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Inverness High School & The REAL Project
REAL and IHS have been developing a new, and quite ambitious, concept to help the senior pupils.
REAL, a registered charity has been embedded within IHS for 9 years and concerns itself with the development of school students in terms of leadership, self-confidence and ambition, complementing the activities of the school. One of the unique features of this concept is that this development activity will take place for at least 18 months before the students emerge as potential recruits on the market place. Another unique feature is that the employers can guide the personal development in skills, knowledge and attitudes towards their own needs, as employers.
I have spoken with six employers in the area and all are very interested in this new approach to increasing the prospects of choosing good recruits who are more likely to stay with the employer and recruits that will contribute more quickly to their organisations.
There is to be a presentation of the concept at 12pm on Wednesday 25th April at IHS and I'm keen to meet as many employers before then as I can.
I would like to meet up with any such employer to explain this idea further and hope that this outline and the attachment provides you with sufficient information to guide me towards possible meetings. I have attached a brief document below which is available to download outlining a new concept whereby local employers, REAL the charity, mentors for the school students (i.e. yourselves) and the school itself form a partnership to create personal development programmes for the students.
Download the attachment here
Contact: Bruce Morrison
Visit Inverness High School Website http://www.inverness.highland.sch.uk
REAL, a registered charity has been embedded within IHS for 9 years and concerns itself with the development of school students in terms of leadership, self-confidence and ambition, complementing the activities of the school. One of the unique features of this concept is that this development activity will take place for at least 18 months before the students emerge as potential recruits on the market place. Another unique feature is that the employers can guide the personal development in skills, knowledge and attitudes towards their own needs, as employers.
I have spoken with six employers in the area and all are very interested in this new approach to increasing the prospects of choosing good recruits who are more likely to stay with the employer and recruits that will contribute more quickly to their organisations.
There is to be a presentation of the concept at 12pm on Wednesday 25th April at IHS and I'm keen to meet as many employers before then as I can.
I would like to meet up with any such employer to explain this idea further and hope that this outline and the attachment provides you with sufficient information to guide me towards possible meetings. I have attached a brief document below which is available to download outlining a new concept whereby local employers, REAL the charity, mentors for the school students (i.e. yourselves) and the school itself form a partnership to create personal development programmes for the students.
Download the attachment here
Contact: Bruce Morrison
Visit Inverness High School Website http://www.inverness.highland.sch.uk
The Highlands, Islands & Moray Skills Shop
All of the World Host Customer Service training courses have been registered for and approved by Individual Learning Accounts (ILA); they are also eligible for the Skills Development Scotland Flexible Training Opportunity Funding, details on both of these funding opportunities are listed at the bottom of this e-mail.
Funding Support
To try and support you I have inserted links to the funding opportunities that I mentioned above. Access to funding will depend on whether the funding is being drawn down, by the employee or the employer.
ILA – For Employees who earn less than £22,000 can access up to £200 funding for personal development, however it is essential that the employee wishes to use their ILA funding in this way, as an employer you can only make them aware of the opportunity, you cannot ask them to use the funding or access it on their behalf, for further information click on the ILA link. http://www.ilascotland.org.uk. Candidates who wish to use their ILA account must complete a proforma invoice and return this with their ILA token to Inverness College prior to the course start date. Requests for this form are directed to Inverness College via the payment line, details will be automatically sent upon registration.
SDS - Flexible Training Opportunities gives Scottish businesses with up to 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs. Skills Development Scotland – offers funding for employers wishing to put employees through approved courses. Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. Skills Development Scotland will refund up to 50% of each episode of employee training up to a maximum of £500 for each employee. For example, if an episode of training costs £1200 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £500. If it costs £300 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £150, for further information click on the SDS link. http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Details’ of all of these courses and additional Funding information can be found on our website under the Projects page – HI&MSS – Funding Providers www.hiemco.org.uk Interest in the courses has been extremely high, to avoid disappointment please register as quickly as possible if you wish to book any places.
Visit- Highlands Islands & Moray Skills Shop at www.himss.org.uk
All of the World Host Customer Service training courses have been registered for and approved by Individual Learning Accounts (ILA); they are also eligible for the Skills Development Scotland Flexible Training Opportunity Funding, details on both of these funding opportunities are listed at the bottom of this e-mail.
Funding Support
To try and support you I have inserted links to the funding opportunities that I mentioned above. Access to funding will depend on whether the funding is being drawn down, by the employee or the employer.
ILA – For Employees who earn less than £22,000 can access up to £200 funding for personal development, however it is essential that the employee wishes to use their ILA funding in this way, as an employer you can only make them aware of the opportunity, you cannot ask them to use the funding or access it on their behalf, for further information click on the ILA link. http://www.ilascotland.org.uk. Candidates who wish to use their ILA account must complete a proforma invoice and return this with their ILA token to Inverness College prior to the course start date. Requests for this form are directed to Inverness College via the payment line, details will be automatically sent upon registration.
SDS - Flexible Training Opportunities gives Scottish businesses with up to 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs. Skills Development Scotland – offers funding for employers wishing to put employees through approved courses. Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. Skills Development Scotland will refund up to 50% of each episode of employee training up to a maximum of £500 for each employee. For example, if an episode of training costs £1200 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £500. If it costs £300 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £150, for further information click on the SDS link. http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Details’ of all of these courses and additional Funding information can be found on our website under the Projects page – HI&MSS – Funding Providers www.hiemco.org.uk Interest in the courses has been extremely high, to avoid disappointment please register as quickly as possible if you wish to book any places.
Visit- Highlands Islands & Moray Skills Shop at www.himss.org.uk
