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Alcohol Scrutiny Report
The latest report from the Health Improvement Committee, providing a detailed scrutiny of Alcohol as a Health Issue.
Alcohol Scrutiny Report
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Launch of the Skills Report
In July 2008 the Regeneration and Economy Improvement Committee completed a piece of work on skills. The report, “Creating a Skilled Workforce” followed on from an earlier piece of work the Committee were involved with on the subject of worklesseness.
The report was launched at an event held on Tuesday 2 September 2008, which saw Bradford Council make a public commitment to investing in the skills of its own workforce.
The report makes 18 recommendations on the work needed to raise the skill levels of the population to meet the future needs of the district's employers and to meet national standards.
The Council is also following up a recommendation to sign the Skills Pledge - a public commitment by the Council to enable all employees develop basic skills, such as literacy and numeracy. This was signed at the event by Council Leader Kris Hopkins.
It means that any Council employee who has, for one reason or another, not had the chance to gain basic qualifications will be able to work towards the minimum of a Level 2 NVQ (National Vocational Qualification), the equivalent of five good GCSEs.
Signing the pledge will also give the Council more help and support from the Government through access to free training and a Learning and Skills Council (LSC) advisor.
Download the report “Creating a Skilled Workforce”
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For more information please contact: Licia Woodhead (01274 432119, licia.woodhead@bradford.gov.uk)
Launch of Regeneration and Climate Change Report
The 4th of June 2008 saw the launch of the Environment and Waste Management Improvement Committee’s first report on climate change which focussed on the impact of regeneration in the district.
Representatives from key agencies such as InCommunities formerly known as Bradford Community Housing Trust (BCHT), Bradford and Airedale tPCT and environmental voluntary organisations joined members of the Committee, councillors from all parties and council officers to hear Bradford Council Chief Executive Tony Reeves, and Bradford Centre Regeneration’s Nick Ackroyd welcome the report and comment on some of the challenges ahead.
Left to right: Nick Ackroyd of Bradford Centre Regeneration, Cllr Ghazanfer Khaliq, Chair of the Environment & Waste Management Improvement Committee and Tony Reeves, Chief Executive of Bradford Council
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For more information please contact: Caroline Coombes (01274 432313, caroline.coombes@bradford.gov.uk)
