The SCR Chambers: Doncaster
All change as Jill steps up as new President
Formally announced at the Doncaster Chamber AGM in December, Doncaster Chamber is pleased to announce new appointments to its Board.
Changes to the Board include:
• Jill Wood (Signum Facilities Management) promoted to President
• Andy Morley (ProAktive), Steve Bradley (NatWest) and Jim Carley (Carley Consult) welcomed to the Board as Elected members
• Karen Beardsley (Unipart Rail) and Heather Boyce (Age UK Doncaster) welcomed to the Board as Co-opted members.
Operating as a not-for-profit
‘The Board has fantastic
organisation, the Chamber represents Doncaster’s private sector and promotes business growth through providing a wide range of tailored services and benefits to its members. Jill Wood, newly appointed Doncaster Chamber President, said: “Signum has been a member of Doncaster Chamber for over six years and I am honoured to take the business relationship one step further by accepting the position of Chamber President. I joined the Board four years ago to actively support the
representation from across a range of sectors’
Chamber CEO Dan Fell and Jill Wood, incoming President
economic growth of Doncaster. In that time I have seen the Chamber grow to its current
position of Chamber of the Year, an
accolade which shows just how much their team does for the local business community. As President I am keen to contribute to the vitally important schemes such as Opportunities Doncaster which the Chamber drives on behalf of business and the borough.” Dan Fell, CEO at Doncaster Chamber, said: “I am thrilled to welcome Jill and the other
important additions to our Board. The Board has fantastic representation from across a range of sectors. This ensures that the Chamber is run for and by the local business community and, at a critical time for the local and national economy, fully representative of the private sector. The Chamber works closely with partners to do
brilliant things for Doncaster and is at the heart of the local business community. I am confident that following Jill’s appointment we will continue to drive the local economy forward, positioning Doncaster as a place that means business.”
Region promises to support skills challenge
A new pact between business and education which will provide learners with the skills they need to prosper and help to deliver economic growth for the region has officially been launched in Doncaster. Representatives from local schools, colleges
and employers attended the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure in December to learn more about the Doncaster Promise. The Doncaster Promise, a set of entitlements
and expectations for local business and education, offers a ‘joined-up’ approach between local business and schools to deliver careers and skills education in an effort to ensure that all learners leave education with the competencies they need to prosper within the workforce and economy.
40 CHAMBERconnect Winter 2020 For businesses, the Promise is a commitment to
engage directly with students through in-school and on-site visits, which will develop skills for their future workforce and reach the local community.
For more information about visit
www.opportunitiesdoncaster.co.uk/doncaster- promise
For educators, it is a pledge to strengthen ties between their school and surrounding employers to raise awareness of career opportunities in the area and to develop vocationally relevant learning that properly equips students as they begin their career journeys. Doncaster Chamber Chief Operating Officer,
Andy Hibbitt said: “The Doncaster Promise places young people at the very centre of our vision. It offers a model to deliver sustainable change in the borough, but for our efforts to take root, lasting partnerships between business and education need to be forged and maintained.”
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