Exhibitor Marketplace Directory
Organisations Supporting You to Recruit Inclusively
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Nottinghamshire LEP D2N2 East Midlands National 1 Ashfield District Council Employer support 1 3
2 Advanced Personnel Management (APM) Ex- Offenders 1 3
3 Bassetlaw District Council and North Notts BID Employer and individuals support 1 3
4 Care 2 Work Young people in care, 16-17 yrs 1 4
5 Career Transition Partnership & Regular Forces Employment Association Ex – Military 1 4
6 DBC Training Everyone 1 4
7 D2N2 Growth Hub Business Support 1 5
8 Decisionz Year 11 school children 1 5
9 DWP Jobcentre Plus Employment and Disability 1 5
10 Deere Apprenticeships Apprenticeship and training support 1 6
11 East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) Business Support 1 6
12 Enable Apprenticeships 2 6
13 Federation of Small Businesses SME Business Support 2 6
14 Futures Everyone 2 7 Adults in secondary mental health 15 Futures Positive 2 8 care 16 Inspire Learning Everyone 2 8
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Nottinghamshire LEP D2N2 Area East Midlands National 17 Mansfield District Council and Mansfield & Ashfield 2020 Local Authority 2 8
18 Money Sorted in D2N2 People facing financial difficulties 2 8
19 Newark & Sherwood District Council Local Authority 2 9
20 Nottingham Jobs Greater Nottingham area 2 9
21 Nottinghamshire Carers Association Informal/unpaid carers 2 9
22 Nottinghamshire County Council – i-Work Disability (inc learning disability) 3 9
23 Nottinghamshire County Council – Care Leavers Care Leavers 3 10
24 Nottingham Trent University Students and graduates 3 10 People with multiple & complex 25 Opportunity & Change 3 10 needs 26 The Prince’s Trust Young People (16-30) 3 11
27 Towards Work Groundwork Greater Nottingham People with barriers 3 11 Anyone within travelling distance of 28 RNN North Notts College & Rotherham 3 11 College 29 Skills Access Hub DearneEmployer Valley Support College – 3 12 Rotherham S63 30 SERCO (Skills Support for the Workforce) Business support 3 12 31 University of Nottingham Business support 3 12 FE and HE College 32 Vision West Notts College 3 12 apprenticeships
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Point of contact for businesses in Ashfield to access support. We can Ashfield Business support Ashfield District Council advise and refer to partners that deliver fully funded services for businesses Nathan McNicholas
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AshfieldDistrict Council We will discuss employment needs with an employer in advance to National Ex-offenders APM ensure we are able to match the correct people to a role. www.apm-uk.co.uk We will facilitate pre-employment routeways to work in any required industry. Employers will be able to take a part and screen where Gary Smith needed before interview. [email protected] If successful at interview, we will then support potential employees 07825 667 863 with in depth employability support including paid for vocational training if needed for a specific role. 2
Employers will be able to approach the Employer Relationship Consultant at any time to see if we are able to assist in any way including ready prepared participants who may suit their vacancies.
This approach will save employers on training costs and Agency
fees, whilst allowing them to invest in and make best use of this,
largely, un tapped and valuable resource. (APM) AdvancedPersonnel Management
Bassetlaw District Council work in collaboration with public, private and third Bassetlaw only Employers and Bassetlaw District Council
sector organisations to support inclusive employment practices through the individuals BID work priorities of the North Nottinghamshire Skills and Employment Board Julie Beresford and Stakeholder Partnership Group. Economic Development Officer
[email protected] North Notts BID offer BID members support by advertising their vacancies on the BID website and by sharing through social media channels. The BID fully
North Notts Notts North funds the What Next in North Notts careers event, working in partnership with Tim Gladman & & Bassetlaw District Council. Economic Development 3 [email protected] Whilst not directly related to recruitment, the BID introduced a new online digital training platform to support with BID members training needs via a North Notts BID wide variety of certificated courses. BID members and their staff can train on www.northnottsbid.co.uk a day and time to suit them, ensuring that they have the relevant skills to meet the businesses needs. Sally Gilborn
Chief Executive
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Short term work placements for young people in care that have Nottinghamshire Young people in care, Care 2 Work completed work readiness training. 16-17 years http://broxtoweyouthhomeless.org. uk/
Jessica Brannan 4 Manager jessica@broxtoweyouthhomeless.
org Care 2 Care2 Work We have support and services to assist companies of all sizes with National Ex-Military from 18-55 CTP / RFEA their attraction of new staff from our client base of ex-military apprentice to senior www.ctp.org.uk | www.rfea.org.uk personnel. This is done on a no-cost basis. Both the Service Leaver management, of today and the ex-military person who left previously and has now Wounded, Injured and Dave Hornsey built commercial experience create our cohort of clients. Sick, Criminal Justice [email protected] System, Returning to 07852 287789 5 Our clients aspire for great roles so not all sectors are appealing, we Work. will give you clear advice about prospects of success before launching into great efforts and depth of work.
