At its Leadership Group meeting on Monday 13 December TSL received an update on the development of revised Talent Plan for Leeds.

To date there have been two rounds of consultation through an online message board and a range of stakeholders have been involved in shaping the future document.

In the first conversation:

• Contributors were most engaged with two topics: Skills in demand & Support needed from the city
• Two main overarching challenges for the future of work were identified: the need for Employers to be more adaptable in working practices, leadership styles and cultures & the need to Transform education both in what and how it delivers.

From this starting point, 8  key areas of action were developed and checked through the second conversation:

• Good sustainable jobs, nobody left behind, skills for the future, skills for life, employers of the future, education fit for purpose, council as an enabler, city of the future.
• Broadly speaking, the majority of participants in the validation conversation strongly agreed with the action plan.

Next Steps

In the New Year the final draft of the plan will be developed and a set of actions will be co-created with stakeholders with the aim of signing off the plan at the Council’s Executive Board in Spring 2022.

How you can help:

TSL is keen to share examples of good practice around talent and skills development in the third sector.

Please contact Richard.warrington@val.org.uk to share your story.

Third Sector Leeds