Building Womens Futures March 30, 2009

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Attracting Women into Non-Traditional Sectors

An International Womens Month Event sponsored by Transport for London(TfL) and the Office of the 5 Host Boroughs

Are you a womanlooking for work in a non-traditional sector such as construction, transport or engineering?
Are you self-employed or thinking of starting a business in this sector?
Do you want to talk directly to leading businesses about the employment and procurement opportunities that exist?
YES?
Then come and join us at this unique, FREE event where you'll discover some exciting employment, enterprise and procurementopportunities and gainthe chance to network with some like minded women

11.30am - Registration
12pm 2.30pm
Lunch and Light Refreshments
Employment Fair and Business Forum

Current and future job vacancies from leading employers Inspirational speakers featuring women already working or doing business in non-traditional sectors
Networking & Business Forum - a chance to network with employers and womens enterprises on a range of issues from best practice in employment to procurement opportunities.

2.30pm 6.00pm
Enterprise and Skills Exchange
Find out about construction skills and other skills development programmes including apprenticeship schemes, work experience placements, Train to Gain and meet employers, recruitment agencies, job brokerage firms such as Skillsmatch and Skills4Work
Join the round-table discussion on procurement for 2012 Olympics and other public sector opportunities.
Enterprise Support - if you are interested in starting a business or developing and growing an existing business come and find out how. There will be stands from support agencies and short films on women working in non-traditional sectors.

BOOK NOW TO SECUREYOUR PLACE!



Organized by KIS Training, Urban Inclusion Community, WAMT

This event is sponsored by Transport for London(TfL ) and the Office of the 5 Host Boroughs
FEAT is a partnership of four womens voluntary organisations. Urban Inclusion Community, Account 3, Womens Resource Centre and Prowess. FEAT is funded by the London Development Agency to encourage the formation and growth of new businesses and social enterprises by black, asian and minority ethnic women directly linked to the entrepreneurial opportunities arising from the 2012 Olympics and other public sector commissions.
Kis Training manage The Women Into Non-Traditional Occupations project (WINTO), which is funded by the London Development Agency (LDA). It was designed to address the gender imbalance within various occupations where women are highly under represented (e.g. within the Construction industry). The WINTO project has delivered a range of courses and support services for 3 years and it ends on 31st March 2009.
Women and Manual Trades (WAMT) is the national membership organisation that aims to support tradeswomen and women that are training in the trades. WAMT was started in 1975 by a group of women who sought to explore ways to get training and to discuss strategies for challenging the discrimination faced by women in the manual trades and to develop a support network. Over the thirty years, WAMT has evolved and changed but its core objectives remain the same.

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Ticket Info:  Free, Free

Official Website: http://womenfutures-upcoming.eventbrite.com