No matter what the business, we can work to raise the recruitment profile and encourage interest from clients who may be seeking roles
from Apprentice through to Senior Executive levels.
(CTP)and Regular Forces Employment Association (RFEA) CareerTransition Partnership Sector Based Work Academy programmes are offered remotely to D2N2 LEP area Everyone DBC Training enable those who are disabled to participate. www.dbc-training.co.uk
Digital Skills are available for employed and furloughed staff, Cath Albans enabling progression and development. Digital Skills are also offered Head of Business Development throughout D2N2 as part of our iProgramme offer. [email protected]
6 In December we gave out 75 laptops and dongles to those who were digitally excluded, to enable them to continue with employment training throughout the Christmas and lockdown period.
Pre-apprenticeship training gives opportunity for diverse groups to attend training which they might not otherwise be able to do.
DBC Training DBC
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details D2N2 LEP area Business Support D2N2 Growth Hub The D2N2 Growth Hub provides businesses www.d2n2growthhub.co.uk in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire with a single point of access to business support. Our team of Growth Hub You can contact a business 7 Business Advisers and our dedicated telephone enquiry service have advisor, join webinars and find the knowledge, skills and expertise to signpost you to the right information on the website. initiatives and resources to support your business growth.
D2N2 Growth D2N2 Hub Decisionz digital careers magazines help employers to attract more D2N2 LEP area Access to year 11 Decisionz Magazine young people to their apprenticeship programmes. Decisionz e- students in schools in magazines are distributed to over 11,000 year 11 students (15 & 16 Nottingham and www.decisionz.co.uk year olds) in the Nottinghamshire area and over 8,500 year 11 Nottinghamshire students in Derbyshire. Emma Arberry 8 [email protected]
We’ve got free opportunities for employers to share their press 0115 8247624 releases, promote their good news stories and share learner success 07482245288 stories/case studies. There are also paid opportunities to advertise and promote your organisation as an employer of choice for young
Decisionz people. Local and national People claiming DWP/ Job Centre Plus
Our network of local Employer Advisers can provide a tailored benefits https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
recruitment service to match the right people from your local https://www.gov.uk/government/pu
and community to your vacancies. Your Employer Adviser will work with People with blications/sector-based-work- you to design a bespoke package to meet your recruitment needs disabilities academies-employer-guide and/or a Sector-Based Work Academy (a training & work-placement
recruitment model). Employers registering Partnership Manager Pensions with the disability Nottinghamshire 9 DWP also supports employers to be more Disability Confident. The confident scheme Tim Brown Disability Confident Scheme encourages the employment of disabled [email protected]
people providing opportunities to fulfil their potential. Partnership Manager for for Work&
Nottingham City In line with this we also offer Access To Work; a grant to support an [email protected] individual with a disability to get the right support in work. Local Disability Employment Advisors can help you to get access to these
local offers. JobCentre Plus Department
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details
Situated in Newark and working across Nottinghamshire Deere Nottinghamshire All members of the Deere Apprenticeships works with companies to offer solutions to recruiting, community. Apprenticeships training and retaining apprenticeships, in all industries. Support to www.deereapprentices businesses. hips.com They also offer training to employees and work with the company to Apprenticeship 10 establish the training needs of their employees. Support John Sims Managing Director johnsims@deereappren ticeships.com
Deere Deere Apprenticeships We offer a number of initiatives to help a business to recruit and grow. East Midlands This includes HR support, opportunities to upskill staff via our training East Midlands Business Support Chamber programmes, funding for training or equipment, Better Working Futures www.emc-dnl.co.uk initiative, sector specific forums and many more.
