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We help small businesses looking to take on their first apprentice and large organisations looking to hire for a range of roles.
Apprentices are employed and paid by the company they work for. Many spend one or two days a week at college learning extra skills, including English, maths and IT. Some apprenticeships are delivered entirely in the workplace.
Fully-funded, personalised careers information, advice and guidance services to help you make decisions about careers, courses and work.
The Age-friendly Employer Pledge is a nationwide programme for employers who recognise the importance and value of older workers from the Centre for Ageing Better
Aspire Oxfordshire provides specialist support to refugees and migrants throughout Oxfordshire to find employment, training, work experience, or education.
Aspire's inclusive recruitment team Hire2Inspire work to create meaningful employment opportunities by matching the skills and needs of work-ready candidates and employers.
Aspire Oxfordshire provides specialist support to people who are in custody or have recently left prison to find employment, training, work experience, or education.
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
'Back on track: Improving employment support for over 50s jobseekers' from the Centre for Ageing Better addresses the challenges faced by individuals in their 50s and 60s when seeking employment.
Free resources and support for new and existing businesses or anyone with a business idea in Oxfordshire.
A group of high-profile businesses is aiming to collectively spend £1 billion with social enterprises through their procurement
Oxford North’s plan to help more local people into construction jobs
Community Employment Plans (CEPs) aim to ensure that local people can better access to job opportunities. This resource includes OxLEP's Community Employment Plan evidence paper.
Community Employment Plans (CEPs) aim to enhance training, employment and skills opportunities resulting from major development and generate inclusive economic activities for local communities in Oxfordshire. This handbook provides guidance and explains the process of developing a CEP.
Disability Confident Employer Scheme provides information about employing disabled individuals and how the scheme can assist businesses in doing so.
An example of community wealth building in action. Food Doing Good provide a catering service committed to a vibrant, healthy and sustainable food culture for extra care housing residents.
We know that 36% of 50-69 year olds feel at a disadvantage applying for jobs due to their age. This toolkit is looking at ways of reducing age bias and discrimination in the recruitment process.
Getting Oxfordshire Online is a new initiative that refurbishes donated devices, and passes them to people who need them. It also helps people to access the data, training and support they need to get online.
Support to help you get job ready and find work.
Oxford City Council have launched a platform called Match my Project which makes it easier for our suppliers to find local beneficiaries for the social value they can offer.
New Futures Network is a specialist part of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) that brokers partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales.
OSEP CIC is a Social Enterprise, set up to support social entrepreneurs, Social Enterprises, enterprising charities and purposeful business across Oxfordshire – All trading as a way to address social and environmental challenges.
Owned by Oxford is working to build a community-led economy in our City. We are a partnership of grass roots community enterprises and infrastructure projects working with larger anchor institutions, to test out and innovate new ideas.
OxLEP’s OxGROW virtual mentoring platform introduces experienced business volunteers to individuals
OxLEP Business operates as the Growth Hub for Oxfordshire, simplifying the business support landscape and helping individuals and businesses to easily connect.
OxLEP Skills has created a series of initiatives to help support those most impacted i.e. young people (aged 16-24 years), minority ethnic communities, those furthest from the labour market and the over 50s.
Support for apprentices and employers offering apprenticeships in Oxfordshire.
Complete this business tool to get targeted help and advice no matter what stage you are at - it will signpost you to the to the most appropriate business support, grant schemes and events.
Helping young people and businesses in Oxfordshire achieve their full potential. Find out more about their programmes and the support available to you.
Support for jobseekers and employers
Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action is a non-profit organization that provides support and empowerment to volunteers, networks, partnerships, and non-profit organizations in Oxfordshire.
This dashboard has been produced as part of Oxfordshire’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) to view and analyse health indicators at a local level including: poverty, fuel poverty, income deprivation and unemployment.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) have produced a report exploring the hidden social problems in the county and the effect they have on the social fabric and cohesion of our community.
ROBIN (Responsible Oxfordshire Business Involvement Network) is a network of like-minded people from organisations across all sectors that was set up in 2009.
See a case study of how Seetec Pluss support businesses to recruit brilliant staff who have faced barriers to employment in the past.
Are you struggling to recruit the right people for your jobs? Tap into the talents of disabled people, hear best practices from other employers, and be inspired by top tips and success stories
Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the leading authority on social enterprises in the UK. They champion the cause of social enterprises.
The aim of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of social mobility across the life course, which is developed and updated each year.
Social Value Portal offers a comprehensive solution for measuring and reporting social value.
Social Value Toolkit For District Councils provides guidance for district councils in the UK on how to incorporate social value into their procurement processes.
Social Value UK is a professional body dedicated to promoting and understanding social value and its impact in the United Kingdom.
Supply Change is a UK-based organisation dedicated to fostering impactful supply chains.
Team Oxford is an organization that boosts employee volunteering across Oxfordshire with events, workshops, campaigns, and brokerage.
Adopting a circular approach to procurement allows businesses to become more sustainable while delivering business benefits.
Access a range of toolkits from Business in the Community, offering valuable resources, guides, and tools to empower your responsible business journey towards sustainability and community engagement.
Large employers that pay the apprenticeship levy can choose to transfer up to 25% of their levy funds each year to other businesses, to pay for their apprenticeship training and assessment.
Slides and recording from a workshop hosted by the OIEP exploring how doughnut economics can be used as a tool for building regenerative and inclusive economies.
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