January Guarantee - for all 16, 17 & 18 year old NEETS (announced by DCSF in December). Choice home page will give you all the January open days and let you search for all January programmes.
Courses and Jobs
Job Information Sheets for January can be downloaded from the CLC website. Vacancies this month include Apprenticeship in Construction, Apprentice Nursery Assistant and many more!
Activity Agreement Project - Continues for another year and spaces are now available. Please contact your local AAP PA to refer your young people. For more information on AAP, please contact Bally Sappal, AAP Manager.
Red Kite Learning is offering a range of FREE IT courses to people living in Southwark, aged 19 or over.
Internship for a Web/Graphic designer for three months is being offered by Dotpeak. They will provide a lunch allowance, training, and an internship certificate upon completion. Contact them via email for more info.
Interactivity is a FREE mobile media course for 19 and 20 year olds in London using digital photography, video and sound recording, GPS, digital maps and the resources of Westminster Archives to create mediascapes of local areas. The course runs one day a week from January over six weeks with a showcase of the completed work in March 2010. Call 020 7245 2263 for more info.
Get into Administration – Young people aged 16-25, who are unemployed and a current or ex-offender can join this FREE training programme for a career in Administration.
New Initiatives' programmes - Origin rites of passage programme for Black young men 13-17 years and Akuah for young women 12-16 are enrolling for this years cohort.
Personal Development opportunities
People & Planet are looking for a student blogger to write about environmental issues and contribute to their website and newsletter. For more information, click here.
Youth Mark is recruiting 15-19 year olds in London to become Youth Mark Assessors. The deadline for applications is 15th January. For more information, please call Jenny on 020 8347 2365 or visit the website.
Catch 22 is starting new mentoring programmes to empower young Muslims in Islington. The aim is to establish 20 new one-to-one mentoring relationships between young people aged 11-14 and their peers aged 16-25. Please contact Farhat for more info on 020 7561 4822/ 07540 669 112.
Mentor UK’s London Youth Involvement Project is looking for 12-15 year olds from London to be Youth Advisers on how to prevent drug and alcohol abuse amongst young people. Please contact Roxanne Holman for more information.
NHS Careers Website has been launched with information and guidance for young people considering a career in medicine.
Other Opportunities
Improve your chances of becoming a doctor (27th February) - This event will help young people decide whether studying medicine is for them.
No Messin! – The nationwide campaign are looking for groups of young people, who identify a problem in their community, then come up with an idea about how to help it. For more information, visit the website.
Your Life on Track – Young people are being asked to make a short video answering the question: What's your best piece of career advice? Once created, upload the video to YouTube and link it to Your Life on Track.
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are a UK wide funding programme for 11-21 year olds, who are prepared to go the extra mile and use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by setting up their own projects.
Increase your chances of becoming a lawyer (6th March) - This event will help young people decide whether studying law is for them.
HeadsUp is an online debating space for under-18s to discuss their views on political issues with their peers and influential decision-makers.
Consultations
One Young World is looking for the next generation of world leaders to take part in an international summit addressing six key issues affecting the world today. They need 1500 young people to take part, young people who are interested should register through facebook.
Fast Forward - In December 2009 the borough of Islington and Central London Connexions carried out a Fast Forward NEET project with 19 young people which included tasters with the college and training providers including Jobwise, Springboard Islington, Camden Jobtrain, Freightliners Farm, Headliners and City of Islington College. Young people also achieved qualifications including British Red Cross First Aid Certificate.