Skills for People
Tourism Partnership North Wales has a Strategic Objective, providing an outstanding experience from arrival to departure, making it a delight to spend time in North Wales.
To this end, it is a key priority, to ensure skilled people and investment in product excellence as skilled people and high quality facilities are the backbone of any quality tourism establishment or destination.
Specifically the partnerships aim is to assist:
- Develop profitable businesses run by enterprising managers with a skilled and motivated workforce.
To achieve said aim the partnerships activity includes the co-ordination of a People Development Forum to act as a sounding board on visitor economy labour supply, skills development issues and training take-up within the region.
Additionally this forum aims to influence training providers, business support agencies and colleges to understand and respond to the particular needs of the tourism sector within the region. The forum also works with partners to improve the image of tourism as an employer.
In order to promote a learning culture within the tourism and wider visitor economy of North Wales, the partnership is able to:
- Signpost what is on offer in terms of training & business support
- Provide advice
- Disseminate good practice and publicise success stories
- Undertake the organisation of short sharp hits of learning (sometimes in partnership) whereby gaps exists
Resources & information that may prove of use include:
- www.dmwales.com
- Portal for all those involved in the development of tourism destinations and the delivery of the visitor experience at those destinations (please see the ‘Toolbox’ section which provides an array of information relating to skills development across Wales inclusive of colleges, universities & Sector Skills Councils)
- www.whodoiask.com
- Information resource for the tourism industry of Wales. The portal has been designed for tourism providers and contains a wealth of information whether you are ‘starting up’, wish to know more about providing for your customers, how to attract new business and all the financial, legal requirements and so on for the day-today running of your business
If you require further advice within the region please contact Llinos Cunnah on 01745 589027 or alternatively contact:
Lee Elwell – National Tourism Skills Co-ordinator
Jointly employed by the 4 Regional Tourism Partnerships (RTP’s) & the tourism department of the Welsh Government (WG) to direct, manage & influence skills development/ business support for the tourism sector. Located within the offices of South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP) but working on a pan Wales basis across all RTP regions.
E-mail: lee.elwell@swwtp.co.uk
Tel: 07812 587051
Skype name: lee.elwell1
