Building London Creating Futures
Building London Creating Futures (BLCF) is in partnership with a variety of private, public and volunatry organisations committed to identifying construction recruitment needs.
Our aim is to find long term employment for local people in London. We offer specialised recruitment and retention of skilled staff, particularly placing long term unemployed people back into the construction industry.
How do we recruit?
We developed an innovative workplace coordinator model to create a cross London network of skilled people who can be transferred from site to site. The model helps sustain employment and identifies shortages of skills in the construction sector through
- links to the supply chain, which enables vacancies to be identified and created
- access to all organisations and processes onsite
- personal support for applicants
- ongoing employment support to ensure career advancement and reduced drop out rates
- flexible training and support including dates and locations to fit in with the applicants needs
- easy model application on major development sites
- influencing recruitment, training and employment practices for under represented groups within the construction industry.
Who can apply?
The project is open to anyone seeking employment in the construction industry, although we are recruiting key priority groups of people who are currently under-represented in the construction workforce including
- ethnic minorities
- lone parents
- maturer workers
- people with low or no skill set
- long term unemployed
- recent returnees
- women.
We aim to find employment for diverse people primarily targeting
- developers
- sub contractors
- training agencies.
About us
The Building London Creating Futures (BLCF) partnership pilot was created in 2001 and initially funded by the Skills Development Fund (SDF), delivered through the London Development Agency (LDA) to
- create a lasting, demonstrable and transferable model of cooperation
- coordinate between local labour and regeneration initiatives
- respond effectively to the needs of employees and employers.
The pilot had two workplace coordinators models used by MACE Ltd at  More London, London Bridge and Bovis Lend Lease, Paddington.
The successful launch of the of the pilot project led to an extended partnership using funding from Equal ESF (European Social Fund) and rolled out three additional workplace coordinator models at major development sites throughout central London based at
In 2006 we also successfully bid for the LDA (London Development Agency) ESF (European Social Fund) for an additional three workplace coordinator models.
The project currently has six active workplace coordinator models managed centrally by Southwark Council. Our goal is to recruit a further 11 for the future.
The project is advised by an Executive member of each partner organisation including
A comprehensive list is available from the BLCF team.
Contact us
Building London Creating Futures team
Tel: 020 7525 5518
building.london@southwark.gov.uk
Chiltern House
Portland Street
London
SE17 2ES |