CSW Group are utilising the skills and life experience of Volunteers to assist us by enhancing our local delivery of the Transitions contract. CSW staff linked to schools and partner agencies are continuing their support for vulnerable young people in keeping with the ambition of enabling all them all to be in Education, Employment or…
CSW Group will from this month be delivering the Apprenticeships Support and Knowledge for Schools (ASK) Programme in Cornwall, Devon and Torbay. CSW Group have been employed to support the delivery network of charity CXK, who in August were awarded the contract to deliver the ASK programme across the South region. The 3 year…
European Social Funding has been invested in a programme of support for young people in Dorset to get into work, education and training. The Skills for Young People project which is open to participants aged 15-24 who are at risk of or, already, not in education, employment or training (NEET). The programme will focus on those who…
Are you a disabled student missing out on funding that could support your university studies, or being put off from attending because you are not aware of the support available? You are not alone! A BBC News article at the beginning of August* showed that over half of students with a disability that impacts on…
Written by Steph Moore, CSW Group Services to Education Manager Over the past 12 months CSW Group have delivered a number of Enterprise Days throughout the South West to year groups ranging from year 7 through to 10. These have all been very well received, with schools booking again where possible. The most popular event…
At the end of another academic year CSW Group’s workplace experience service has provided over 180 secondary schools with tailored packages enabling almost 19,000 successful placements within the workplace for Year 10 and Year 12 students to take place. Placements have been completed within companies ranging from Solicitors to Dentists to Elite Equestrian Centres to…
CSW Group are delighted to have been awarded the Skills for Young People contract in Dorset, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). The project supports 15-24 year olds not in work; education or training or those who are at risk of falling away from education and training are being urged to take advantage…
CSW Group are delighted to announce Flybe as Headline Sponsor for the Big Bang South West Fair 2019, working in partnership with Devon County Council. This innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) event, building on 9 years of continued success, will take place at Westpoint Exeter on Tuesday 25th June 2019. Flybe will have…
Three European funded projects have helped change the lives of thousands of people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by giving them the confidence they need to get into work, education and training. Part of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth programme and delivered by the CSW group, the three projects; Cornwall Skills…
Heart of the South West benefit from two projects Devon County Skills for Young People and Somerset Skills for Young people supporting 15-18 year olds since 2016; European Social Funding and the Education and Skills Funding Agency have invested over £885K to help develop skills and progress young people onto a range of positive…