Bradford Council's business plan to help create 400 apprenticeships (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford Council's business plan to help create 400 apprenticeships
7:00am Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News
By Jo Winrow, City Hall Reporter
Setting up an Apprenticeship Training Agency and creating an Employment Opportunities Fund as part of a £7.7 million Council-funding programme took one step closer yesterday.
Senior councillors agreed to Bradford Council and Bradford College setting up a joint company to help create 400 apprenticeships within Bradford businesses on an agency basis. In addition members of the executive agreed to form a partnership with social landlord Incommunities to run an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment.
Council leader, Councillor David Green said the Get Bradford Working programme showed the authority’s commitment to investing in the future.
He said: “This Council takes seriously its responsibilities and within the resources available to us, we have come up with an innovative way to help as many people as we can as much as we can. We have still got a hell of a long way to go in terms of creating employment and improve the skills. But what we are beginning to see is that with intelligent leadership from a local authority and putting our money where our mouth is, we are beginning to make a difference.”
He said these were the first two initiatives of the four-pronged programme and that this was laying the groundwork for long-term recovery.
The Apprenticeship Training Agency is a £1.5 million package which is expected to receive some funding through the Leeds City Region as part of the City Deal and a proposal has been submitted to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills. The agency would employ a pool of apprentices and be responsible for their training and aims to help small and medium-sized businesses minimise the risk associated with employing staff more permanently.
The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition.
It would see about 350 temporary jobs created over two years, employing participants for 12 months to carry out work that benefits the community and gain experience that will provide a "bridge into work".
Incommunities has agreed to invest more than £1.8 million of resources and funds in the programme to enhance the Council cash.
It is hoped that both programmes will be up and running by the end of the year.
Comments(11)
mr-mixalot
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10:01am Wed 10 Oct 12
Z.Raja wrote:Agree, the only thing wrong with your post is the use of the the word 'intelligent' in conjunction with 'local authority'
Setting up an Apprenticeship Training Agency and creating an Employment Opportunities Fund as part of a £7.7 million Council-funding programme will not achieve the desired objectives unless the Bradford City is not cleaned from Stall Type Illegal Retail Bazaars and Markets. Where these trainees will go after completing their training? You will have to clampdown on these black markets otherwise the future of Bradford will remain bleak despite having intelligent leadership from the local authority.
mrbradford
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10:25am Wed 10 Oct 12
A Casual Observer
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10:38am Wed 10 Oct 12
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
Albion.
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11:05am Wed 10 Oct 12
A Casual Observer wrote:"350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? "
350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? The young workers on these so-called "Apprenticeship
s" will be paid £2.50 per hour. It's total exploitation! These are not real jobs, it is just 12 months of community work for a pittance, just to make the figures look better.
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
It keeps young people in the work habit and hopefully most of them won't end up as leeches (like you).
A Casual Observer
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11:54am Wed 10 Oct 12
Albion. wrote:Tell me this, what happens at the end of their 12 month stint? And what of the Council workers who used to be paid a proper wage for doing that work? They are to be, or already have been, made redundant, thereby putting more people on the dole. It's absolute nonsense and you know it.
A Casual Observer wrote:"350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? "
350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? The young workers on these so-called "Apprenticeship
s" will be paid £2.50 per hour. It's total exploitation! These are not real jobs, it is just 12 months of community work for a pittance, just to make the figures look better.
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
It keeps young people in the work habit and hopefully most of them won't end up as leeches (like you).
A Casual Observer
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12:03pm Wed 10 Oct 12
THE YOUNG NEED REAL TRAINING ON PROPER APPRENTICESHIPS THAT LAST 3 TO 5 YEARS WITH A WELL-PAID JOB GUARANTEED AT THE END OF IT.
Albion.
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12:04pm Wed 10 Oct 12
A Casual Observer wrote:It's better than leaving them to probably end up pursuing a life of crime or idleness, It isn't perfect but it's a start and better than nothing. Some of them might even gain a little self respect from it.
