Investing in education, skills and training

Marking once year since the Government’s Plan For Jobs was launched, the MP for Copeland has commended Whitehaven’s Job Centre, thanking work coaches for their ‘vital role’ in supporting constituents to access new job opportunities.  

An engaging online discussion held last week discussed the future of Copeland dubbing it the perfect place for start-ups and entrepreneurs to grow and proposer. 

Copeland businesses are being invited to learn how they can get involved in a scheme designed to ensure young people at risk of long-term unemployment have a future of opportunity and hope.

Pupils from more than a dozen Copeland Schools quizzed their local MP today on how to make positive change within their communities.

Trudy is set to host a live event with horticultural specialists in a bid to encourage more people to explore a career in the industry.

Staff and pupils at Mayfield School had a socially distanced visit from their local MP this week.

The MP for Copeland is calling on employers to sign up to the landmark Kickstart Scheme as Government broadens the guidelines to make it easier for smaller businesses to get involved. 

The MP for Copeland has today joined over 100 MP’s and Peer’s across the UK to support The APPG for Mentoring and The Diana Award’s ‘One Hour, One Young Person, One Parliamentarian’ mentoring campaign’.

Residents across Copland are being offered the chance to retrain and find new, well-paid jobs as part of the Government’s new Lifetime Skills Guarantee.

The MP for Copeland has welcomed the Government’s landmark new Kickstart scheme and called on local employers to sign up and help young people into work to mark the opening of the initiative.