<p>APPLICATION FOR SILVER AND GOLD PARTNERSHIP AWARDS</p><p>Company or organisation name </p><p>Contact name </p><p>Contact position</p><p>Contact email</p><p>Contact phone number</p><p>Contact alternative phone number</p><p>Please confirm that your company or organisation has applied to join the DWP’s Disability Confident initiative.</p><p>Further information can be found at disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk</p><p>Please demonstrate how your company has met one or more of the criteria for each of the Key Priority Areas Priority Area 1: Creating and sustaining employment for local people</p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016</p><p>Use the services of Walsall Works, DWP and its partners to select and shortlist unemployed or underemployed candidates from the local area</p><p>Advertise vacancies or recruited local unemployed people through Job Fairs and recruitment events organised by Walsall Works, DWP and its partners</p><p>Use the provision of innovative recruitment solutions for local unemployed people, such as Group Information Sessions, Pre-Employment Training or Sector Based Academies </p><p>Be registered on the Walsall Healthy Workplaces Initiative</p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 2: Helping local people to increase their skills and improve their employability</p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016</p><p>Take on Walsall residents as Apprentices and / or Trainees through local training providers </p><p>Progress existing Apprentices through to at least a Level 4 qualifications</p><p>Access additional training for existing staff through public funded programmes, such as Adult Education Budgets, European Funding </p><p>Provide accredited non-mandatory training opportunities to staff in areas such as leadership and management </p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 3: Creating more opportunities for local companies through supply chains</p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016</p><p>Significant investment brought in to enable the company to expand its local workforce, including capital and revenue sources – such as for property, machinery and business improvement / growth initiatives</p><p>Provision of mentoring or active support to existing and new start businesses in Walsall, particularly in areas such as finance, HR, legal advice, exporting and business planning</p><p>Setting and achieving targets for increased investment in local supply chain businesses</p><p>Engagement with strategic bodies such as the Walsall Economic Board and Walsall Employment and Skills Board to improve access and advice on how to attract new contracts </p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 4: Supporting Walsall’s most vulnerable residents to improve their health and wellbeing </p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016</p><p>Have provided targeted recruitment initiatives which focus on recruiting individuals from specific vulnerable groups within Walsall such as care leavers, homeless, over 50s, those with a disability</p><p>Have employed Walsall people from vulnerable groups as part of their regular recruitment </p><p>Have created relevant work placements or work trials for Walsall people from vulnerable groups</p><p>Have provided employability and mentoring support targeted at individuals from vulnerable groups within Walsall</p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 5: Helping local schools to raise aspiration and improve educational attainment</p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016</p><p>Providing relevant work experience placements to school or college students </p><p>Supported schools or college students with their employability through mock interviews, career events</p><p>Giving talks or providing site visits to school or college students to promote key business sectors</p><p>Provided curriculum support to local schools or colleges to increase the relevance of core subjects or studies aligned to the needs of the local workplace</p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 6: Supporting community-managed facilities and developing community based initiatives</p><p>Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016</p><p>Given some staff time or resource towards developing and delivering local community projects </p><p>Encourage employees to participate in volunteering or sponsorship of local projects or events</p><p>Established commitment to one or more voluntary organisation, including staff time or funding</p><p>Close working relationship with organisations such as One Walsall or Walsall Council to engage with community and voluntary organisations</p><p>Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum)</p>