What we do
The Essex Skills Pledge Club
“Committed to rewarding and developing staff. Committed to the future”
Background
Following discussions about the strategy for promoting the Skills Pledge as an incentive to drive commitment to skills development, the Essex Skills Pledge Club was launched in Autumn 2008.
The aim of the club is to encourage organisations to see the genuine benefits of the Skills Pledge as a vehicle for encouraging continuous staff development and to involve their stakeholders and partners in the drive.
Key to the success of the project will be creating incentives to encourage new members to join, but also to ensure that they ‘pass the baton’. We have generated a number of ideas that we have discussed at meetings and continue to develop. Amongst these are:
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Physically awarding a baton/plaque to any member introducing a number of new organisations to the pledge. This would have associated press opportunities and increased status/profile.
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Requiring new members to introduce the organisations before they become a full member; so creating aspirant/associate members and full member status.
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Annual award ceremonies with high profile speakers
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- First opportunity to hear and discuss new initiatives and changes to eligibility criteria.
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Opportunity to feed into consultation.
Terms of Reference have been created.
Mission
- To raise the profile of the Skills Pledge and recognise its importance for employers and learners.
- To make the Skills Pledge aspirational to encourage more employers to sign up.
- To form an umbrella group for raising standards and improving training.
- To be a conduit for communication with the LSC National Office and the National Skills Pledge Campaign.
Newsletters
We aim to produce a newsletter every quarter. Please review the ones that we have so far produced. If you want to receive copies of future issues, but don't want to make a full commitment to the club yet, please email your contact details to:
Phil WarnerLaunch Newsletter
Newsletter Spring '09Newsletter Summer '09
Newsletter Autumn '09
Meetings
Below are the notes from the meetings that have taken place to date. If you would like to attend our meetings please email
Phil Warner. The date of the next meeting is:
Wednesday, 9
th December
Notes:
10 December 200811 March 2009
10 June 2009
09 September 2009
Application Form
If you are interested in joining us please download and complete the
application form and email it back to
Phil Warner
Toolkit
If you have already signed up to the Skills Pledge but are uncertain about what to do next; this toolkit may help you on your way.
Toolkit
Useful Documents
FAQsInfo for Employers
Guidelines
Links
Skills Pledge WebsiteFounder Members
Organisations that have signed the Skills Pledge in Essex
