Enterprise & employment
Creating opportunities through enterprise
Social enterprise can be a powerful tool for addressing unemployment, developing skills and creating sustainable community investment. We are building an ecosystem in which commercial activity generates opportunities for people and contributes to wider community development.
Our enterprise model
Trade → Employ → Train → Develop → Reinvest → Impact
01
Trade
Develop sustainable commercial activities through food, catering, hospitality, retail and other enterprise opportunities.
02
Employ
Create opportunities for local people to access paid work and gain valuable workplace experience.
03
Train
Provide practical training, qualifications and transferable skills.
04
Develop
Support people to build confidence, explore enterprise and progress into greater responsibility.
05
Reinvest
Use agreed surplus and commercial contributions to support community programmes and future opportunities.
06
Impact
Build a sustainable model that delivers economic participation and measurable community benefit.
CHOICES workforce development
Our workforce model connects young people with employers in sectors where practical skills and flexible staffing are needed. Participants progress through CHOICES training, employer engagement and work experience before being supported towards suitable paid opportunities.
- +Events
- +Hospitality
- +Catering
- +Retail
- +Customer service
- +Venue operations
Proposed employment and work experience opportunities
LCC proposes to develop relationships with employers to explore opportunities for CHOICES participants, including:
- +Employer engagement and potential interview opportunities.
- +Work experience placements and workplace exposure.
- +Hospitality, catering, retail and event-sector career opportunities.
- +Job brokerage, mentoring and progression support.
All opportunities would be subject to employer participation, safeguarding and eligibility requirements, recruitment processes, placement availability and individual suitability. Interviews, placements and employment are not guaranteed.
Partnership status and implementation
At this proposal stage, the above activities represent LCC's development intentions and proposed areas of collaboration. They should not be interpreted as confirmed commitments by employers, funders or other prospective partners.
Implementation would follow appropriate discussions and written confirmation of responsibilities, approvals, resources, timescales, governance arrangements and measures of success.
Our employer network
We want employers to become active participants in developing local talent.
- +Employer-led skills discussions
- +Speed interviews
- +Workplace visits
- +Work experience
- +Recruitment opportunities
- +Feedback and mentoring
- +Employment brokerage
We aim to build partnerships with hospitality venues, retailers, event organisers, food businesses and other employers.
Enterprise development
We also help people understand the possibilities of self-employment, social enterprise and business ownership. Through our projects, participants explore product development, marketing, customer service, business operations and financial awareness.