ABOUT US
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OUR MISSION
To drive economic growth by facilitating effective partnership working between schools, training providers and businesses in order to develop the knowledge, aspirations and employability skills of young people
OUR VISION
For businesses to fill skills gaps with aspirational and talented young people from their local area through employer engagements that we facilitate
For young people to feel informed and inspired about the wide range of businesses, sectors and opportunities available to them by engaging in our events
For local training providers to focus on the relevant skills to support the local economy using data gathered during our business interactions
OUR VALUES
Our core values define what we stand for at The Skills Service and how we work. They underpin everything we do.
At The Skills Service we value:
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Collaboration – building quality relationships, listening to needs and linking the right organisations together
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Innovation – encouraging new ideas and initiatives to help support our aims and objectives
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Respect – working hard to meet the needs of all audiences and always delivering when we have committed to do so
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Passion – feeling genuine satisfaction through inspiring young people and helping businesses
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Flexible – tailoring our service to meet the unique needs of each school or business
OUR HISTORY
Peterborough Skills Service (PSS) was launched in 2011 by Opportunity Peterborough as part of its wider Skills Vision for the City.
The Vision set out to help new talent prosper, giving voice to the City’s businesses, education providers and funders of education to find out what shape they want the City’s skills agenda to take.
A concern voiced regularly by business through Opportunity Peterborough’s annual skills survey is the work-readiness of young people coming out of education at all levels and the appropriateness of their skill sets.
Over time we have grown to cover most of the United Kingdom. You can click on the map below to see our postal address.
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
LIVE STATS
Number of events | 1013 |
Number of event hours | 718 |
Number of business people at events | 7754 |
Number of business people hours | 19574.2 |
Number of students reached | 152392 |
You can read more about what we do in the words of the people we have worked with over the years on our testimonials page.
