Training for Employment (Yorkshire) C.I.C. (TfE to it's friends) is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise, based Selby, in North Yorkshire. TfE specialises in helping unemployed and disadvantaged local people to gain the skills to go into employment, self-employment, or to start up their own small business.

TfE self-publishes Business Planning Workbooks which explain in easy-to-follow, jargon-free terms, the skills and requirements of setting up a business. These skills include planning, budgeting, financial forecasting, tax and legal issues.

TfE also offers self-employment workshops to individuals. Also, training to local authorities, schools and colleges who wish to offer enterprise awareness and self-employment workshops and courses. TfE also offers this to commercial organisations to compliment their restructuring and redundancy support packages.

Lesson plans for these workshops are available to education and training faculties worldwide, so they can adapt them to their specific local requirements.

Training for Employment embraces the following values in its internal workings and its external relationships:
Collaboration and partnership with stakeholders
Integrity in its dealings
Accountability and transparency
Passion in its delivery provision
Diversity and inclusion
Quality of service delivery.

The Director of TfE, John McGaughran, is a Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) and holds a Level 7 in Business Improvement and Contract Management. Mr McGaughran is a qualified tutor in the lifelong learning sector, holding a Level 3 in Education & Training. John has previously run other businesses as a sole trader and as a Member in a Partnership.

Products and services

Self-employment support, Business plan templates, Business planning workbooks, Education and training, Small business consultancy, Small business services, Self-employment workshops, Business training manuals, Business planning manuals, Enterprise training

Industry

Business and consumer services, Education and training