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Gro-Organic CIC offers new employability project in Hobs Moat for 16-24s

April 29, 2019

Chelmsley Wood-based CIC, Gro-Organic, is offering a new project called Moat-ivation, which takes place at Hobs Moat allotments. Moat-ivation offers young people aged 16-24 the opportunity to improve their employability while gaining new skills in horticulture and landscaping. →

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Talent Match programme concludes with ICC breakfast event — keynote speakers include West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street

March 15, 2019

Many local businesses report recruitment challenges — but our region continues to have high unemployment amongst young people. How can that be? To mark the end of the successful Talent Match employability programme for 18-24 year olds BVSC is holding a special ‘Open Minds&

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Young people in the West Midlands — get your voice heard on employment and education

September 24, 2018

A dozen organisations working together as the Inclusive Growth Partnership** are running 3 youth innovation workshops in Birmingham next week and currently in fully recruiting mode for young people. The workshops are about… What Works For Young People? Who should attend: 16- 24

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UnLtd to host event for social entrepreneurs working in access to employment — join guests for drinks/networking

September 13, 2018

On the 16th October 2018 UnLtd will be hosting a peer learning event for social entrepreneurs who work in Access to Employment. The event will bring together social entrepreneurs from across the UK, as well as people in government and mainstream business, to address barriers to scale

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19-plus? Unemployed? Looking for a career in construction?

November 08, 2017

Wates, one of the largest privately-owned construction and development companies in the UK, announces Building Futures — a programme to help unemployed young people (over 19s) gain a better understanding of construction as a career choice. For more information or to apply c

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Talent Match Birmingham & Solihull — tendering opportunity

November 07, 2017

This, just in from BVSC, which in partnership with SUSTAiN leads the Big Lottery-funded Talent Match Birmingham & Solihull programme. Talent Match is a five year programme supporting 18-24 year olds in Birmingham and Solihull who are furthest away from the labour market.

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Busy, busy…Jericho Foundation scoops apprenticeship awards and puts in an appearance at No. 10

April 05, 2017

The Jericho Foundation has been typically busy over recent weeks. Two of its young social enterprise employees scooped awards at the 2017 Star Apprenticeship Awards ceremony, held at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel on the 10th March. Billy, one of Jericho’s catering apprent

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The Pump, premier youth hub in East Birmingham celebrates tenth birthday

February 02, 2017

With a music studio, performance space, a dance studio, cyber-cafe, a daycare nursery, room hire, and facilities over four floors with full disabled access, The Pump is the hub for youth work and activity in Kitts Green, in the heart of East Birmingham. And it is celebrating its

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Youth Promise Plus information event announced

April 21, 2016

Birmingham City Council has just announced that there will be a Youth promise Plus information event at the Fusion Centre (South and City College Birmingham) on Thursday 28th April 2016, with two briefing sessions being held — one at 11.00am and one at 2.00pm. Valued at £50.4m o

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Self-employment and online enterprise — young people try to by-pass labour market discrimination

April 23, 2015

BRAP has a really interesting piece in the latest issue of the online journal Open Citizenship. Based on recent research and the organisation’s experience in delivering Lifeline, a youth enterprise programme, BRAP’s chief exec Joy Warmington offers a thought-provoking pers

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£7.6m, five years, help for 1000 unemployed young people — that’s Talent Match

October 10, 2014

The latest successful BIG Lottery-funded project for Birmingham & Solihull is about to launch. Talent Match Birmingham & Solihull, a pre-employment programme for 18-24 year olds, is officially launching with a week-long “roadshow” starting on 13 October 2014. The MOVE truck w

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Upcycle in the Post

May 30, 2014

Further to this post, Judy & Co. at Upcycle were delighted with the Birmingham Post coverage of their opening event. As well as its local customer-base, the new enterprise has also developed an African export market for its recycled/refurbished furniture, you know! One day soon I

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£170 million to help young people find jobs

May 15, 2014

The Dept for Business Innovation & Skills has just announced that £170m is being made available to fund programmes for youth employment. This new funding, the Youth Employment Initiative, will target five areas of the UK to help young people into work and will be split as follows:

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Brum asks ACEVO to advise on youth unemployment and sets up new Commission on the issue

August 10, 2012

Further to an email circulated yesterday… Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, will bring together key players from business, education, the third sector and national experts to tackle the city’s youth unemployment. A Birmingham Youth Unemployment Commission has b

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Birmingham youth training charity BXL Ltd in administration

January 25, 2012

Sad news yesterday from our friend and colleague John Ling at BXL Ltd, which has been forced into administration by inherited TUPE pension deficits and loss of service delivery contracts. Third Sector Online covers the story here and there is a detailed post on John Ling’s blog

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‘Grow in a socially responsible way — and give young people a chance’ says Citizen Coaching

November 16, 2011

With youth unemployment officially breaking the 1m mark and 25% of 16-24 year-olds unemployed, Birmingham-based social enterprise Citizen Coaching is trying to do its bit to help young people get into work. In 2009, in a bold move for such a young company, Citizen Coaching took on two

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Sensory room the perfect start to CSR partnership

October 25, 2011

Leading social enterprise Enta has teamed up with property advisory giant BNP Paribas Real Estate in an ideal partnership to boost the local community. The joint venture kicked off when a team of 15 BNP Paribas Real Estate employees visited Enta’s training centre, in Mill Wharf, Birmi

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Speaking truth to power

September 01, 2011

There’s a very interesting piece on this blog by June O’Sullivan, chief exec of the social enterprise the London Early Years Foundation. She picks up on an item that appeared recently in the London Evening Standard about why “Ghetto grammar robs the young of a prope

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