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0333 320 0333 / 07989 Chamber East Midlands East 427225 We want everyone we support to achieve their full potential irrespective East Midlands Apprenticeships Enable of gender, ability, race, religion, nationality, economic status, or Traineeships www.enable.uk.net background. We are committed to embracing the diversity in the communities we work, through the opportunities we offer, and Sam Cook understand that helping to recruit inclusively is a respect for and [email protected] appreciation of these differences. We provide a fair opportunity for each et 12 person, by helping people understand diversity and cultural differences. 07966 384500 We also ensure ‘reasonable adjustments’ are made in the workplace to ensure everyone can successfully fulfil their role. We want to help build
workplaces where people feel comfortable. From the moment someone engages with an organisation, they need to feel that their differences are valued and are comfortable being themselves in the workplace,
Enable accepted, and that their voice matters. If small business owners or self-employed people are looking for National Small businesses Federation of Small guidance to enable them to recruit, then the FSB can help. FSB will help and self employed Businesses our members to stay on the right side of the law with step-by-step advice https://www.fsb.org.uk/ to help manage workplace protocols and disagreements amicably and 13 cost-effectively. It’s not just about the law. From paperwork to Natalie Gasson- communication, we offer simple advice to keep workplace relationships Development Manager optimised. [email protected] .uk
07917 628 937
Federation of Small Businesses(FSB)
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Recruitment and Employment - time-efficient and effective D2N2 LEP area Everyone Futures recruitment solutions delivered by talent specialists. Expertise and a recruitment network attracts the brightest talent to complement your Jane Blagg existing team through Apprenticeships and larger scale recruitment Senior Business Engagement campaigns. Flexible risk-free employment options with our Manager Apprenticeship Training Agency. [email protected] m Apprenticeship training introduces new thinking, infectious 07918 906165 enthusiasm and the ability to drive business growth. Employers can unlock the potential of their existing talent with flexible workforce development plans or increase capacity with keen and motivated new recruits using Apprenticeship Levy or co-investment funding. Maximise skilled capacity in your business, increase flexibility or begin your succession planning. As an apprentice, you combine employment, training and a salary to progress through your career.
14 Adult Training Courses - fully funded training courses to support over 19s to enter employment or gain new skills and qualifications while working. Opportunities include job specific skills and recruitment through sector based work academies, traineeships or in work support including English and Maths.
Direct to customer - impartial careers information, advice and guidance service, via both 121 interviews and group presentations. Support with job seeking, applications, CVs and interview skills. Impartial course/funding Information.
Support to Partners - create bespoke group sessions that will add value to your existing delivery. Subjects covered include: Labour
Market Information, Self-Awareness, CV & Letter writing good practice, job seeking, social networking, interview skills, career management, as well as a general 60 minute ‘Welcome to the
Futures National Careers Service’ overview.
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Help recruit locally from pool of skilled candidates who are good Nottinghamshire Adults from 18yrs Futures Positive match to your job vacancies. upwards who are www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.n In work employment support tailored to the candidate and employer under the care of hs.uk needs, to encourage job retention secondary mental Dedicated single point of contact for support, advice and guidance health services Sangita Dhawan 15 relating to the employee and job sustainment Senior Employment Specialist Candidate wellness plan to help maximise productivity and help [email protected] promote the work life balance Provide access to resources to help you improve staff wellbeing and promote a mentally healthy work place
FuturesPositive Our Study Programmes work with a number of local Disability D2N2 LEP area Everyone Inspire Learning Confident employers to create and source meaningful work placements, Traineeships and Supported Internships to young people Adam Shaw in the area. ESF Projects & Employer Engagement Coordinator We have extensive and current experience with EHCPs and are [email protected] 16 committed to improving our already-strong reputation in the area for LLDD provision and integrating learners into both groups and
placements. Learning
Our Careers Advisers have significant experience in guiding young people with a variety of needs and backgrounds into successful
Inspire progression routes.
Through the newly developed Mansfield Skills Plan we aim to help Mansfield only Business support Mansfield District Council businesses connect better with schools, grow their apprenticeship offer, make good use of the local further and higher education offer Ella O’Connor 17 and talent to reduce skills gaps and shortages. Talent & Skills Advisor
Mansfield DistrictCouncil and Mansfield Ashfield & 2020 Money Sorted in D2N2 provides support and personally tailored D2N2 LEP area Financial resilience Money Sorted in D2N2 interventions for people experiencing the greatest financial difficulty. www.moneysortedind2n2.org It will enable individuals to take control, build their confidence and skills and help them tackle barriers and problems in order to improve Steven James 18 their financial well-being. [email protected]
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Newark and Sherwood District Council’s Economic Growth Team’s Newark and Business support and Newark and Sherwood District business support programme provides information on business Sherwood growth. Council support initiatives available to assist business growth, innovation and Employment and www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk
job creation. Skills support for senior schools Veronica Dennant 19 Working alongside partners the team offers advice and guidance to Senior Project Officer Economic help with recruitment needs, to help you develop your business. In Growth addition to this a full account managed service is provided to assist [email protected]
with relocation and any planning issues by working closely with the 01636 655260 / 07834174354 DistrictCouncil Newarkand Sherwood District Council planners. Our expert team can provide specialist support tailored entirely to Greater Everyone Nottingham Jobs your organisation's needs, especially if you are a business looking for Nottingham area https://www.nottinghamjobs.com/em support through the COVID-19 crisis. Nottingham Jobs offers a ployers-home-page unique, fully funded and impartial service working with businesses in
Greater Nottingham who are looking to manage, motivate and Dal Singh
support their workforce, seeking funding to develop their staff or Skills Access Project Advisor 20 access support during the restart and recovery phase of the [email protected] pandemic. Our expert team work across a variety of sectors: construction, engineering, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, health & social care, creative & digital, transport, logistics, security and many more.
