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UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM. West Midlands Region – Area of Contrasts Birmingham – City – Capital Herefordshire – Rural – County Town Hereford Shropshire – Rural – County Town – Telford/Ludlow Staffordshire – rural – County Town Stafford Worcestershire -rural – County Town Worcester

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UNITED KINGDOM

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  1. UNITED KINGDOM West Midlands Region – Area of Contrasts Birmingham – City – Capital Herefordshire – Rural – County Town Hereford Shropshire – Rural – County Town – Telford/Ludlow Staffordshire – rural – County Town Stafford Worcestershire -rural – County Town Worcester Warwickshire – rural – County Town Warwick 22nd October 2009

  2. Old Concepts • Birmingham & West Midlands – Founding fathers of the industrial revolution (18/19th century) automotive (20th century) • Herefordshire – Cathedral & cattle breeding • Shropshire – castles, farming, but now industrial revolution of the “Telford” theme 22nd October 2009

  3. - 2 - Staffordshire – farming, famous for hanging up t 18th century but also North Staffordshire potteries, porcelain, now creative industries. Worcestershire – castles, farming & porcelain, music “Elgar” Warwickshire – castles, heritage, “Shakespeare” automotive supply 22nd October 2009

  4. Birmingham 22nd October 2009

  5. Contrasts of People & Places 22nd October 2009

  6. People • Sikhs Muslims • Irish, Scottish, Welsh Travellers • African-Caribbean's Chinese • European Immigrants, Polish, Romanian etc • Jews Social cohesion –riots, civil disobedience 22nd October 2009

  7. Shropshire 22nd October 2009

  8. Shropshire Heritage 22nd October 2009

  9. STATISTICS • Population 290,900 • Men 143,700 Women 147,200 • The population density 0.91 persons per hectare (ha) or 236 persons per square mile compared to a national figure of 3.92 persons per ha or 1,015 persons per square mile. The area of Shropshire is 319,736 hectares or 1,235 square miles. 22nd October 2009

  10. Initiatives Universities & Colleges with “University Status” Women in Rural Enterprise • Family Learning • Leonardo & Grundtvig Programmes • Lifetime Learning Programmes • Learning & Skills Councils • Regional Development Agency • County Council Training Programmes • Framework 7 applications 22nd October 2009

  11. Where does our project fit in ? 22nd October 2009

  12. Vision: Build relationships which guide & unlock knowledge Capture, codify & disseminate

  13. DIRECTORS: Ken Lester Christine Lester Noel Hodson 35 Associates People who share our Vision

  14. Not for Profit Limited company since 2000 • Constitution • Articles of Association • History: it came from a national business think-tank and an inclusive approach • worked with 500 top Corporate Companies • WMTL exists to bring that knowledge to the Region of the West Midlands

  15. SEMINARS • “Harnessing the Knowledge of the Region” – Seminar, Government Agencies, Universities, City Council, West Midlands businesses on “competitiveness” • “Joined up Thinking for the Emergency Services (national crisis) Leadership for 3 police forces in response to call for social inclusion. • Leadership Consultative Event – Windsor Castle (annually) bringing together top leaders to debate leadership issues. • “Social Inclusion” self empowerment & related social issues, ethnicity, youth problems, health, training & education 22nd October 2009

  16. Projects • Strategy & development of a Centre for Abused Women in Birmingham – social enterprise & empowerment for women & children • Feasibility Study for Black Community Development in Bradford – Centre for Cultural Studies • Feasibility Study to provide headquarters for a major textile archive of importance to the business community (purchase & house the collection). • Learning Sets: Social Responsibility, Health, Policing, Tourism & Heritage, Enterprise & Innovation • Development of a strategy for the sustainability of social enterprise, charities & trusts.

  17. Chairperson of Dudley Social Business Partnership Umbrella organisation for social enterprises for the training & employment of the physically challenged 22nd October 2009

  18. Business Support Third sector Social Responsibility Tourism & Heritage Public Sector (strategy) Social Enterprise Textile Design 22nd October 2009

  19. EUROPEAN SUPPORT: • Italy • Spain • Finland • Netherlands • Romania • Turkey • Lithuania • Switzerland 22nd October 2009

  20. Greece • Portugal • Germany • Belgium • Austria • Poland • Latvia 22nd October 2009

  21. Vocational Centre • People Development • Management • Leadership • Customer Services • Administration • Business Support Accreditation of Prior Achievement/Learning Assessors & Advisers in “Investors in People”: Tourism, Heritage, Hospitality, Business networking, learning sets. Third sector support, family learning

  22. PROJECTS • 4th largest Cathedral in UK employing 60 staff & 450 volunteers – Leadership, Management Development • Largest Diocese in the UK – Management Development • Accountancy practice – people development • Small businesses – people development • 2 Local Government Councils – Accreditation, Coaching & Mentoring Awards, Train the Trainer • Ministry of Defence – Leadership Academy • Auto-motive Sector – Investors in People – volvo cars, administration & mentoring, vocational qualifications • Recognising achievement of 185 team leaders in manufacturing • Automotive Suppliers – Rover Cars - first line suppliers – chain management, best practice & benchmarking

  23. PROJECTS • Nursing/care Homes – strategy to meet national standards of care through people development • British Council & World Bank – developed a toolkit for national training for Mexico • British Council & World Bank – National Skills Authority & Training Boards of South Africa – skills assessment • British Council & World Bank – Curriculum development for all skills area for Egypt • Charity/Trust – Social Enterprises for the employment of the physically challenged • National Training Recognition of Assessors & Internal Verifiers training in all sectors for organisations • Programme of learning for small businesses – identifying & managing people skills • European project – Qualifying on the Spot – recognition of prior achievement (finishes 2010)

  24. AWARDS Royal Society of Arts, Commerce & Industry National Recognising Achievement Award For Use of a Vocational Qualification in an Innovative Manner

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