Issue - meetings

[To consider the process and funds to develop a fully interactive online Wolverhampton Workbox to provide local people and businesses with improved access to information, careers advice and education, and training and employment opportunities]

Cllr John Reynolds presented the report on the process and funds to develop a fully interactive online Wolverhampton Workbox (working title) to provide local people and businesses with improved access to information, careers advice and education, and training and employment opportunities.

Resolved:

1. That the approach to develop the ‘Wolverhampton Workbox’ which would provide residents with improved access to skills, training and employment be endorsed.

2. That a maximum contribution of £219,000 from the Regeneration Reserve to support the development of a Wolverhampton Workbox be approved.

3. That it be noted that £129,000 of the full project costs would be met from European Social Fund (ESF) funding that had already been secured by the Council.  There are a few elements that need further clarification in respect of eligibility for ESF and if all elements that have been identified are approved the amount required from the regeneration reserve would be a maximum of £219,000.

4. That it be noted that the Workbox had been co-designed with a range of local skills and employment providers, under the auspices of the City’s Skills and Employment Board, chaired by David Danger, Managing Director, Managing Director, CORP - Engine & Environmental Control Systems.  HS Marston Aerospace Limited.