Press Release
Bill Rammell, MP for Harlow and Minister of
State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Richard Howitt,
Labour MEP for the East of England officially launched a new
service delivered by local training provider Seetec, which will
help people who are at risk of redundancy, have been made newly
redundant or are currently unemployed.
The ‘Response to Redundancy’ service is funded
by the Learning and Skills Council and the European Social Fund and
will see Seetec deliver personalised packages of jobsearch support
and career training to over 2,300 individuals across the East of
England over the next 18 months.
Richard Howitt welcomed the new programme
commenting that “it is imperative that skills and employment are
joined up to empower people across the region to secure new
employment, and European funding for training and skills is playing
a vital role in this process”.
Ruth Langham, Centre Manager for Harlow showed
the visitors around the centre and spoke at length about Seetec’s
employment and training programmes, detailing the type of advice
and support available to people who are unemployed in order for
them to boost their skills and secure lasting employment.
As an experienced training provider with over
25 years experience of helping people back into work Richard was
particularly keen to talk to Seetec about the use of European
funding, specifically through the European Social Fund (ESF).
Both Richard and Bill were introduced to
customers currently undertaking the ESF funded ‘Flexible Routeway’
service, a part time programme designed to help long term
unemployed people who want to work but need additional help in
achieving their job goals.
The visitors also met with two Seetec staff,
Chris Quinn and Lindy Brooks, who were made redundant from
Woolworths at the end of 2008. Both accessed Seetec’s
Programme Centre and Rapid Response Service via Jobcentre Plus and
are delighted to have secured permanent employment. Chris
says “I really enjoy my new role, and having been made redundant
myself, I know what my customers are going through when they come
to the centre. I can identify with how they are feeling and
this really helps when I do job search with them.”
Both Bill Rammell and Richard Howitt were
impressed with the achievements of Seetec’s customers and the
commitment of the team to help people move into work.
If you are an employer or individual that
wants to find out how Response to Redundancy can help you then
contact 0845 330 6439.
Notes for Editors:
· Seetec is one of the UK’s
leading Government Funded training providers with 25 years
experience of delivering Welfare to Work Programmes and helping
people back into work.
· Response to Redundancy provides
employability focused skills training to those at risk of
redundancy, newly redundant or unemployed across the East of
England Region (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Luton,
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk).
· Participants will receive a
range of tailored support and training including occupational
training with certification; help with creating an up-to-date CV,
interview techniques guidance and support with job
search.
· Response to Redundancy is being
funded by the Learning and Skills Council and The European Social
Fund.
· Flexible Routeway is funded by
the Department of Work and Pensions and The European Social Fund
and is delivered by Seetec across Essex as a sub-contractor to
In-Training.
· Photo attached with article: Top
row L to R: Alison Bunney, Richard Howitt, Bill Rammell, Ruth
Langham. Bottom L to R Lindy Brooks and Chris Quinn
For further media enquiries
please contact:
Seetec
Penny Cole or James Fanthorpe
01702 20 10 70
penny.cole@seetec.co.uk or
james.fanthorpe@seetec.co.uk
http://www.seetec.co.uk/