TWL TEAMS UP WITH TESCO FOR JOBS SUCCESS

MORE than 50 people have landed a job thanks to a successful partnership between Preston training provider TWL and Tesco.

TWL Training Ltd, based in Marshall House, Ringway, teamed up with the supermarket giants to help recruit employees to work in the new Tesco Home Plus store in Walton-le-Dale.

Just over 50 learners on TWL’s Skills for Jobs programme successfully secured a job at the store, which opened its doors earlier this month.

Co-funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the European Social Fund (ESF), Skills for Jobs works with unemployed people to help them achieve their goals. Learners are given help to brush up on skills such as CV writing, job applications and interview techniques

Learners are also taught you the skills needed once they’ve found employment, such a working in teams, health and safety regulations and
numeracy skills.

Natalie Birchall, from TWL Training Ltd, said: “It’s great news that more than 50 of our learners have now found employment with Tesco. We are really pleased for all of them.

“During these difficult economic times, it’s important that we work with employers such as Tesco to allow them to grow. Having a skilled workforce is essential and, by working with Tesco at the pre-recruitment stage, we have been able to find employment for our learners while at the same time ensuring that Tesco has the right staff to ensure its store in Walton-le-Dale is a success.”

CAPTION: The ex-TWL learners with Natalie Birchall (right) and Helen Southworth (third from left) from TWL at Tesco’s new store in Walton-le-Dale

NOTES TO EDITORS

• TWL Training Ltd is a sub division of The Intraining Group, which is part of the Newcastle College Group (NCG).
• The Newcastle College Group is a £175m organisation which brings together over 40,000 learners and 3,800 staff, across three divisions at over 100 sites, to form one of the largest providers of learning, skills and employability in the UK.
• The Newcastle College Group is made up of The Intraining Group based in Sheffield, Newcastle College - one of the UK’s top performing Further and Higher Education colleges and Skelmersdale and Ormskirk College in West Lancashire.
• NCG’s focus is to meet national and local education, skills and employability needs for individuals and the skills priorities of employers in line with Government agendas.
• The Group provides quality education, training and work based learning solutions to thousands of organisations and learners throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These range from Government funded and commercial skills training and education and bespoke professional courses, through to employability services and national training contract management.

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) 2007-2010 ESF Co-finance Plan

The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. We are responsible for ensuring the availability of high-quality education and training for everyone.

The LSC in the North West has secured £185m of ESF funding for 2007-2010 which is matched with an equivalent amount of Government funding. This overall package of £370m is being used to:

• Up-skill unemployed people so that they can secure sustainable employment.
• Support young people who are not currently in employment, education or training.
• Support employers to up-skill their workforce.

In the North West over 130 colleges and training providers are contracted to deliver projects to achieve those objectives.

European Social Fund (ESF)

The European Social Fund is investing in jobs and skills – especially for people at a disadvantage in the labour market.

Over the past seven years from 2000 to 2006, the ESF has helped over four million people in England. In 2007, the EU launched a new round of ESF programmes for the next seven years to 2013.

The new programme will invest £4.6 billion in 2007-2013 of which £2.3 billion will come from the ESF and £2.3 billion will be national funding.

Back