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Future Core and Digital Skills: Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise
4th December 2025
Starts at 10:00am
Ends at 11:00am
The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector is at the heart of local communities, delivering essential services, supporting health and wellbeing, and responding rapidly to change when needed.
Increased demand on services, as well as the move towards digital service delivery, new models of funding and impact measurement are reshaping how the sector works.
Join our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) focus group to discuss:
- Your experience of current and emerging skills needs
- The barriers to recruitment, retention, and upskilling
- Local training and education provision to better support your business and the wider sector
Your insights will feed into our research for the West of England and North Somerset LSIP, ensuring future training and education provisions aligns with your industry needs.
Why join us?
Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) place employers at the heart of local skills systems. Colleges and universities are training your future workforce, so join us to discuss what skills you need from your staff now, and in the future. Your insights will help us work with education providers and partners to shape provision and courses moving forward.
Who can join us?
This event is open to any employee from any business in the VCSE sector, located in the West of England and North Somerset local area, that wants to impact the skills workforces will need in the future.
If you’re a training provider or regional partner and you’d like to get involved, please email us first at LSIP@businesswest.co.uk to discuss. These focus groups aim to collect business intelligence directly from businesses in the specified local areas. However, we may have some available spaces for our partners and providers to join.
How much does it cost?
There is no charge for this event. Tickets are only available for a restricted time due to limited capacity. Book now to avoid disappointment.
Where is the event?
This event will be held online via Microsoft Teams. If you have any accessibility requirements for joining, please let us know at LSIP@businesswest.co.uk.
