We are a finalist in the Tech South West award for ‘Best Education Initiative Award’ In June of this year CSW Group (SW Peninsula STEM Ambassador Hub) along with Graphic Science (WE STEM Ambassador hub) put together a 3 week long online educational festival called South West STEM Fest. South West STEM Fest came about as a result of research into…
SMART SKILLS We were delighted to launch SMART SKILLS earlier this month on 7th April. The SMART SKILLS programme, funded by the European Social Fund, has been running for 3 weeks and has already started to make an impact on businesses and people in Devon. SMART SKILLS helps small and medium sized businesses across Devon to upskill their staff and…
SMART SKILLS Launch Devon businesses and residents are urged to take advantage of European Social Funding worth £3.5 million. SMART SKILLS funding will help Devon based small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) businesses and other organisations to identify skills gaps in their existing workforce and provide the skills training they need to become more resilient during this economic…
A new year, a new project is getting underway with Health Works for Cornwall CSW group is delighted to be a sub-contractor on the new Health Works for Cornwall Programme, a major new ESF DWP programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with investment until December 2023. The programme is led by Cornwall Development…
Care Leavers’ Summer School with Dorset Virtual School As part of the ESF Skills for Young People programme in Dorset, Whitehead-Ross Education delivered a one-off targeted summer school in collaboration with Dorset Council’s Virtual School, which supports young people in care. Over a 4 week period, the summer school was targeted at 9 young care leavers who…
Written by Senior Career Development Consultant, Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP The year 2020 has posed unprecedented challenges, both practical and personal, to individuals and businesses globally. No sector has been left untouched by the disruption caused by lockdowns and social distancing measures and, CSW Group, like many other companies in the education and social enterprise…
Written by Sam Ansell, STEM Manager In our last STEM news update we shared that some of our STEM Ambassadors were working on producing short videos to demonstrate what they do for a job and what a typical day looks like. Our first video is now available to watch on our YouTube channel and features…
CSW group is delighted to be a sub-contractor on the new Health Works for Cornwall Programme, a major new ESF DWP programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with investment until December 2023. The programme is led by Cornwall Development Company in partnership with 10 local organisations including CSW Group. It aims to support…
Written by Gina Keith, Corporate Support Assistant Have you heard of National Careers Week? National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people…
Good News Story from #Focus5 Orrin’s story goes back before the national lockdown, when he was identified as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) by CSW Group and consequently referred to #Focus5. Orrin had stopped attending college as the environment was not suitable for him. Orrin has a diagnosis of ADHD and has an…
Earlier this year, CSW Group were delighted to populate our YouTube channel with videos to support and inspire young people and businesses across the UK. Since our YouTube channel began, the world has changed quite a bit, so as we fight this global pandemic we’ve had to adapt which resulted in our webinars series being…
CSW Group were incredibly proud to receive a thank you from Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, for the contribution that CSW have made to Cornwall during the Covid-19 pandemic and for the work that our team continue to do. Our commissioner, nominated us as she was so impressed with how proactive and…
This week we’re share some good news stories from our ESF Dorset Skills for Young People Programme, which is managed by Partnership and Contracts Manager, Jo Osgood. Nola from Weymouth College reports how the ESF Dorset Skills for Young People Programme has helped vulnerable young people. Weymouth College have utilised their ESF Dorset NEETS Skill…
Have you ever thought about a career in care? Join Seetec Pluss on 5 November for the ‘Careers in Care’ roadshow to discover more about your journey into care work. Join us on CHAOS TV or view live on the Facebook page. Schedule for the day so far – from Seetec Pluss. 11.00 – 11.15pm: Welcome and introductions…
