Our Green Skills Hub is a space designed to offer Islington residents access to courses and resources related to green energy knowledge and expertise in the workplace. This initiative is part of our commitment to bring social value to Islington through our S106.
During the design brief, we realised that we could offer more services to the community by identifying the space as a place where other local community-focused organisations could run activities free of charge and where other courses such as DIY or energy advice workshops could be held.
All of this ties in with the need to holistically promote not only the skills needed to access construction jobs but also the need to offer employability services to residents so that when they access these offers, they are prepared to face the selection process.
All of this is approached in a way that is not only environmentally but also socially sustainable.
In order to materialise the above, we outline below the necessary plans and documents as well as the activities that have been carried out, including outreach and engagement.
Check our spaces in the leaflet below and drop us an email, phone call or the most convenient way you find. Contact details will be at the end of the leaflet.
We are coordinating with Islington to offer the spaces to different organisations but also to provide different services to the community.
Below you can find a series of procedures that we execute on a daily basis when our Green Skills courses are running. Same procedure is applicable for workshops and community courses arranged by other local organisations.
– Upon arrival, students will proceed to Gate 1 where they will be greeted by the traffic marshal.
– The traffic marshal will conduct identity checks to ensure only authorized individuals enter the premises.
– Students will then be directed to a designated waiting area.
– Once assembled, students will be led by the teacher and a London Square community officer to their respective classrooms.
– Prior to entry, the teacher will be provided an overview of fire exits, emergency procedures, and conduct a tour of the facilities and inventory management procedures.
– Students will be informed about rooms prohibited for use and toilette facilities accommodated for their access.
– Upon entering the classroom, students will receive a comprehensive induction on fire exits, emergency procedures, and safety guidelines.
– Additionally, students will be required to complete a baseline questionnaire for course marketing purposes.
– Clear signage will be displayed to prevent students from accessing unauthorized areas such as offices and restricted rooms.
– Separate male and female toilets will be conveniently located across the main hallway for student use.
– The London Square community officer will ensure that all students enter and exit the facilities together, maintaining group cohesion.
– The traffic marshal will oversee the sign-in and sign-out process to accurately track student attendance.
– After each lesson, an inventory check will be conducted at the green skills hub to ensure all equipment is accounted for and maintained.
– Access to the theory room will be strictly controlled to maintain a conducive learning environment.
– Access to the building is contingent upon completion of the Capital College registration process online, ensuring compliance with access protocols and administrative requirements.
This structured induction process aims to ensure a smooth and organised transition for students, prioritizing safety, security, and adherence to established procedures.
Risk assessment method statements have to be filled in together with the organisations carrying out the activities in the hub. Inductions with the necessary material on safety, fire and emergency procedures will be carried out.
To promote the green skills space within the Islington community, we have utilised our relationships with local stakeholders. Both with the Islington Borough as well as through local organisations that can refer us to organisations or community groups with less financial capacity to rent premises and that can take advantage of the use of the space. In the previous months we dedicated ourselves to making a map of the stakeholders and making contact and seeing what needs there are in the community. Below you can find examples of us promoting the space and courses at events and through our monthly newsletter.
Newsletters
A number of strategies have been established to promote communication within the Islington borough. These have been based on reaching all communities digitally and on paper. For this purpose, posters and leaflets have been distributed within the area near Holloway. It has also been taken into account that Holloway Park is a neighbour of one of the areas with the highest index of deprivation and emphasis has been placed on these posters and leaflets reaching to these areas.
We have also promoted the course in our monthly newsletters to our immediate neighbours which reach 1200 households and have updated the information on our website. Additionally, we created a QR so that pedestrians who saw our ads could access the registration through their mobile phone, but phone line was also promoted in case they did not have access to the internet.
Finally, we use our contact network through Peabody residents lists and local organisations that we have previously engaged with as well as some Islington organizations. Below is an example of our poster promotion distributed around the area.
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