Our People
Supporting the growth of the Lancashire economy by developing people's skills
Creating sustainable skills and employment to drive prosperity is key to Lancashire’s future – supporting this is the
Skills and Employment Board and the Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub.
Skills and Employment Board
The Skills and Employment Board considers skills and employment priorities within Lancashire; which includes the areas supported by Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority and Blackpool Unitary Authority.
Lancashire is one of the largest local economies in the North of England with a population of 1.5m people, Lancashire’s economy generates over £35bn in Gross Value Added with 53,000 businesses, supporting 730,000 jobs.
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Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub
We are a strategic team of experienced professionals, who are the engine behind the Skills and Employment Board supporting them and enabling a balanced, skilled and inclusive labour market which underpins and contributes to economic well-being and growth across Lancashire.
We have developed an evidence base to help us identify skills and employment issues across Lancashire. This evidence base, alongside consultation with stakeholders, has been used to develop a Lancashire Skills and Employment Strategic Framework, which underpins everything we do.
The Strategic Framework sets out the skills and employment priorities for Lancashire and we work in partnership with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to achieve the objectives set out in the framework.
Meet the Skills and Employment Hub Team . . .
Kerry L. O. Harrison
Digital Skills Partnership Coordinator
Jake Crolla
Integration and Partnerships Officer (Connect to Work)
David Prince
Skills & Economic Intelligence Officer (Adult Skills)
Leigh McLaughlin
Employment & Skills Coordinator (Social Value)
Lauren Capstick
Strategic Partnership Manager
Sankara Saravanan
Administrator
Stephen Norman
Quality and Compliance Manager
Mark Spanner
Project Manager – Skills Bootcamps
Nicola Lee
Project Manager - Connect to Work
Andrew Blakeman
Skills & Economic Intelligence Officer
Giselle Reis
Project Officer - Digital
Katherine Oates
Project Officer Skills Bootcamps
Joanne McCaffrey
Project Officer - Skills Pledge
Dan Dixon
Strategic Programme Manager - Connect to Work
Ashley Wells
Programme Manager - Adult Skills Fund
Tom Mayor
Project Officer (Skills Bootcamps)
Nicola Roberts
Employer Engagement Lead - Connect to Work
Lois Bullen
Integration & Partnerships Officer (Connect to Work)
Caitlin Bourne
Project Officer (Digital)
Fahad Shamsuddin
Apprentice Project Officer (Connect to Work)
Dave Roberts
Skills and Economic Intelligence Officer
Mehmood Mulla
Skills & Economic Intelligence Manager
Dr Michele Lawty-Jones
Director
Sara Gaskell
Manager of the Lancashire Skills Hub
