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Recognising exceptional collaboration between an employment support provider and an employer, this award celebrates partnerships that have had a measurable and positive impact on jobseekers’ lives.
Director of 4front Partners Tony Carr says: “We are thrilled to sponsor this award which showcases the very best examples of effective employer engagement. At 4front Partners we champion employer engagement as a crucial feature of good employability delivery. Most employment and skills programmes have a goal of customers entering the workforce, so we need good, ethical employers working in partnership with providers. We need to continue to get better at recognising the importance, and contribution, of employer stakeholders in changing the lives of the individuals we support. Congratulations and thank you to all the excellent employers nominated!”
Hargreaves Lansdown – nominated by Women’s Work Lab
In April 2023, Women’s Work Lab and FTSE 100 financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown launched the UK’s first entry-level returnship for mothers in receipt of Universal Credit. Under the scheme, exclusively for graduates of WWL’s 12-month employability programmes, 16 mums were offered call centre and admin roles at Hargreaves Lansdown.
4front Partners is a Business Development Consultancy led by Tony Carr. Tony has worked in employability and related sectors for twenty years and is a prominent voice for effective employer engagement in employability programmes. Tony co-chairs the ERSA Employer Engagement forum with Dr Jo Ingold. They have collaborated on several academic papers focussing on improving employer engagement. Tony advises local, national, and international governments to design and deliver effective labour supply and demand systems through inclusive policy design. 4front Partners provides industry-leading strategy consulting, employer engagement training, and mentoring for employer engagement practitioners and managers.
