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From Facetime to face to face – meeting and events spaces in demand at The Source
Zoom and Teams kept businesses connected throughout the lockdowns.
But as we head towards a full lifting of restrictions, demand is surging for safe face-to-face meeting places.
Leading Sheffield training and skills academy The Source is perfectly placed to provide COVID-safe spaces.
The organisation has a prime location – next to Meadowhall Shopping Centre, close to the M1 – and within minutes of Sheffield city centre.
“Bookings are flooding in,” said Eddie Hoyland, business development assistant. “Businesses know the value that comes from meeting clients or staff face-to-face and are keen for it to return.”
The 25 rooms for hire include spaces suitable for interviews, meetings and training, and a 150-seater conferencing room with layout options ranging from theatre-style to classroom.
Catering features three price levels plus dietary options and food comes in individual ‘grab and go’ boxes for safety.
The facilities team, led by Greg Sutcliffe, is ensuring people are safe from viral transmission throughout the building. Measures include on-site lateral flow tests, temperature-checking, socially distanced room layouts and one-way systems (go to https://thesourceacademy.co.uk/coronavirus-update).
Since May, industrial recruitment agency Single Resource has been booking meeting rooms to meet with South Yorkshire people unable to travel to its base in Worksop.
“Location and transport links are excellent, the high-spec rooms are perfect for interviewing and training and staff are friendly and helpful,” said Louise Bratlley, senior account manager. “We will be using the Source throughout 2021.”
Contact roombookings @thesourceacademy.co.uk or call 0114 2635692.
Young flocked to our first Kickstart recruitment event
A ‘Super Recruitment’ event – staged by The Source and JobCentre Plus to help young jobless people hit by the pandemic – was so successful, two more are in the pipeline.
More than 120 people came to the June event at the academy on Meadowhall Way.
The day resulted in 79 young people being interviewed for roles and 20 successfully gaining placements with the government’s Kickstart scheme.
Kickstart aims to get the UK’s jobless 16-24 year-olds living on Universal Credit into paid six-month work placements which could lead to permanent jobs.
Others were helped onto The Source’s Steps Into Work programme or signposted to apprenticeships and training.
“No one went away without being supported,” said Dale Robinson, director of business development.
A Gateway Provider for Kickstart, the training organisation is working with JobCentre Plus and employers to make applications less daunting for young candidates.
Attendees met The Source’s support workers and tutors, JobCentre Plus specialists and mental health workers from Sheffield Futures, gaining support on everything from anxiety and confidence issues to successful interview techniques. They then met more than 20 waiting employers and browsed hundreds of jobs.
More Super Recruitment days will be held on July 8 and September 9.
Contact kickstart@thesourceacademy.co.uk
