Employment Events, Career Fairs and Employability courses
Events and Career Fairs |
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| Event | Borough | Summary | Date | Location |
| South London Integration Hub Communities of Practice | All | The South London Integration Hub (delivered by the South London Partnership) are delighted to invite you to the South London Integration Hub’s Community of Practice and hope you can attend this one-hour online session. There is a lot of skills and employment support in South London, with mapping by the Integration Hub finding over 400 named organisations and practitioners with some involvement in Skills and Employment. There is a desire from colleagues (as demonstrated through Local Skills Improvement Plan engagement) to share skills and see where we can work better together, making the system easier to navigate and working in the best interests of our residents. If you would like to attend the February Skills and Employment Community of Practice register here – https://forms.office.com/e/PjcX09hc1g |
Employment and Skills COP: 28th January 2024 9.30-12.00 Housing Associations COP: 20th February 2024 3.30-4.30 |
Employment and Skills COP: In Person TBC Housing Association COPs: Online |
| Changing Careers with Confidence | All | Considering a career change, but uncertainty holds you back? Join a free webinar, Changing Careers with Confidence, hosted by Pitman Training’s with Career Coach Amy Wesson. In this session you will learn how to: Build your understanding of your new career Identify transferrable skills Find ways to build practical experience |
8th January 2024 12:00 – 12:45 |
Online – Register here |
| StartUp Croydon Creative Community Skills | All | Creative Community Skills supports Londoners to understand, identify and access adult education courses and training to develop their skills and their business. The project will provide: outreach webinars and events to inform you about the project and introduce you to initiatives to help support you an individual 1-1 session to find out more about your aspirations, your current levels of skills and qualifications and help you identify the most appropriate training courses including numeracy courses follow up 1-1 sessions to support you further where possible For further details and to book a 1-1 session register on their website. |
Various | Online – Register here |
| Becoming a Numeracy Champion | All | A CPD accredited course to become a numeracy champion. Numeracy Champions don’t teach maths! Instead, we train the Numeracy Champions to have the tools needed to mentor those they are supporting who have low numeracy skills, and signpost them onto taking the first steps in improving their skills. It’s a fully funded programme, so there is no cost for London organisations to join. |
Various dates in January and February 2024 | Online – Register here |
| Women Into Work Jobs Fair | All | Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with an exciting variety of London Living Wage employers from a range of sectors and will also be offered free 1-to-1 Career Coaching from our expert Coaches, that will be sure to leave attendees feeling confident about the next steps for their journey back into employment. Attendees can book onto the event directly using THIS LINK. If you would like to refer a group of clients or bring a group along with you on the day, there’s no need to register via Eventbrite – please email at anna.yaffe@smartworks.org.uk with the names of those attending. | 1st February 2024 10am to 2pm |
Croydon Town Hall, Katharine St., Croydon, CR0 1NX |
Employability Courses |
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| Employability Course | Borough | Summary | Date | Location |
| The Prince’s Trust Team Journey | All | Gain new skills, take a qualification and meet new people on The Prince’s Trusts 12-week personal development programme for 16-25 year olds. | January 2024 | Various |
| LLC Digital and Creative Study Programmes | All | London Learning Consortium presents brand-new fully funded Study Programmes tailored specifically for learners aged 16-18 (or up to 24 with an EHCP). Study Programmes consist of: Main Technical and Professional Qualification: this is the vocational work-related pathway. Sectors include: Games Development and Digital Media Coding and Cyber Security Digital Marketing and Business Enterprise English GCSE/Functional Skills Maths GCSE/Functional Skills Employability Skills Personal and Professional Development |
Places for this year start 18 September but young people can join the programme at any point during the first half term – see website for more information and to apply. | London |
| Free Professional Development / Adult Education Courses | All | Explore the many courses offered by South Thames Colleges Group in a wide range of subject areas – courses that are delivered both face-to-face and online. | Various | London |
| Learn English in Merton | All | Assessment and advice sessions are currently taking place for Learn English in Merton at locations in Mitcham and Wimbledon. | Various | Merton |
| London Learning Consortium courses | All |
The following LLC courses are currently available – for referrals and further information contact: info@londonlc.org.uk | 0208 774 4040 Gateway To Wellbeing |
Various | London |
| Shepherd’s Star Explore | All | Explore is a one day a week, socially engaging personal development programme, run over six weeks. Designed to enable adults experiencing social exclusion to develop their practical skills and confidence, to successfully establish themselves in their local community. This includes learning skills employability skills such as barista and hospitality skills. |
Spring 2024 Dates:
Summer 2024 Dates: |
Spring Term Venue: Richmond Library Annexe, Quadrant, Richmond, TW9 1DU Summer Term Venue: Twickenham United Reformed Church, First Cross Rd, TW2 5QA |
| National Numeracy Challenge – Charity Empowering the UK with Numbers | All | Personalised learning course on everyday numeracy. Bites-sized learning at your own pace and compatible with any device to build confidence with numbers and increase your maths skills with this course. | Any time | Online |