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skillslocal’s Areas of Expertise

Helping deliver skills solutions that drive productivity and economic growth. We work with a range of organisations, businesses and commissioners. We offer practical, cost efficient bespoke solutions.

We work with you to understand your needs developing a clear plan of action. We start with the end in mind and work with you to define exactly what you want to achieve from our support. We then tailor a programme that meets those needs, establishing a clear set of objectives.

We cover areas such as skills delivery and development, funding support, partnership development and project management and we also work with a range of technology partners. 

Solutions that all help achieve efficiencies in the area of skills delivery .

Projects include:

  • Developed and led the delivery of 9 Priority Sector Plans on behalf of learndirect for the ESF Skills for Growth Bid in D2N2 region (£990k). Download sample plan
  • Conducted survey research and produced a detailed report on skills and training in the Visitor Economy and Retail Sector in D2N2. Download report
  • Supported Winning Moves on the Collaborate Tourism project in Leicester and Leicestershire.
  • Mapped leadership and management training and identified gaps in provision in Lancashire and D2N2. Download report

Projects include:

  • Supported learndirect with several funding contracts in D2N2, Heart of the South West, and Lancashire regions.
  • Previous member of Buckinghamshire LEP’s Skills and Employability Board.
  • Supported SEMTA with national LEP engagement contract for 12 months.
  • Developed a pilot for the Lancashire Skills Pledge on behalf of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership.
  • Guide to Leadership and Management qualifications in Lancashire for Lancashire LEP

Skills Strategy

We work with you to develop successful skills strategies.

Developing successful strategies

Whether you need to deliver a strategy for a major project or individual businesses.

Project Management

We support you to deliver outstanding skills projects

Experienced and Knowledgeable

With over 20 years of experience delivering local, regional and national skills projects we are flexible and adaptable.

Research & Evaluation

We conduct research and evaluation

Expertise as and when you need it

We bring in our experts which makes the solutions effective and cost efficient.

Technology

We've selected the best learning technology out there to help reduce costs

Helping you reduce costs

By working with our partners we can help you plan the best solutions for your needs!

Funding Support

To ensure you get the most from any funding available

Help to secure funding

We will work with you to identify funding opportunities, access funding and maximise it!

Partnership Development

We can help you build successful partnerships

Partnerships are key to business growth

By working across our networks we help you to identify ‘win win’ partnerships and relationships

Why Chose Us?

  • Bespoke solutions for all your training and skills needs
  • Creative and innovative skills and training solutions
  • Skilled programme and project management
  • Free consultation which will detail next steps
  • Call to arrange a no obligation consultation.
Our skills solutions include: Developing skills strategies, design and development of bespoke training programmes, completing appraisals (of your business, towns or cities), coaching and mentoring, digital skills training; customer service; developing customer excellence strategies; sales training; induction training; programmes to help you engage with schools and colleges; retail programmes and many more.

Our project management includes: supporting local, regional and national programmes. This could include supporting small internal organisational projects to much bigger regional or national programmes. Our expertise includes: leading and supporting on national skills projects; new product development and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget but most importantly that they deliver on key aims and objectives.

As well as providing the expertise to support project management we can also carry out robust research and evaluation. With over 20 years’ experience in the skills and education sectors you’ll benefit from our knowledge of the sector. We take a thorough and robust approach to delivering your projects aims and objectives. We do this by providing creative, insightful and tried and tested research methodology which helps to explore new markets, examine policy and develop practical insights and solutions.

We have identified a number of leading technology businesses who are really leading the way in terms of skills support and innovation. From e-learning solutions to utilising digital technology to streamline and achieve efficiencies we have a solution for you.

We can help you to identify potential funding opportunities; identify partners to work with; identify funding for skills and other delivery projects and where we can’t we will work with you to find the most cost efficient model of delivery.

We work with a wide range of partners including: colleges and training providers; national and regional stakeholders, this enables us to quickly identify where there are opportunities to collaborate. As Peter Drucker said: “Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition… today they grow through alliances.” So whether you need to partner with another organisation for a funding opportunity or just to help build and develop capacity, chances are we can help.

What We Offer

We can work with you on specific projects if you are looking for additional support. Our bank of associates are all highly experienced and will be able to help you develop innovative and creative solutions to meet your needs. Contact us for a free consultation to see how we can help.

You can also book a free Discovery Call here.