I will use everything I've learned in my business career, and my political career as an active campaigner on the issues that matter. "As the MP for Redditch, I will be a fighter for every community in the constituency, working tirelessly to deliver service and commitment for the people of Redditch. I'm delighted that schools across the country have recently put hundreds of learners through the Skilled and Ready program which will help them get a good job after they leave school" We help to open young people's eyes to the opportunities here for them and also to support them making the right choices. Having run a business I've seen the skills gap in practise. We link the skills needed by local employers to the curriculum. She believes that a great education is the key to fulfilling potential and she said, "Skilled and Ready fits a real need.
She started her charity, Skilled and Ready, because she has always been passionate about helping young people get the best start in life. She helped set up the LoveBrum charity supporting grassroots volunteer-led charities that don't receive government funding. She recently completed a term as an elected Parent Governor at a Birmingham school, with responsibility for the curriculum area. Over the years she has been a voluntary worker and fundraiser for the National Childbirth Trust, a Sunday School Teacher, as well as spending 15 years as a Beaver, Cub, Scout Leader and Assistant District Commissioner for Cubs. Rachel has always worked in her local community since at age 16 she began helping with summer camps for children from inner city Birmingham held at Alvechurch. The business was selected to participate in the Entrepreneurial Spark programme in Birmingham, and received seed funding from Sprint Pirates, a leading technology accelerator in London.
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She's a technology entrepreneur who also recently co-founded an HR software business, providing a platform for SMEs to use the latest technology tools to run their businesses more efficiently. Over the years she faced the challenges and setbacks that many small business owners experience, but the business eventually flourished and now employs people from all over the Midlands area including Redditch people, as well as having an international presence. Rachel has a background in business, after she married her husband David, they set up a Birmingham based publishing company, specialising in IT and software content. She currently lives in Dorridge, a 10 minute drive from Redditch, and she knows Redditch well from visiting over the years for work, and to bring her cub pack kayaking on the Arrow Valley Lake. She will be moving as soon as possible to make her family home in Redditch. She's a Midlands girl born and bred, and has spent most of her life in the Solihull and Birmingham area. Rachel is married and has 3 sons and a daughter.Midlands born and bred, Rachel went to the local comprehensive school and is a working Mum with four grown up children and a rescue dog, Phoebe. Rachel studied Experimental Psychology at St Hugh’s College, Oxford and obtained a master’s degree in Work and Occupational Psychology from Aston University. Rachel founded ‘Skilled and Ready’, a charity working with schools to help young people develop skills that businesses look for in their employees. More recently Rachel co-founded a HR-software business which provides a platform for SMEs to use the latest technology tools to run their businesses more efficiently. In 2005 she set up a publishing company with her husband specialising in IT and software content.
Rachel joined HSBC in 1989, working in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. Rachel has served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury. She sat on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee between September 2017 and June 2018. Rachel was elected as Member of Parliament for Redditch at the 2017 General Election. She was elected Conservative MP for Redditch in 2017. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office between 17 September 2021 and 6 July 2022, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport between 14 February 2020 and 16 September 2021. Rachel Maclean was Minister of State at Ministry of Justice between 7 September and 28 October 2022.
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