Employers

Social Value Projects

with the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

Good for Communities. Good for Business. Good for the Future.

The Heart of Yorkshire Education Group can help you deliver meaningful social value, strengthen your workforce pipeline and support the next generation of talent. By partnering with us, you can meet your Corporate Social Responsibility commitments, whilst making a measurable impact in your community.

Working with us is a simple, effective way to generate social value. By supporting local young people to developing future skills, your organisation can demonstrate clear, positive outcomes that contribute to both CSR and social value frameworks.

You can make a real difference by offering a work placement or industry placement, building young people’s confidence whilst increasing your visibility and strengthening local connections.

An apprentice adds value across your organisation and directly contributes to your social value outputs.

You can offer a site visit, be a guest speaker in the classroom, provide a workshop or even an online activity.

Work with us to influence curriculum design, ensuring learners develop the skills your sector needs. Gain early access to motivated, work-ready candidates.

Through tailored training, Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps, we can help you develop both new recruits and existing staff - reducing recruitment pressure and growing specialist capability.

Good for Your Organisation

Partnering with us helps you:

  • Strengthen contract bids and procurement outcomes
  • Demonstrate measurable social value delivery
  • Build a reliable talent pipeline
  • Improve recruitment and retention
  • Enhance brand reputation
  • Invest in your community with confidence

Let’s Work Together
If you are looking to strengthen your social value commitments and build a future-ready workforce, our Employer Engagement Team is ready to support you: employerengagement@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk

Hear from our Employer Partners

Don’t just take our word for it, hear from some of our employer partners as to how we’re helping them boost their social value.

By supporting students through work experience placements, apprenticeships, mock interviews and initiatives such as Give Construction a Try, together with the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group we are able to help young people gain real insight into careers within the construction and facilities management industry. We are particularly proud to currently support two electrical apprentices studying with the Group, demonstrating our commitment to developing future talent. Siobhan Cooper
Social Impact Manager at Robertson Facilities Management in Wakefield.
Our partnership with Heart of Yorkshire Education Group has helped us to create high-quality, real-world learning opportunities for students at the same time as building a future talent pipeline for Vico Homes. It’s strengthened our community engagement, showing our commitment to boosting the skills of local people and helping them to get meaningful industry experience. Sharon Poole
Social Inclusion Manager at Vico Homes
I really value the partnership we’ve built with Wakefield College. For over a decade, they’ve been sending SEND students to us for work experience and it’s genuinely one of the most rewarding parts of what we do. We don’t take part because it ticks a social‑responsibility box - we do it because we want to offer a hand up to those who need it. And it’s clear the tutors who support the students feel exactly the same. They’re a first‑class team who consistently go above and beyond, and that deserves real recognition. All in all, our ongoing partnership with the College creates a ripple effect of good - for students, for staff, for our customers and for the wider community. It’s something we’re incredibly proud to be part of. Shaun Mounsey
Manager at Create Cafe Wakefield
Our long-standing partnership with Heart of Yorkshire Education Group plays an important role in delivering social value. By providing placements, site visits, talks and apprenticeship opportunities, we’re helping students gain real-world experience and develop the skills they need to enter the construction industry. Supporting the college with curriculum discussions, particularly around green skills, also helps ensure future talent is prepared for the changing needs of the sector. At the same time, the relationship supports local employment and skills development, benefiting both our workforce and the wider community. Debbie Watson
Social Value Manager, Caddick Construction