our recruitment services are totally free and will be tailored to your exact requirements.
Contact Work Match today on 020 8871 5191 or email the team
Step Ahead Service is here to help acting as a one stop shop for all employment options, careers / skills advice and information.
They work closely with Reed in Partnership will also be based at the centre to offer expert employability support for job seekers through their Work Routes Work and Health programme.
If you’re looking to recruit local talent in Sutton, you can email the team at stepahead@suttoncollege.ac.uk
Croydon Works work in partnership with Job Centre Plus, Croydon College and Croydon Council. It is a free recruitment service for residents and employers.
The service works with businesses in and around the Croydon area who are looking to find local, skilled and experienced talent. You can connect to knowledgeable and sector specific Brokerage Officers to assist you with recruitment processes.
Contact the team directly here or use the email croydon-works@croydon.gov.uk
Working together with Businesses
Apprenticeships Uncovered with Unilever & the South London Careers Hub.
In February 2025 we partnered with Unilever’s Early Careers Recruitment team to explore their fantastic national wide apprenticeship offer with young people across South London. We had 11 schools in South London attend, reaching over 300 young people! Watch the session recording incase you missed it.
SLP Hospitality Insights Day
In March 2025, we partnered with 30 Hospitality businesses operating in and around South London, to host the SLP Hospitality Insights Day at Palace for Life, Selhurst Park Stadium – a chance for residents to learn more about the Hospitality Industry and connect with employers for local job opportunities. The day consisted of 4 workshops by Brian Chau Rodriguez, Seeple, Smart Works and Strand Palace Hotel, and an ongoing jobs fair throughout the day.
View how the day went and explore the SLP Hospitality Insights Day gallery below
A Taste of Hospitality – with Richmond Hill Hotel
Working together with the South London Careers Hub, we were delighted to partner with Richmond Hill Hotel in February 2025, to provide a group of 16-18 year old SEND students with an insight into working in Hospitality.
