Since May 2016 CSW Volunteers has successfully recruited, registered and placed over 200 Somerset volunteers who give their time each month to support services with Somerset Partnership NHS Trust. Research from the Social Care Institute for Excellence describes how loneliness and isolation impact upon quality of life and wellbeing, adversely affecting health. Findings show that…
A national careers strategy and statutory guidance can be key to giving individuals and organisations a clear focus on government policies and priorities. The updated and revised statutory guidance Careers guidance and access for education and training providers January 2018 [1] has been updated to expand on the aim set out in the strategy to…
Wednesday 10th October is World Mental Health Day 2018. Why is this important to us at #Focus5?… According to the World Health Organisation, half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14 with most cases going undetected and untreated. This can affect young people’s ability to fully access education or employment, and that’s where #Focus5comes…
Over the past few weeks our Services To Education Manager; Steph Moore together with her team, has successfully delivered three of our School Enterprise Challenge days. This was to approximately 200 students in the Somerset area ranging from Year 6 through to Year 8. The challenge was to start up a company with the aim…
Ask people to name projects which have benefited from European funding and most will mention the University, Superfast Broadband or major road and rail improvements. Very few mention the projects which have received more than £64m from the European Social Fund (ESF) and yet these are the ones which are transforming the day to day…
The Ambitions project is receiving up to £3.8 million of funding from the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions is the Managing Authority for the England European Social Fund programme. Established by the European Union, the European…
The Government’s careers strategy published on 4 December 2017, outlined a long-term plan to build a world-class careers system that will help young people and adults choose the career that is right for them. The subsequent statutory guidance “Careers guidance and access for education and training providers” has also been updated to expand on the…
Some advice for parents and carers about what CSW Group can offer An increasing number of parents are opting to teach their children at home. Sometimes this is a conscious decision on behalf of the parent however in a significant number of situations this is a decision made by parents in consultation with the last…
CSW Group champions brighter futures by protecting and promoting the welfare of young people and adults Due to an increase in demand we are looking for additional Specialist Mentors and Specialist Tutors to work with Students in Higher Education in the Winchester, Bournemouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Chichester, Brighton, Colchester, Canterbury, Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich, Exeter, Plymouth, Falmouth,…
CSW Group in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Devon County Council have delivered 108 supported work experience placements across 60 employers and 19 different industries to young people with SEND in Year 10 and 11 in the last academic year. The proof of concept pilot named ‘Tri Work’ was funded…