“Employability of Refugees, BME Communities and the Long-term Unemployed: Issues and Challenges”

Thursday 21 st July, at Forum House, Spital Hill

From 9.15 am to 1.15 pm

9.15 am – 9.30 am Tea/Coffee

9.30 am – 10.25 am 1. Keynote address by Prof. Dan Finn , University of Portsmouth

10.25 am – 10.55 am 2. Patrick Wintour/Beryl Randall (‘Employability Forum', London ) – on links with employers and JobCentre Plus strategies for refugees

10.55 am – 11.10 pm 3. Tea/coffee 11.10 am – 11.35 am •  Zahid Hamid (Black Community Forum) - “Local community experiences on the issue of employability”.

11.35 am – 12.00 am •  South Yorkshire LSC - Speaker to be confirmed

12.00 am – 12.45 pm •  Discussion Forum (with community groups, employment providers, policy makers) Followed by Light Lunch

All welcome!   (For further details contact Satish / Amineh / Steve at SHEFFIELD POSITIVE ACTION TRAINING CONSORTIUM (SPAT-C), Workshop 5, The SYAC Centre, 120 Wicker, Sheffield S3 8JD

Tel: 0114 281 2320/273 9105/275 6815 Fax: 0114 281 2327 Email:spatc@hotmail.com)