Are 2012 bosses doing enough to get unemployed and low-skilled Londoners working at the Games?

6 FEBRUARY 2012

How many unemployed or low-skilled Londoners are likely to find work at the Games? How successful have the Mayor’s employment and skills programmes been? And what has been the effect of the introduction of the Government’s new Work Programme?

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has a target of 7-12% of its workforce to be previously unemployed and 15-20% to live in the host boroughs[1].

The London Assembly’s Economy, Culture and Sport (ECS) Committee will tomorrow question the following guests about whether enough Londoners are getting the skills to apply for these positions:

  • Neale Coleman, Director of London 2012 Coordination, GLA
  • Andrew Emerson. Executive Director, East London, Seetec
  • Shaun Plant, Workforce Supply Director, G4S
  • Mark Roberts, National Employer Relations Manager, A4e
  • Alison Blackwood, Head of Policy and Knowledge, London Voluntary Services Council
  • Mary Conneely, Chief Adviser on Employment and Skills, Host Boroughs Unit.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 7 February from 10am in Committee Room 5 at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA). Media and members of the public are invited to attend.

The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.

 

Notes to Editors

  1. http://www.london2012.com/documents/locog-hr/2012-employmentskills-2-web1-2-.pdf
  2. Tomorrow’s meeting builds on a Committee report on the skills and employment legacy of the Games published in July 2011.
  3. Full agenda papers.
  4. The Chair of the ECS Committee, Dee Doocey AM, is available for interview.  See contact details below.
  5. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.

For media enquiries, please contact Alastair Cowan on 020 7983 4504.  For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer.  Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100.