There are numerous benefits to your business and the wider community which can be gained from engaging with us to provide work-based learning....

You can utilise the support of our programmes as a means of future cost-effective recruitment. Involvement with learning enables your business to recruit staff who are familiar with your company's culture, and are trained or ready to be trained in skills directly related to your business' operations. It's almost like growing your own staff!

The Government has realised that workforce development is needed to fuel economic growth, particularly in disadvantaged areas of the country. Helping local people to improve their employability is crucial in tackling the problems of social and economic disadvantage — you can play a role in this. The Government's Social Exclusion Unit found that for most people the prospect of employment was the most powerful incentive to improve their skills. The visible involvement of employers such as yourself in work-based learning initiatives can begin to impact on people's expectations and achievements. Many employers welcome the opportunity to work with the community since they are keen to demonstrate their commitment to social inclusion and equality of opportunity. This also has a positive impact on the morale of existing employees, who can see that the company shares their values and is committed to training.

Engaging with apprenticeships and other training programmes enables you to have your say in training the future workforce — employers can be highly influential in making work-based learning successful and relevant to their business needs. At Springboard Southwark we want to work with you in partnership — we are keen to explore your needs to ensure that we match them with the interests, skills and knowledge of our apprentices.

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