To match workers to jobs created at Thames Freeport and maximise the levelling up impact of Thames Freeport, the Thames Freeport Skills Accelerator will aim to deliver an end-to-end skills product that develops the local labour force while providing a pipeline of skilled workers for Thames Freeport businesses and their supply chains.
The Skills Accelerator will combine an in-depth mapping of skills requirements for development and operation of the Thames Freeport and its industrial clusters, combined with an unprecedented supplier partnership in the region, pairing the private sector leadership of the Thames Freeport sites with complementary Institute of Technology and Technical University programmes currently underway in South Essex.
These activities will be complemented by the development of a jobs brokerage and marketing service offered by Thames Freeport, which has not to date existed in the Thames Freeport region. Ensuring equality of access to skills development and workplace opportunities will be key to maximising the impact on Levelling Up and may involve enhanced access schemes for some groups.
DELIVERING AN END-TO-END SKILLS PRODUCT THAT DEVELOPS THE LOCAL LABOUR FORCE WHILE PROVIDING A PIPELINE OF SKILLED WORKERS FOR FREEPORT BUSINESSES & THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS.
FORWARD-LOOKING TALENT PIPELINE
A Skills Accelerator will coordinate public sector bodies, TVET institutions, local primary and secondary schools and industry to ensure there is a forward-looking talent pipeline to meet the needs of current and future investors at Thames Freeport.
Skills providers at every level support the Thames Freeport – including local school academies (Ortu, CEME and Gateway Learning), apprenticeship providers (ITEC Learning Technologies) and higher-level skills institutes including the South Essex Colleges.
THAMES FUTURESKILLS PROGRAMMES
Thames Future Skills is building an ecosystem directly linking educational institutions to businesses & innovation centers. Areas of focus could include development of a Skills Atas, Green Skills and Advanced Technical Skills including ongoing support for the SEATs initiative.
THAMES COMMUNITY VENTURES
Thames Community Fund is part of the Community Revitalisation workstream and it aims to scale key community pathways to participation by creating infrastructure that enables sustained opportunities for engagement and local “place” to flourish through participatory decision-making.
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