SAVE THE DATE – Open Day: Employment, Training and Volunteering Opportunities
SAVE THE DATE – Open Day: Employment, Training and Volunteering Opportunities!
16th September 2022
Tel: 01482 327438 Email: office@hlc-vol.org
Tel: 01482 327438 Email: office@hlc-vol.org
SAVE THE DATE – Open Day: Employment, Training and Volunteering Opportunities!
Following the news of our recent ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection results, this month we’re sharing a story about a Traineeship participant to highlight the impact the programme can have to help a young person access employment.
Traineeships is a great way to gain valuable work experience, a qualification in your chosen field and one-to-one support into paid work or an Apprenticeship.
Based in Scunthorpe our partner Ongo UK is offering just that!
We have yet again been awarded the status of a “Good” independent learning provider, following an Ofsted inspection in June 2022. This follows the same result from Ofsted in 2020, 2015 and 2012.
In this edition we’re celebrating some of the participants behind our programmes, with stories of personal development through volunteering, and a grassroots wellbeing and arts project. We’re also highlighting one of the area’s largest capital investment initiatives and can update you on our new Cook with Ability course. Along with feedback from a French Intern who spent a month shadowing us.
Sunday 3rd July 1pm to 6pm – Lonsdale Community Centre, Hull, HU3 6PA. Authentic African Food Freshly Prepared & Served by: Danny Rose 283 Anlaby Road.
HLC has recently created a new, free network to support Designated Safeguarding Officers (DSOs) working within our partner organisations. The network will meet quarterly (initially by Zoom) to discuss safeguarding and Prevent issues that are of common concern and to provide opportunities
for sharing best practice.
In March several members of the HLC team visited Belgium as part of our ERASMUS+ “Independent People” project. This is a two-year strategic partnership between HLC, vzwaPart (Belgium), and Karlstads Kommun (Sweden), which is sharing best practice around the development of young people’s pre-employment soft skills (confidence, resilience, etc.).
After lots of very hard work, on Wednesday 9th March 2022 the This-Ability team officially opened their Allotment and also launched their new Cook with Ability project.
The general FE Covid Operational Guidance has been updated on 24th February, in response to Covid isolation changes re close contacts and positive cases. Please find the guidance here, it is also worth noting that there is an expectation that FE provider Covid Risk Assessments should continue to be updated.
Welcome back to our monthly E-Bulletin following our short break in January. We’ve got a packed edition, celebrating participant success, introducing new staff that have joined us and information about how we’re developing links with HE partners to support our adult learners into university.
Welcome to our final edition for 2021. In this December issue we’re sharing some more inspirational stories. We have news about a young man that has been supported into work through Kickstart, following help from the Springboard programme. We’ve also got a great story about a former refugee who has been helped through Building Better Opportunities (BBO) to set-up his own barber shop.
