#Focus5: Lucy’s Story We are thrilled to be sharing the wonderful journey that Lucy has been on since working with us at #Focus5. She described herself as “literally doing nothing” when she joined the project in October last year but that couldn’t be further from the truth now. In fact, Lucy has been so busy…
COMPASS is here: ESF Project COMPASS is a wide-reaching partnership project, led by Cornwall Council, with the aim of supporting 1,800 young people aged 15-24 to find their direction into education, employment and training throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The project was successful in accessing the last tranche of ESF funding under Investment…
SMART SKILLS – Composites Day Out ESF SMART SKILLS is all about raising the aspiration and skills levels of those living and working across Devon. SMART SKILLS aims to cover key priority business sectors identified by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The project will deliver a range of fully funded short courses and full qualifications…
Developing LMI as a company-wide resource Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, Senior Career Development Consultant As I reflected in my recent article on LMI in the context of Covid-19, labour market information is a complex, multivariate resource at the best of times and has become even more challenging to stay abreast of as…
Health Works for Cornwall Support Newquay Disc On Monday 14th June, the Health Works for Cornwall today went to Sandy Lodge to spend the day with DSIC Newquay. The team met with the absolutely outstanding team who work relentlessly to support the community in and around the Newquay area. During the recent COVID crisis one…
Can a podcast help young people with their career choice? Written by Sara Rosengren, STEM Coordinator CSW Group Deciding what career path to pursue is tough and can be a very daunting process. As a young person, I remember worrying about making the wrong choice, ending up in a job I did not enjoy and being trapped in it until I retired. I worried…
SMART SKILLS Making a Green Impact! Since the launch of SMART SKILLS in April, our talented Skills Advisor, Sean Gibson, has initiated a new partnership between our SMART Partner South Devon College and global composites supplier Anglo Krempel to help reduce waste. Anglo Krempel is a world-class supplier of composites and polymer products to the…
The #Focus5 project in Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset: Working with vulnerable young people Taken from Tristram Hooley Career guidance for social justice Last week Oliver Jenkin discussed the Ambitions Project in Cornwall. This week he joins with Nee Bedford to discuss another project working with vulnerable young people in the South West of England. In the second of…
Health Works for Cornwall Partnership working The Health Works for Cornwall is an exciting programme which aims to support workless individuals where there are health-related barriers to employment. Active Plus and CSW are two partners within Health Works that cover the Atlantic & Moor area of Cornwall. Across the two organisations there is a wealth…
Targeted work to support vulnerable young people: The Ambitions project in Cornwall Written for Career guidance for social justice by Tristram Hooley Oliver Jenkin and Barnaby Ridge discuss the Ambitions project in Cornwall and ask if it offers a way forward for the provision of career support for vulnerable people. A recent FE Week article reiterated long-standing…