Covid-19 | City & Guilds Foundation

City & Guilds launch latest research report and campaign: Great Jobs

by Lauren Roberts | 1 Mar 2022 | Awareness Raising, Campaigning, City & Guilds initiatives, News

Recognising the essential jobs that keep the UK working As the economy reopens, Covid-19 restrictions are loosening and we are continuing to grapple with the impact of Brexit and evolving labour market needs brought about by the fourth industrial revolution and Artificial Intelligence, staffing shortages in essential jobs continue to impact UK businesses. The pandemic highlighted that “Essential jobs” such as HGV drivers and care workers are the lifeblood of Britain’s economy, yet certain...

Recovery and Resilience report: reskilling our way back into work

by Laura Mountain | 21 Jul 2020 | City & Guilds initiatives, Critical transition points, News, Our networks

The City & Guilds Group's most recent research Recovery and resilience: Reskilling our way back into work surveyed 2,000 working and non-working adults in the UK and found that people from lower socio-economic groups were less likely to believe that they have the support needed to get a new job in several critical areas: Using support from my personal contacts: 24% C2DE vs 35% ABC1 Using support from previous employer: 18% C2DE vs 28% ABC1 Using support from a recruitment consultant: 18%...

Essential financial support now available for social enterprises through £18.7m Covid-19 grants

by Polly Rowe | 14 Jul 2020 | Charity partners, Critical transition points, Funding, News, Our networks

Here at the City & Guilds Foundation, we’re incredibly proud to support UnLtd – a leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK. Today, UnLtd have made an exciting announcement about a new Social Enterprise Support Fund. The Fund is directly responding to an urgent need in the sector to help social enterprises change the way they work, make their spaces COVID-secure, and manage liquidity during the next six months. There are five social enterprise support...

Bridging the gap between employer and employee with MyKindaFuture’s Will Akerman

by Laura Mountain | 22 May 2020 | Awareness Raising, Case studies, Charity partners, News, Our networks

City & Guilds has been a strategic partner of MyKindaFuture for a long time. We’ve always been closely aligned with their belief that everyone should have equal power and opportunity to shape their future – wherever they come from, whatever their experience, and whoever they are. In particular, MyKindaFuture has focused on bridging the gap between employer and employee and helping them feel better connected and invested in each other. With businesses facing a huge variety of challenges...

United by purpose – a letter to Princess Royal Training Awards applicants from Princess Anne

by Michael Osbaldeston | 22 May 2020 | News, Our networks, Princess Royal Training Awards

It’s fair to say, that no one alive has ever experienced a time like this. You have to go back to the post-WW1 flu, the cholera epidemics that would lead to modern sanitation, The Black Death and the great plagues. For all of us, it really is unprecedented, and it has led to us adopting working practices that would have been impossible not that long ago. In fact, before the advent of modern technology and the digital age, this would have been truly catastrophic. We simply wouldn’t have been...

Engaging with young people during Covid-19

by Lauren Roberts | 14 Apr 2020 | Awareness Raising, Campaigning, News, Our networks, Youth engagement

Our research tells us that long before the pandemic young people often struggle to enter the world of work. Depending on who you know your experience of moving from education to paid work can be a real struggle and one in which many obstacles must be overcome. Through our Youth Engagement work we strive to take a practical approach in informing and helping young people who may be at risk of becoming NEET, to make more informed choices about their future. Our main focus is creating engaging and...

A commitment to the beneficiaries supported through the City & Guilds Foundation

by Polly Rowe | 9 Apr 2020 | Charity partners, Funding, News, Our networks

The City & Guilds Foundation, along with a wider group of funders, recognise that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have an impact on civil society groups, and want to offer reassurance that we stand with the sector during this time. We wish to be as helpful as possible during the coming weeks and months so that civil society groups can focus on the vital work of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. We understand that there will be times...

Virtual coffee: 5 ways to take care of yourself while working from home

by Julia Bena | 6 Apr 2020 | Awards alumni, Awareness Raising, Campaigning, News, Our networks

Though working from home is common, it’s a whole different kettle of fish when you’re forced to work remotely. And for some, that kettle of fish is literal. ‘My partner cooked fish for lunch today – very inappropriate as my office area is the kitchen/dining table.’ That confession came from the LinkedIn group for Princess Royal Training Awards Alumni. Alumni members, representing some of the UK’s most prominent companies, shared their tips this week on how to make the most of this unusual...

The City & Guilds Foundation supporting communities throughout Covid-19

by Laura Mountain | 31 Mar 2020 | Awards alumni, Awareness Raising, Campaigning, Charity partners, City & Guilds initiatives, Funding, News, Our networks, Prisoners and ex-offenders, Resources, Statements

No one is untouched by Covid-19, and we are humbled by seeing so many of our communities and partners responding with such energy and grace to what is a difficult time for people and societies all over the world. We know that people need support now, to help them get the food, medicine and essential supplies to survive. We also know that many people are concerned about their work and employment prospects as the economic impact unfolds and people face losing their jobs and livelihoods. The City...