Young people in Wiltshire who are moving on from care will have a range of support offered to them as Wiltshire Council launches its Care Leaver Promise. This week young people had a first glance at the range of support and offers available to them over tea and scones at a special event at [...]
Businesses including Amazon, Rolls-Royce and Barclays LifeSkills have pledged to support care leavers through a landmark government scheme launched to raise their career aspirations and improve their life skills. More than 50 businesses, charities and every government department in England have signed up to the Care Leaver Covenant, which commits to provide work based [...]
My name is Annette and I am an Employer Engagement Officer with Wiltshire Council working on a program called Building Bridges. Building Bridges is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, through the Big Lottery Fund. 7 weeks ago, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre & Building Bridges set out on a [...]
Greatwood is a charity organisation based in Marlborough that uses former racehorses to educate disadvantaged children and young adults with Special Educational Needs (SEN). They were kind enough to share their story with us of Abdul who is a care leaver, during Care Leavers week we are raising awareness and sharing success stories of [...]
Vikki is on a 4-year apprenticeship programme comprising of 2 years plumbing and 2 years gas installation training with Devizes based Aster Group; a landlord and developer of new homes. Aster Group build homes for open market sale and shared ownership, and reinvest their profits into developing the business, its people and local communities. [...]
Well done to all the schools and colleges in Swindon and Wiltshire who have been awarded a Careers Leader training place which is being funded through the Careers and Enterprise Company. There are 20 Careers Hubs throughout the country and Swindon and Wiltshire were a close second in terms of the number of Careers [...]
Young people who are moving on from care to leading independent lives are being offered a package of support to make the transition easier. Wiltshire Council is creating a Care Leavers' Covenant which helps those leaving care to be supported to find work, housing and transport. The council has also pledged to ensure its [...]
Janine Osmond is the director of LaunchFirst – a coaching company which trains young people to develop a plan for their future. She works with young people between the ages of 14 – 25 years old. The company has been established for two years now, previously Janine worked at Salisbury Hospital as the Head [...]
Families in Melksham, Tidworth & Warminster community areas will have the chance to participate in 100 free activities and workshops this October & November as the Family Learning Festival returns to Wiltshire. The festival aims to stimulate family learning at home and further learning within the community by inspiring children to develop their learning [...]
ALS provide a broad range of testing and analytical services to a wide variety of end markets and industries around the globe. Due to the growth of the organisation the ALS site which is based in Trowbridge have a number of opportunities within their laboratories. Please note that these are Permanent roles Shift Pattern [...]
