This event is one of many activities being led by London South East Colleges, in its role as lead of the Local London Green Skills. A DfE-funded green skills project, this collaboration involves 13 FE colleges, 11 Local Authorities and over 30 employers across the Local London region (North East and South East London). Its aim is to improve green skills provision and training to meet the needs of this rapidly expanding sector.
Today's training event was for college representatives from all partner colleges. Green consultants engaged to work on the project - Just Ask Scarlett and Crystal Associates - delivered presentations and facilitated roundtable discussions about the green economy.
Leading industry consultants, Crystal Associates presented findings from their work, which involved analysing current provisions on offer across the partner organisations. Suggestions were made about how green skills provision could be strengthened across the region.
Speaking to attendees, Mark O'Reilly, Managing Director at Just Ask Scarlett, said:
"Developing the skilled workforce needed to help London in leading the world in delivering city-state scale sustainability objectives.
"Now we have to act."
London South East Colleges' Louise Wolsey, Group Chief Strategy Officer, added:
"This innovative partnership of colleges, employers and Local Authorities is absolutely crucial to ensuring we can all meet the skills demands of this exciting industry.
"There are so many job opportunities available for people across our local communities and we want to make these fully accessible to everyone who is interested in a green career.
"We are grateful for everyone's involvement in today's event and look forward to further activities in the coming months."
Newham College's Green Curriculum Lead, Glen Lambert, attended the session and added:
"It is clear that a greener future for us all is on the horizon. The Construction and Built environment sector is key to this vision and a catalyst to help achieve the UK's net zero targets.
"This project and the collaborations forged between key stakeholders such as colleges, employers and Local Authorities is critical to ensuring we can provide the most relevant training and develop the skilled workforce needed in this sector. We cannot work in isolation; we can only achieve this together.
"Continuing to build on the success of this project we need to ensure our partnerships are sustained and we look forward to playing our role in this.
For more information about the Local London Green Skills and Jobs Partnership, contact
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