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AIRPORT INNOVATION

The People

Immediately prior to establishing Kindle, Jo Broad was responsible for Learning & Skills at Arts Council England in the East England region. Jo brought together a range of partners including the East England Development Agency, Arts Council England, the DfES Skills for Life, BAA Stansted and two Learning & Skills Councils to collaborate on finding new ways to support the unemployed into work.

The Challenge

We set out to forge a link between the agendas of different government agencies and a major regional employer to enable collaborative action on regional workforce skills.

The Response

Jo brokered a partnership with BAA's Stansted Airport. A joint objective was agreed of increasing recruitment and employment at the Airport of adults disadvantaged in the job market due to poor key skills. Jo brought together five diverse organisations and associated funding streams. The expertise & resources of different organisations were pooled and an innovative training tool using the Arts was established within the Airport Skills Programme. Using the Arts as a delivery mechanism, the training was fun for participants, had measurable learning outcomes and was bespoke to the employer.

The Success

The BAA partnership project helped strengthen the ‘innovation’ branding of the Airport Skills Programme and was reported by BAA to have approximately 40 % improved success in recruiting trainees to the point of job placement. The project provided an exchange of skills between mainstream and niche arts-based training providers. The project was subsequently promoted by BAA Stansted to its sister airports at Heathrow and Gatwick.

Want To Know More?

A report on this partnership featured in the first ever 'Stansted Employment Forum Newsletter' and is available on request from Kindle.

Web Link : Go to Stansted's Corporate Responsibility report

Kindle News

Queen's Honour For Kindle Client

“Kindle has hugely increased our profile with business partners and government agencies alike, brokering profitable partnerships of mutual benefit all round. Kindle understands the ethos of organisations that innovate and know how to deliver results.” says Andrew Hutchinson, OBE.

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Every Child's Creativity Matters

Four government flagship projects in the South East, championing creativity in learning, have successfully spun-out from their original home at Department for Culture, Media and Sport . Using organisational modelling generated by Kindle, two founding locations for the innovative Creative Partnerships programme have secured a future as independent organisations.

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