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Belfast Labour Market Partnership

  • How we developed the Belfast Labour Market Partnership

    The Belfast Labour Market Partnership (LMP) is focused on improving Belfast’s employability outcomes and labour market conditions by working with a wide range of partners, being flexible to meet local needs and helping to connect employers with employees. We developed the partnership with funding from the Department for Communities (DfC) and Department for the Economy (DfE). 

    Labour Market Partnership logo

    Working with stakeholder groups

    We work with a wide range of stakeholder groups to consider four areas when deciding how to support the development of Belfast’s labour market:

    • supply (people)
    • demand (employment)
    • provision (education, training and support programmes)
    • policy

    This gives us the information we need to:

    • develop a Belfast Labour Market Partnership action plan tailored to the city’s labour market needs
    • agree the city’s sector and industry specific needs
    • review supply and demand levels to identify gaps and challenges; and
    • commission the support required.
  • More information on Belfast Labour Market Partnership

    You can read a summary of our 2023-2024 action plan online:

    2023-2024 action plan

    Or email lmp@belfastcity.gov.uk.

  • Key areas of focus

    During 2023 and 2024, we’ll be focusing on a range of activities which will help to:

    • reduce Belfast’s working-age economic inactivity rate
    • reduce youth unemployment (18 to 24 years old) in the city
    • increase the median wage in the city
    • increase the percentage of working-age adults with disabilities employed in Belfast
  • Multiply initiatives in Belfast

    Belfast Labour Market Partnership has received funding for a range of UK Multiply programme initiatives from the Department for the Economy. Multiply supports the Economic Vision for a regionally balanced economy with good jobs and increased productivity which delivers on decarbonisation.

    Numeracy is a vital skill and the £5.9 million Multiply programme will boost the competence and confidence of over 3,000 adults and enhance their opportunities for further training and employment.

    Multiply is being delivered by further education colleges, universities and local councils in collaboration with the community and voluntary sector.

    If you’d like to develop your numeracy skills, please contact the following organisations which have been awarded funding to run Multiply projects in Belfast:

    Initiative Organisation Contact details
    Irish Medium – Gaelmhata Gaelchúrsaí Colma McKee
    Call 028 9043 8771 
    Email colma@gaelchursai.com
    Multiply your Choices GEMS NI Stephen Atkinson
    Call 028 9033 2313 
    Email Stephen.atkinson@gemsni.org.uk
    Multiply your Employment Choices GEMS NI
    ESOL Supported Numeracy Qualifications People 1st Cathy Norris
    Call 028 9266 5100
    Email c.norris@people-1st.co.uk
    Supporting Numeracy in the Classroom People 1st
    Supporting Older Learners West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.
    Steps to Numeracy: Supporting the Newcomer Community West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.
    Steps to Numeracy: Training for Trainers West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.
    Maths for Speakers of Other Languages: Community Based Workshops West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.
    Basic Life Finances West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.
    Practical Maths for Older Learners West Belfast Partnership Board Angie Mervyn or Rory Flanagan
    Call 028 9080 9202
    Email angie@wbpb.org or rory@wbpb.org.

    If you have any general queries about the Multiply programme, email lmp@belfastcity.gov.uk

    This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (link opens in new window), a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda, providing £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025.

    The fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.

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