I am delighted to be hosting Cheltenham’s biggest ever Training, Apprenticeship and Jobs Fair at Pittville Pump Room on Friday 1 April.
The event will be taking place between 10am and 3pm and is open to the public, with no booking necessary. Kindly sponsored by GlosJobs and local employer Spirax Sarco, this will be a fantastic opportunity to meet major local employers, and to find out how you can earn at the same time as learning.
So if you are looking for a new job or new career, or want to start your own business, retrain or volunteer, do come along to see what is on offer.
I have organised the event because driving social mobility in Cheltenham is my driving passion in politics. It’s what prompted me to stand for Parliament. I have long believed that a strong economy and a decent society come from ensuring everyone gets a fair crack at the whip. And that means spreading opportunity to all, wherever they’re brought up in Cheltenham.
When it comes to social mobility, there are two key drivers: a good education and a good job. Those are the factors that allow people who are prepared to put in the hard yards to improve their and their families’ lives.
On the former, we have fantastic schools in Cheltenham and it’s good news that the old 2015 funding system which penalised our town has been ripped up and replaced with an improved cash settlement. That means more money to the front-line at schools like Pittville and All Saints’.
And on good jobs, we are seeing Cheltenham’s labour market surge back after the horrors of the pandemic. As well as the hospitality sector, which has had a multi-million pound shot in the arm following the Races, local employers from GE Aviation to GCHQ are recruiting.
So if you, or someone you know, might benefit from seeing what’s on offer do come along on 1 April. It could be life-changing.