Women and Work

Thank you for your interest. The Women and Work Project has had a great response and we’re happy to be able to help so many of you. Unfortunately, the Project is now full.

That said, a few places may become available as we process our candidates. If you are still interested, please fill in the registration form. If we have a space for you, we’ll be in touch by the end of the year. If you don’t hear back from us by the end of the year, it means we haven’t been able to find you a place this time around.

Thanks again for your interest.

The environmental and land-based sector can be a bit of a boys club. Well over 50% of people in some of our industries are male and in some sectors this figure rises to over 80% which is why the Women and Work project has been such a success.  The Women and Work project has helped over 3,500 women to develop their skills and progress their careers in the environmental and land-based sector where women are under-represented, since 2006.

Now, with additional funding, we’re looking for a further 500 women across in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to help,  Read more.,,

Women and Work

Helping women in the environmentand and land-based sectors to get ahead.

 

The Women and Work project helps by granting a sum of money towards the cost of training courses that might have proved too costly in the past. We aim to help close the gender gap and get more women into these rewarding careers.

Eligibility

To sign up you’ll need to be a business employee or volunteer (not self-employed) within a business in the UK working in the following industries where women are under represented:

• Agriculture
• Aquaculture
• Environmental conservation
• Farriery – Please read the guidance for farriers
• Fencing
• Fisheries management
• Game and wildlife
• Horticulture, landscaping and sports turf
• Production horticulture
• Land-based engineering
• Trees and timber.

 What's new, even if you have already benefited from Women and Work you can now sign up to receive funding once again.

Register your interest now.

Benefits

As an employer looking to support your female staff, you’ll benefit from this scheme just as much. Your employees will be able to bring more expertise and skill to your company, helping to drive it forward.

Once registered, the Women in Work project aims to:

• Provide employers with a grant between £300 and £400
• Develop a personalised training plan for each applicant
• Increase the number of women progressing in non-traditional occupation areas – impacting positively on the gender imbalance within the sector
• Develop an employer mentoring scheme to underpin and embed the knowledge gained during the training project
• Ensure that women on the project progress their career into a managerial, supervisory, higher technical role; achieve a new qualification or gain increased responsibility/ability within the same job role or benefit from an increase in salary.

Leave your details here and someone will be in touch so you can find out more.

Courses

 Funding is available for a wide range of courses including:

• Leadership and management – e.g.business planning, people management, performace supervisory and team leader management
• Technical – e.g. Stock control, accountancy, livestock management, agronomy, species identification etc.
• Legislative e.g. chainsaw, pesticide, manual handling, first aid, forklift truck etc.
• Work-based Diplomas

 If you want to see what courses are available on the Women and Work scheme, email Ali Inskip or call her on 02476 858441. 

Recognition

We also hold a Women and Work awards ceremony to recognise those who have used Women and Work funding to change their lives for the better by developing their skills and boosting their careers.

Sponsored by Vectorworks Training, we saw winners in a number of male dominated industries, including Outstanding Women and Work Learner of the Year, Victoria Forsyth and Skills Coach of the Year, Judy Randon from Cassava. Find out more about our 2010/11 winners, 2009/2010 winners or see some pictures from the awards ceremony.

 Information

To find out more, download one of our information leaflets and register your interest now. There are a limited number of spaces available so get your registration in soon to avoid disappointment.