Education, Skills & Employment​

Our objective in education is to inspire local people to pursue careers in our sector by supporting educational partners and engaging with students to enhance their understanding of the required skillsets and the types of opportunities available to them. Our Education Programme is designed to highlight pathways and promote careers in construction and property, at the same time developing soft skills that aren't necessarily part of the national curriculum and raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing.

Our objective in skills & employment is to share our knowledge and skills with local communities, equipping people with relevant training to support their future ambitions and providing access to apprenticeships and employment opportunities across our developments.

Increasing the level, range and depth of local skills and creating a tangible legacy from our investment in an area, our skills programmes are targeted at every level, from residents, to trades, businesses, schools and tertiary education. 

Lifelong learning

Through collaboration with key local facilitators, lifelong learning is supported through a range of initiatives in the local community.

The Corner an event space in The Brent Civic Centre welcomed 2,279 people to 106 events pre-pandemic in 2019 and early 2020.

Our schools engagement programme is led by our Skills Team and is multi-faceted, combining engagement activities with local schools and our business and supply chain and our community centre, The Yellow. We welcomed 1,864 students from four participating schools into our programmes during 2019 and early 2020.

Since 2018, we have funded the growth of the Skills Builder Partnership in Brent, providing our four schools with support in developing skills provision strategies.

I spent an enjoyable three sessions with the students at our local Ark school, discussing the depth and range of opportunities in the workplace and talking about relevant skills that will help when seeking employment that they can work on now. Cath Webster, Executive Director

2021 ESG Report: Education, Skills & Employment