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Building Employability
4th February, 2021

SIFA Fireside calls for sectors to support Building Employability

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Via Louise for SIFA Fireside

SIFA Fireside
calls for sectors to support
Building Employability

Leading homelessness charity, SIFA Fireside is inviting the construction and civil engineering sector to be part of an innovative new concept called Building Employability. The new scheme seeks to increase training and employment opportunities across the West Midlands for people who have experienced homelessness or exploitation.

‘I pledge‘ is the first phase of the programme targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the region. The ask is simple;

Pledge support for socially responsible approaches to recruitment that helps provide opportunities for people who have experienced homelessness and those who are vulnerably housed.

The charity is asking organisations to make their pledge and be directly involved in developing the concept as we begin to think about the post Covid-19 landscape.

Highway Traffic Management has been the first to pledge their support.

Building Employability

Managing Director and SIFA Fireside Patron Greg Baldwin said about the scheme:

We are very excited to have been involved in the planning and now the launch of Building Employability with SIFA Fireside. They have supported us hugely in tackling hidden homelessness within our workforce and it’s time for us, and the businesses of Birmingham to come together and pledge in support of their objectives and the aims of this movement.”

Working closely with SIFA Fireside’s specialist Teams, our Building Employability partners will use our innovative employment model to offer clients job opportunities and training within their business.

SIFA Fireside’s Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships Manager, Melissa Roche, said:

COVID-19 has impacted heavily on individuals and businesses across the region, which is why now is a crucial time to look at how we can work together to develop clear pathways and increase the number of people that have access to sustainable employment and accommodation opportunities.

The commercial sector plays a key role in tackling homelessness in the city and a number of our corporate partners have offered employment opportunities to our work-ready clients. Pledging your support to Building Employability is the first step to extending our reach within the thriving building and construction industry in Birmingham. Building Employability is a long-term approach that we want to develop with partners that stimulates real change and action.”

To find out more and pledge your interest to come on board and help SIFA Fireside to develop their Building Employability project, visit the pledge page here: sifafireside.co.uk/pages/301-building-employability


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