The Princes Trust

Are you aged 16-25 and out of work? Disabled or Lacking in Confidence? Well carry on reading.

The Prince's Trust  Team is a personal development programme. On completing the 12 week course, each Team Member will gain a City and Guilds Team Award, Key Skills Units, Basic Food Hygiene and basic First Aid certificates.

To gain the qualifications, the volunteers will complete a log book and if any of the Team have Basic Skills problems with literacy and numeracy, it is not a problem, we have 100% Basic Skills support during the 12 weeks.

The Team will leave the course having gained lots of valuable experiences and will have improved Key Skills such as Leadership, Motivation, Tolerance, Working with Others etc.

The team make 90% of the choices of what they actually do within the guidelines of the course.

Nobody loses any benefits and all travel expenses (based on the cost of a weekly Megarider) can be claimed back.

If you are interested in this volunteers programme, please telephone 0161 342 6764 or 07969 523 886

Here's a brief run down of what takes place throughout the programme:-

Week 1 - Getting Started

• Icebreakers
• Getting to know each other
• Health and Safety
• Risk Assessments

Week 2 - 5 Day Team Building and Residential

• Activities such as Rock Climbing, Abseiling and Caving
• Problem Solving Activities

Weeks 3/4/5/6 - Community Project

• Fund Raising
• Identify a local environmental project work as a Team to improve the area

Weeks 7/8 - Optional Work Placements

Work placements within a suitable environment

Week 9 - Next steps

• CV Building
• Interview Techniques
• Job Search
• Practice Application Forms

Week 10/ 11 - Community Challenge

• Fund Raising
• Spend the funds within the local Community
• Team Work

Week 12 - Final Presentation

An opportunity to show the skills that have been developed to an audience of friends, family and professionals.