When Covid-19 struck
When the country went into lockdown, we responded quickly to provide as much support as possible for our members, partners, and the wider workforce. Our Stronger Together campaign saw many organisations coming forward with offers of support and expertise, and our Facebook group has become an invaluable platform for people to connect with CIMSPA and each other. Keeping employers and individuals up to date with the latest Covid-19 guidance (through several lockdowns and across all four home nations) has been a major focus for us, especially in providing individuals working in the sector with the information they need to work safely. We have also worked hard to gain insight into how people in the sector were dealing with the challenges of Covid-19.
ReActivating and ReTraining the workforce
CIMSPA was able to secure £2m of funding, via Sport England and the National Lottery, for our ReActivate and ReTrain programmes. This was money injected directly into the sector to help operators recover from Covid-19, plugging any skills gaps in their workforce and helping individuals to return to work safely and with confidence. We have also just announced a further £5m of funding from Sport England to support job retentionand help the sector to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