NottinghamJobs
Nottinghamshire Informal/unpaid Nottinghamshire Carers Our Carers in Employment Pledge supports employers to both retain carers www.nottinghamshirecarers.co.uk/ca and recruit employees who want to work but also have informal rers-in-employment caring responsibilities. Employers who sign up are provided with free training, resources and ongoing support - help to review existing Jayne Davies 21 policies and procedures, communication and advice and guidance on Employment Engagement Worker external signposting. On completion of the Pledge requirements, Jayne.davies@nottinghamshirecarer employers receive an accreditation and join a Carer Friendly s.co.uk
Employer register.
NottinghamshireCarers Association Nottinghamshire Adults with learning I-work: We work with employers to help them fill their vacancies through their disabilities and www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/jobs- bank of candidates with learning disabilities or Asperger’s. We work Asperger's and-working/support-for- with you to find the right match and provider the ongoing support both businesses/employing-someone- 22 you and the employee requires to ensure the recruitment is with-a-learning-disability
successful. [email protected]
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Nottinghamshire Targeted – care Care leavers support to employers –
The Care Leavers Achievement Team work with employers to leavers 16-25 Rebecca Dixon
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provide tailored support to offer work tasters, work experience, [email protected] apprenticeships and job opportunities for care leavers. Employer Engagement Richard Pincott
Nottinghamshire Council County CareLeavers NTU Employability offer a multitude of opportunities for employers to D2N2 LEP area Students and Nottingham Trent University engage with our diverse student body during their studies and graduates promote their brand on campus (across our nine different academic Lucy Moore schools). This could be in the form of 12-month sandwich Business Services Consultant placements, shorter work experience placements, student [email protected] consultancy projects, or internships.
Employers can advertise their opportunities for free on our online
careers platform “Employability Online”. Employers also can attend careers fairs for free, do live webinars/talks with students and engage 24 with curriculum. Alongside this, we have funding and support projects to help finance graduate hires, and online toolkits and guidance documents to provide supplementary information and aid in Attracting, Selecting and Retaining graduate talent.
We also offer a Graduate Internship Scheme three times a year, where employers can take on an unemployed or underemployed recent NTU graduate for 6 weeks, fully-funded (via a talent-match service).
NottinghamTrent University Opportunity and Change is an employment-related support project for D2N2 LEP area People with complex Opportunity & Change people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. It is delivered by a and multiple needs www.opportunityandchange.org partnership of community-based organisations across the D2N2 LEP area. The project is led by Framework.
25 Our project supports unemployed or economically inactive
individuals, experiencing at least two of the following: being homeless
or vulnerably housed; problematic substance or alcohol misuse; at
risk of offending or reoffending; mental ill-health; domestic abuse. (BBO) Opportunity Change &
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details The Prince’s Trust ‘Get Into’ programme is our core employability National Targeted – young The Prince’s Trust intervention, targeting sector specific employment outcomes for people aged 16-30 www.princes-trust.org.uk young people. The programme relies on strong partnerships with years; not in employers, our ability to engage young people and provision of education, Mark Barrington strong pastoral support. Our flagship ‘Get Into’ employability employment or mark.barrington@princes- programmes help give young people the opportunity to gain work training trust.org.uk 26 experience and get job specific skills with local employers. We help
the young people with their CV and interview techniques and offer sTrust ' them access to support from a mentor once the programme has finished. As an employer, working with The Prince’s Trust allows you to ‘bridge the skills gap’ by upskilling the young people during the programme helping you recruit ‘job ready’ local young people.