Albion. wrote:Tell me this, what happens at the end of their 12 month stint? And what of the Council workers who used to be paid a proper wage for doing that work? They are to be, or already have been, made redundant, thereby putting more people on the dole. It's absolute nonsense and you know it.
A Casual Observer wrote:"350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? "
350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? The young workers on these so-called "Apprenticeship
s" will be paid £2.50 per hour. It's total exploitation! These are not real jobs, it is just 12 months of community work for a pittance, just to make the figures look better.
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
It keeps young people in the work habit and hopefully most of them won't end up as leeches (like you).
The Hoffster
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1:20pm Wed 10 Oct 12
A Casual Observer wrote:Agree.
PEOPLE NEED SUSTAINABLE LONGTERM EMPLOYMENT THAT PAYS A LIVING WAGE. NOTHING LESS.
THE YOUNG NEED REAL TRAINING ON PROPER APPRENTICESHIPS THAT LAST 3 TO 5 YEARS WITH A WELL-PAID JOB GUARANTEED AT THE END OF IT.
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These apprenticeships are nothing but slave-labour in disguise. We had the same thing back in the 80s with the YTS.
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Disgusting.
A Casual Observer
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11:26pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Albion. wrote:Surely self respect can only be gained if the work is entered into voluntarily, not through coercion. And what pushes people into a life of crime, more than anything, is poverty. As for idleness, what of the idle rich parasites?
A Casual Observer wrote:It's better than leaving them to probably end up pursuing a life of crime or idleness, It isn't perfect but it's a start and better than nothing. Some of them might even gain a little self respect from it.
Albion. wrote:Tell me this, what happens at the end of their 12 month stint? And what of the Council workers who used to be paid a proper wage for doing that work? They are to be, or already have been, made redundant, thereby putting more people on the dole. It's absolute nonsense and you know it.
A Casual Observer wrote:"350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? "
350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? The young workers on these so-called "Apprenticeship
s" will be paid £2.50 per hour. It's total exploitation! These are not real jobs, it is just 12 months of community work for a pittance, just to make the figures look better.
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
It keeps young people in the work habit and hopefully most of them won't end up as leeches (like you).
Albion.
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6:42am Thu 11 Oct 12
A Casual Observer wrote:Someone going off to work every day can surely have some self respect.
Albion. wrote:Surely self respect can only be gained if the work is entered into voluntarily, not through coercion. And what pushes people into a life of crime, more than anything, is poverty. As for idleness, what of the idle rich parasites?
A Casual Observer wrote:It's better than leaving them to probably end up pursuing a life of crime or idleness, It isn't perfect but it's a start and better than nothing. Some of them might even gain a little self respect from it.
Albion. wrote:Tell me this, what happens at the end of their 12 month stint? And what of the Council workers who used to be paid a proper wage for doing that work? They are to be, or already have been, made redundant, thereby putting more people on the dole. It's absolute nonsense and you know it.
A Casual Observer wrote:"350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? "
350 temporary jobs that last 12 months - what use is that? The young workers on these so-called "Apprenticeship
s" will be paid £2.50 per hour. It's total exploitation! These are not real jobs, it is just 12 months of community work for a pittance, just to make the figures look better.
"The Employment Opportunities Fund has seen the Council allocate £4.5 million to set up an intermediate labour market programme to tackle long-term unemployment, particularly among 18 to 25-year-olds, those 50 or more and people with a disability or work-limiting health condition. "
The Over 50's ????? You can get fooked, I won't be doing any low-paid community work !!!!
It keeps young people in the work habit and hopefully most of them won't end up as leeches (like you).
People who are occupied are less likely to become criminals, whatever their financial status.
If people have plenty of money and they spend it during their retirement, what's wrong with that? What is wrong with some lucky persons winning the lottery or whatever and retiring?
Anyway it's nothing to do with you, you have opted out and shouldn't receive any benefits, get on with your usual bleating about people being allowed to poison themselves with herbal smoke.
Z.Raja says...
7:30am Wed 10 Oct 12