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Beyond 2010

Beyond 2010 is a new initiative to assist small to medium-sized businesses in the East of England give staff new skills to move the business forward.

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The project works alongside Train to Gain to ensure that businesses can get the skills training that they need. Businesses employing up to 250 staff can contact specialist sector advisors who are able to discuss training needs in detail and agree with the business which training course will best meet their needs. Up to half of the cost of training is available from EEDA and the European Social Fund.

Beyond 2010 focuses on ten key sectors of the East of England’s economy:

automotive and high-tech manufacture
creative sector
financial services
food and drink processing
life sciences and healthcare
low carbon and sustainable technologies
social enterprise
sustainable communities and the built environment
tourism and Olympics 2012
transport gateways.

Click here for details of how to apply for Beyond 2010 funding

Beyond 2010 is managed by ExDRA and is the follow-up to the successful Towards 2010 programme which assisted nearly 2,400 businesses to train over 8,800 of their staff in areas that would make a tangible difference to business performance.

Response 2 Redundancy

Beyond 2010 also includes the Response 2 Redundancy programme (formerly known as Responding 2 Redundancy) which provides advice, guidance and re-training opportunities to individuals facing redundancy. It gives early support to certify their existing skills, and provide appropriate training to improve their opportunities in the job market when they are made redundant.

The programme is linked to the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service to make sure that people who face redundancy are given appropriate help to move back into work as efficiently as possible.

For further information about Response 2 Redundancy please contact Philip Shackleton at r2r@tchc.net or on 01923 698458.