Building London Creating Futures

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Building London Creating Futures

• Fraser Liggett
• EQUAL PROJECT MANAGER

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Introduction

• Building London Creating Futures (BLCF)
• - Theme E EQUAL programme
• - Approved October 2001
• - Completion December 2004
• Rationale
• To address issues of inequality in the
  construction labour market through delivery of
  onsite support and lifelong learning
• To provide support and training to new and
  existing workers to meet industry needs and
  requirements

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Building London Creating Futures (BLCF)

• Building London Creating Futures has brought
  together employers, training providers, local
  authorities, regeneration partners and the
  voluntary sector to address a range of
  recruitment and employment issues in construction
  
• A key part to the Building London Creating
  Futures programme is the construction Workplace
  coordinator project which is currently being
  rolled out across central London

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Who is Involved in BLCF?

• London Borough of Southwark
• Kings Cross Partnership
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Camden
• London Borough of Islington
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• City of Westminster
• Wandsworth Borough Council
• Cross River Partnership
• Paddington Regeneration Partnership
• Job Centre Plus
• CITB
• UCATT

• Kings Cross Partnership
• Mulalley
• St George Plc
• Mace ltd
• Bovis Lend Lease
• Metropolitan Housing Trust
• McAlpines
• Lambeth Womens Workshop
• Womens Education in Building Lambeth College
• Central London Learning and Skills Council
• Central London Partnership
• Transnational Partners
• Paris
• Nuremberg

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Construction Workplace Coordinator locations

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Construction Workplace Coordinator a link to
employers

• Construction Workplace Coordinators (WPC) are
  sector skilled professionals who are employed by
  key developers and contractors. These post
  holders are paid for by Building London Creating
  Futures
• Their role is to engage with employers to help
  contractors and sub contractors meet their
  employment and training requirements
• Broker employment opportunities and training for
  new and existing workers
• Most importantly is that the WPCs are hosted,
  line managed and employed by the employer

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Building London Creating Futures Employers

• 1. Employers extremely important to delivery of
  the programme
• 2. Willingness to work with the partnership in
  supporting residents into employment
  opportunities on the construction sites
• 3. Willingness to work in a different ways I.e.
  social programmes such as EQUAL and have
  demonstrated commitment to CSR
• 4. Provide support and legitimacy to project
  activities and have been supportive in terms of
  mainstreaming

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Building London Creating Futures Results

• January 2003 January 2004
• 411 Starters (171 BME)
• 72 Jobs 13 weeks or longer (30 BME)
• 224 Qualifications achieved (110 BME)
• 233 young people benefiting from programme (113
  BME)
• 56 Women (37)

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BLCF Case Study David Rowbotham, Operations
Director, Mace Ltd