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Useful Links

As a business it's important to know what websites are useful to you, whether it be for funding information, local government strategy, or perhaps on a wider scale, legislation, business advice etc.

We want to help you in any way we can, to this end we've gathered the following useful links.

Business Support

Regional Bodies and Partnerships

  • Kirklees Council
    www.kirklees.gov.uk

  • Kirklees Strategic Partnership
    The Kirklees Partnership is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for our district. It brings together the public, private,
    community and voluntary sectors to work towards the goals set out in the Sustainable Community Strategy
    and the targets set out in the Local Area Agreement.
    www.kirkleespartnership.org

  • West Yorkshire Learning Providers (WYLP)
    WYLP is a membership organisation of learning providers operating in Yorkshire and the Humber. WYLP is there
    for learners, employers, providers and for stakeholders working in partnership to help create a world-class
    skilled workforce and to equip individuals with the vocational qualifications that employers demand.
    www.wylp.org.uk

  • West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network (WYLLN)
    The WYLLN is a partnership of higher education institutions, further education colleges and other organisations throughout West Yorkshire all committed to providing quality vocational progression for learners to progress into higher education.
    www.wylln.ac.uk

  • Leeds City Region
    The Leeds City Region Partnership brings together the eleven local authorities of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven,
    Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield, York and North Yorkshire County Council to work together toward a common prosperous and sustainable city region in areas such as transport, skills, housing, spatial planning and innovation.
    www.leedscityregion.gov.uk/esb.html

  • Yorkshire Forward
    Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency, charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy.
    www.yorkshire-forward.com/supporting-people/raising-skills

  • Yorkshire Futures
    Yorkshire Futures is the Regional Intelligence Network or ‘Observatory’ for Yorkshire and Humber.
    www.yorkshirefutures.com

Sector Skills

  • Alliance of Sector Skills Councils
    The Alliance is an organisation comprising all licensed UK Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), the employer-driven organisations that together articulate the voice of the employers of around 90% of the UK's workforce on skills issues.
    www.sscalliance.org

National Bodies and Partnerships

  • Job Centre Plus
    Jobcentre plus provides gateway services for employment and skillsp; vacancy advertising , help with redundancies and employment and skills support.
    www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Employers/index.html

  • UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
    Aims to raise UK prosperity and opportunity by helping to develop world-class employment and skills systems in all four UK nations.
    www.ukces.org.uk

  • Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA)
    The QCDA develops the curriculum, improve and deliver assessments, and review and reform qualifications.
    www.qcda.gov.uk/18857.aspx

  • Third Sector National Learning Alliance (TSNLA)
    The TSNLA is the national alliance of voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises involved in learning and skills.
    www.tsnla.org.uk

Government Departments

  • Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) creates the conditions for business success;
    by promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and by giving everyone the skills and opportunities to succeed.
    www.bis.gov.uk

Learning Providers

  • Association of Colleges
    Represents and promotes the interests of colleges.
    www.aoc.co.uk

  • CLiK - Community Learning in Kirklees
    Provides information to support learners and anyone looking for work.
    www.kirkleesclik.org.uk/

  • Kirklees 14-19 Prospectus
    A database of learning providers in Kirklees.
    www.kirkleesoptions.org.uk/cap/SearchProviders.aspx

  • West Yorkshire Learning Providers (WYLP)
    WYLP is a membership organisation of learning providers operating in Yorkshire and the Humber. WYLP is there
    for learners, employers, providers and for stakeholders working in partnership to help create a world-class
    skilled workforce and to equip individuals with the vocational qualifications that employers demand.
    www.wylp.org.uk

  • West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network (WYLLN)
    The WYLLN is a partnership of higher education institutions, further education colleges and other organisations throughout West Yorkshire all committed to providing quality vocational progression for learners to progress into higher education.
    www.wylln.ac.uk

  • UK Register of Learning Provider
    Portal for use by government departments, agencies, learners, and employers to share key information about learning providers.
    www.ukrlp.co.uk

Funding Bodies

  • Open4Business
    The business support funding website for the Kirklees area.
    www.open4business.info/kirklees/

  • Skills Funding Agency
    This replaces the Learning and Skills Council and is responsible for funding and regulating adult further education and skills in England.
    www.skillsfundingagency.com/

  • Young People’s Learning Agency
    Champions education and training for young people and supports local councils to commission suitable training and education opportunities for 16-19 year olds.
    www.ypla.gov.uk/

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