Slough Business Guide & Directory 2018

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Skills for Slough
SLOUGH ASPIRE
Slough Aspire is an innovative private-public sector led
social enterprise designed to help the local community
develop the right employability skills to meet the needs of
Slough companies now and in the future and to work with
employers to develop the skills of their existing workforce.
The initiative brings together key organisations that are
responsible for the education, training and development of
the Slough community to work in a more collaborative and
co-ordinated way with local businesses to enhance the
provision of support.
Slough Aspire invites local organisations to get involved through
the Slough Aspire Supporters’ Network Forum, chaired by Mars
with representatives from local companies including SEGRO,
O2, UCB, Lonza, Polycom, the Federation of Small Businesses,
Slough Business Community Partnership, East Berkshire
College, Learning to Work and Slough Borough Council.
Slough Aspire consists of three main delivery strands:
Aspire for Schools led by Learning to Work, Aspire for You
led by Slough Borough Council and Aspire for Business led
by East Berkshire College. Through working with business
and the Aspire strand leads, Slough Aspire aims to:
6 Engage with local businesses committed to supporting
the vision and goals of Slough Aspire
6 Enhance training and development for unemployed
residents to improve employment outcomes
6 Support local residents to access job opportunities
in Slough
6 Enable young people to engage directly with
local businesses
6 Support enterprise and new company start-ups
6 Improve the provision of learning and development
for local worker learners
The Aspire Centre is based at 350 Edinburgh Avenue,
Slough Trading Estate, SL1 4TU, an inspirational training
and events space at the heart of Slough Trading Estate.
Fully air-conditioned throughout with excellent IT and AV
facilities, the Slough Aspire Centre is available to hire for
meetings, events, training and more. For further information
on Slough Aspire, how to get involved, and booking the
Slough Aspire Centre, please visit
call 01753 530146.
Aspire Business Start-Up
Aspire Business Start-Up is a service provided by Slough
Borough Council, to help Slough residents who want to start
their own business. The service can provide business advice,
training courses, workshops and networking events.
For more details call 01753 476621.
The Employment and Learning Advice Service
This service provides advice on job search, interview skills,
completing application forms and individual CV preparation.
Its partnership with BAA Heathrow has enabled Slough’s
unemployed residents to take up training and qualifications
with the Airport’s Retail, Construction and Aviation
Academy. Once trained, they are able to compete for jobs
across the airport employers.
For more information on this service please visit
East Berkshire College
The college provides a number of high quality and accredited
training programmes and courses for business and their
employees. Focus is on areas and skills-gaps such as ICT,
Team Leader & Management, Business Management
and Customer Service. The college also manages many
apprenticeship programmes working closely with local
employers to provide apprenticeship placements,
covering a number of levels, across a wide area of business
sectors. It has a proven track record in helping businesses
improve current performance and prepare for the future.
845 373 2500