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New employment support tools tested PONToon, a project that provides women, who may be excluded from job opportunities, with IT skills and employment advice is testing the digital tools it has developed to get trainees on the right career path.
locations including Eastleigh Library and the town’s Jobcentre Plus. Participants used smartphones and a virtual reality headset, before giving their feedback through a short interview.
The Council, one of 11 partners in the PONToon project, trialled the four digital tools with target groups in
For more info: pontoonproject.eu/digital-tools
Funding for local companies The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership’s support team can assist companies in making an application for funding. There are three types of funding support available: Start-up Businesses and Entrepreneurs (£5,000 - £100,0000; Small &
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Arts Council England funding success Boosting career pathways for women An award of £585,000 for a project designed to boost career pathways for future women leaders in the arts has been won by The Point, Eastleigh, in collaboration with seven South West based cultural organisations and the University of Southampton. The funding is part of Arts Council England’s mission to tackle the gender imbalance in senior roles in arts organisations.
Medium business (£10,000£500,000); Large Projects (£500,000-£5,000,000).
The two year SWarm project will see partners from across the region develop a pilot to create work placements for talented women and explore new leadership pathways in the arts.
A member of the Solent Growth Hub team can help businesses identify the right support for them through a free one-to-one session. Solentlep.org.uk
The Council’s Cabinet Lead for Social Policy, Cllr Tina Campbell, said: “It is excellent that The Point has been included in this significant award, which reflects its status as an important arts centre in the region. It is important that we address the under-representation of women in senior arts roles.
Happily, at Eastleigh we are bucking the national trend, as the higher management roles across our arts and culture team are occupied by women.”
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