IRES27+ Webinar: Thursday 1 October

As part of the Edinburgh & South East Scotland City Region Deal, the Integrated Regional Employability & Skills programme has launched the IRES 2027+ proposal, outlining the next phase for 2027–2033.

IRES 2027+ aims to deliver:

• 65,000 additional skills improvements
• 30,000 job outcomes
• 10,000 career progressions

Read more here. IRES 2027 + Proposal Launched

At a recent webinar, Rona Hunter (IRES Board Vice Chair) and Adam Dunkerly (Programme Lead) discussed the future of the IRES Programme and asked for your support, as Partners and Stakeholders, to write to the Cabinet Secretary and lend your voices to the case we are making for the continuation of, and further investment in, IRES beyond 2027.

You can watch a recording of the webinar here. 

The ask is to lend weight to the argument by writing to the Cabinet Secretary and outlining the benefits of IRES and what would be lost if the project that you are involved in were not to continue.

Below, you can find a copy of the Key Messages, the Template, and the example letter we discussed during the webinar, along with the slides outlining the process and who else to copy on your letter.

 

IRES27+ Stakeholder Letter Template.docx IRES27+ Key Messages.pdf IRES27+ IEE Completed Example.pdf IRES 2027+ Call to Action 1 Oct 26 V2.pptx

 

If you have already written but haven't let Jessie know, can you please also send a copy to Jessie at jessie.colligan@capitalcitypartnership.org so we can keep a copy.

Many thanks again for your support of IRES27+.