Productive Skills 4 Devon

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The Productive Skills for Devon (PS4D) initiative seeks to improve the economic well-being of individuals and businesses through skills development activity. PS4D work embraces the Growing Economy theme of the Local Area Agreement, taking a lead for priority LAA17 to 'develop and harness skills to achieve a competitive economy'.

It works towards:

Developing a highly skilled workforce which meets the needs of employers in our area
Developing the skills of the workforce to enable them to contribute to the South West economy
Creating a skills infrastructure which is responsive and demand led

PS4D meeting minutes are available on this site by clicking here.

PS4D Updates

News on the work of PS4D is available by selecting the links below:

PS4D Revenue Reward Grant Updates
PS4D Capital Reward Grant Updates

Projects and Inititives

The links below provide further information regarding past and present PS4D projects and initiatives:

English@Work in Devon

Skills for Life Devon

An ESF funded project which aims to support Skills for Life programmes in the workplace in a way that meets the needs of both individuals and employers. The project will help employees who are struggling with Level 2 training, or are not ready for it, because of their lack of functional skills. Further information can be downloaded by clicking on the link above.

The Ilfracombe Centre of Excellence at the Osborne Hotel 2009

The latest report from the Ilfracombe Centre of Excellence, which seeks to tackle the high off-season unemployment problem in the tourism and hospitality sector. This is achieved by using a hotel environment during the quieter part of the year to train long-term unemployed for full time employment from the Easter period. To access previous reports, please click here to visit our archive.

The Freedom Centre Initiative

An initiative to support the homeless and chaotic towards regaining independence, contributing to society, raising self-esteem and employability opportunities.