The Prince The Towards Work supports people who want to get into work, D2N2 LEP area Anyone not in work Towards Work Groundwork employment or training. We have a team of Job Brokers who support with an identified Greater Nottingham these individuals to become ready for opportunities offered by an barrier into work www.towardswork.org.uk employer through tailored one to one support packages. Our Job 27 Brokers will meet with employers to discuss their work experience or Penny Halewood
job opportunities. We support with recruitment and selection days, penny.halewood@groundworknotti (Groundwork supporting individuals with interview preparation and linking the ngham.org.uk
employer to suitable candidates. 07850 503125
TowardsWork BBO Greater Nottingham) RNN Group is committed to promoting an inclusive environment that Anyone within Everyone RNN Group meets the needs of all learners, giving them the motivation, self- travelling distance https://www.rnngroup.co.uk/ confidence and skills, they need to change their lives. of North Notts College – Louisa Sanderson The RNN Group believes that in order deliver high quality education Worksop S81 Recruitment Coordinator and develop student’s knowledge, skills and behaviours to prepare Rotherham [email protected] them for life, equality, diversity and respect must be embedded College – 28 throughout the organisation. Rotherham S65
Dearne Valley The implementation of a robust Inclusion Policy is a key way in which College – the RNN Group seeks to meet both its statutory public sector equality Rotherham S63 duty responsibilities and its own aspirations for an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment.
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Organisation Employer Offer Area Specialism Contact Details Diagnostic with Skills Adviser to discuss skills needs and identify D2N2 LEP area Business support Skills Access Hub possible solutions, including inclusive recruitment. Small & medium www.d2n2skillsaccesshub.co.uk sized businesses (SME) can receive support to access Kickstart,
apprenticeships, accredited and non-accredited training, graduate Anna Mackenzie placements and internships. Advisers can also provide information on Skills Access Hub Project 29 relevant funding opportunities to bring new skills into a business and Manager can connect SMEs to recruitment and HR expertise. Anna.Mackenzie@nottinghamcity. gov.uk Advisers can also connect SMEs to education providers and help to facilitate opportunities to feed in to curriculum design and course
SkillsAccess Hub uptake. We can offer a range of funded courses which include Information, D2N2LEP area Business support SERCO Skills Support for the Advice & Guidance. We also are interested in reaching out to Workforce employers through our new contract “INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT” Skills Support for the Workforce
delivered through one of our training providers, designed to 30 encourage employers to recruit people at disadvantage. Our training Howard Cordingley provider will deliver a range of funded modules to key recruiting staff Partnership Coordinator (SSW) and HR. [email protected]
SERCO(Skills Supportfor the Workforce) The University of Nottingham Careers and Employability Service and D2N2 LEP area Business support University of Nottingham Executive Education team are a delivery partner in a European Social Fund (ESF) project managed by Nottingham City Council aimed at
increasing and improving ‘skills’ within local small and medium sized Gurjit Chahal
31 enterprises (SMEs). The D2N2 Growth Hub will have advisers in SME Engagement Officer place to help SMEs identify which delivery partner best suits their [email protected]
ingham needs and there is an expectation that we will recruit our own SMEs
for projects too. Nott Universityof We provide a full and free recruitment service for employers wishing D2N2 LEP area Anyone aged 16+ Vision West Notts College to recruit apprentices. We encourage employers to consider whether Further Education, www.wnc.ac.uk they are able to recruit apprentices with additional needs either Higher Education, physical or additional educational needs. We ask whether employers Apprenticeships, Clare Janes are disability confident and support them with a full consultation Work based learning [email protected] process to enable them to recruit apprentices inclusively, including and Adult Education 32 helping them to see how they can make reasonable adjustments and find practical solutions.
We also provide supported internships for students with additional educational needs. The learner will be supported to find an appropriate work placement and be allocated a job coach to enable
Vision Vision Notts West College them to build confidence and support them in becoming independent.
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Our sponsors for the Recruiting Talent in Nottinghamshire project:
This document was developed by Building Better Opportunities (BBO) Stakeholder Managers. The BBO programme is joint funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and ESF to promote social inclusion and remove barriers to employment. BBO is committed to inclusive recruitment practices and connecting individuals with barriers to opportunities in employment and to employers who are willing to offer them.
For more information on the role of the BBO Stakeholder Managers please visit https://bbo-d2n2.org.uk
For more information on Recruting Talent in Nottinghamshire contact:
Maria Ward [email protected] Sarah Bull [email protected] Sandra Casey [email protected]
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