Roundtable for VCSE Organisations In partnership with Active Essex

🗓 Date: 22nd October 2025 

🕤 Time:  9:30am – 11:30am 

📍 Location:  Chelmsford Central Baptist Church, Victoria Road South, CM1 1LN 

As Essex prepares for the next stage of devolution, the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is being refreshed. We’re committed to ensuring that employers/deployers like you have access to the right resources, training, and skilled talent to thrive. This event is your opportunity to shape how that future looks. 

This event is designed specifically for VCSE organisations, including charities, community groups, and social enterprises, your insights are vital to shaping a local skills system that works for everyone. We know that navigating workforce challenges isn’t easy and we want to understand yours. By joining us, you’ll help inform how we prepare locally, feed into central government planning, and shape policies that directly affect your organisation and sector. 

💡 Why Your Voice Matters: 

• Influence future skills funding and training opportunities in your area 

• Share the real challenges your organisation faces whether around recruitment, volunteer development, or upskilling 

• Help shape regional strategy and feed into national planning 

• Connect with peers, policymakers, and training providers 

Whether you’re facing recruitment hurdles, skills gaps, or shifting demands this is your chance to ensure the VCSE sector is heard and supported in future workforce planning. 

Let’s build a stronger, more inclusive future together. 

🔗 Spaces are limited. Register your place HERE 

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