Supporters

Careers Springboard West Berkshire would be unable to operate without the help of our supporters. As well as relying heavily on volunteers our supporters provide funding and support in kind, e.g. advisory services. We are grateful to all our supporters for their assistance.

New Financial Supporters

During 2009, we are pleased to report that we have been successful in raising sufficient financial support to enable us to offer our programme throughout 2010 and much of 2011. Our new financial supporters are:

• West Berkshire Council - 'Beat the Recession' grant. An initiative that came out of a one-day seminar on this topic organised by The West Berkshire Partnership.
• Learning and Skills Council Community Grant - part funded by the European Social Fund ("investing in jobs and skills")
• Berkshire Community Foundation - a small grant for individual conselling

Other Financial Supporters

• The Foundation for Jobseekers - this provides legacy funding from the Branshaw Foundation which was instrumental in setting up the Thames Valley network of executive job clubs.
  
  
• The Greenham Common Trust: We were the recipient of an award in Autumn 2007 that helps to defray expenses of our meeting room over the next 18 months
  
  
• Newbury Town Council: a small grant in 2007 towards running expenses; also from whom we get excellent service as our host for meetings

Our Partners

The following organisations provide additional support for our job seekers through various formal and informal partnership arrangements

• Job Centre Plus: Newbury Jobcentre Plus are a major source of referrals, job seekers who are made aware of our group and how we can help
  
  
• Business Link South East: Provision of advice for pre-start and start-up new businesses
• nextstep South East: advisory services including career planning.
  
  

The Foundation for Job Seekers

Careers Springboard West Berkshire is a founding member of the Foundation for Jobseekers.. This is a network of five Thames Valley job clubs (see below). It shares knowledge, experience and resources between its members (and occasionally other people who are planning to set up similar job clubs. Job clubs in the network are:

• Careers Springboard (Gerrards Cross)
  
  
• Careers Springboard Aylesbury
  
  
• Careers Springboard Bracknell
  
  
• Windsor & Maidenhead Executive Job Club

This page last updated 15th August 2011

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