Skills swap service to aid Lancs firms during coronavirus crisis

This unique service is dedicated to help businesses who are looking for people or volunteers, want to train their staff or want to offer people with knowledge and expertise to work for another business.

Businesses can access this support by visiting the Lancashire Skills Swap page and registering their details.

Opportunities are posted on the Skills Swap Noticeboard so you can easily see what is needed and what is on offer.

The Skills Swap team are on hand supporting people and businesses to link up with each other and swap skills, as well as to help businesses access training for current staff, and for furloughed staff in preparation for the future.

The LEP says the service will be ideal for firms that want to :

*Reach a wider audience with your staff recruitment needs.

*Offer your organisation’s skills and expertise to others.

*Take advantage of funded training for your staff, including those that are furloughed.

*Encourage your furloughed staff to consider volunteering.

Steve Fogg, chairman of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership said: “At this time more than ever, the skills needs of all businesses are changing rapidly.

“There are now huge skills demands in certain sectors and a supply of people who are not currently working from other sectors .

“We saw that there was no single place for Lancashire’s business community to communicate opportunities and needs for addressing the skills needs of Lancashire. This service is here to help.”

One of the first businesses to register on the Lancashire Skills Swap was the Affilius Group, which is offering staff to work for or within another business.

To access the service, long on to : www.lancashireskillshub.co.uk/skills-swap