The latest news, events and training opportunities from the One Reading Children and Young People’s Partnership. Sign up for our monthly newsletter here. See previous issues of the newsletter here:
Prince’s Trust Team Programme for 16-25 year olds
21 May 2021
The Prince’s Trust are running a course for 16-25 year olds who are not in full-time education or employment This is a 12-week personal development programme to help unemployed young people build confidence, meet new people, acquire new skills and gain a qualification. Students who complete the course can achieve a BTEC level 1 in Employment, ...
Holiday Activity Fund Reading – Brighter Futures for Children seeks providers
18 May 2021
The Department for Education (DfE) is providing funding to local authorities to coordinate a programme that provides healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children during the 2021 Easter, Summer and Christmas Holidays. More information about the scheme can be found here: Holiday activities and food programme 2021 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Brighter Futures for Children is ...
Tom Holmes becomes Berkshire Youth charity ambassador
18 May 2021
Berkshire Youth are delighted to announce that popular 21-year-old Reading Football Club defender, Tom Holmes, is their new Charity Ambassador. The youth charity is certain that Tom Holmes will be a fantastic Charity Ambassador, helping to raise awareness of their important work with local young people. Tom brings with him heaps of enthusiasm and a ...
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Youth Fund
17 May 2021
The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood. Core funding grants up to £90,000 over three years Rolling application cycle – no deadline Through the Covid-19 crisis the Foundation have been made increasingly aware that inequality plays out in ways that connect and ...
Kooth resources in Mental Health Awareness Week
12 May 2021
Kooth is the online counselling service for young people in our area Kooth is an integral component of Berkshire West’s mental health provision offering digital counselling and emotional wellbeing service for young people and young adults. The service is delivered by XenZone and jointly comissioned by Berkshire West CCG, Wokingham LA, West Berkshire LA and Brighter ...
