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Employment, Skills and Learning are delighted to be taking the lead on this fantastic project to tackle digital poverty and provide laptops to those most in need. Community Learning staff are working closely with local partners in Children’s Centres and Bristol Waste colleagues to arrange for refurbished laptops to be provided to local people. All […]
Dear Colleagues There are only four sleeps until Christmas Day! As we make our way to the welcome holiday and end of the year, I would like to wish all ESL colleagues and supporters a lovely break and a chance to rest, relax, recharge. This note comes to you with sincere appreciation for your contributions […]
Dear Colleagues Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, forecasts suggested the numbers of young people outside of education, training and employment were likely to grow due to overall population rises in this age group and the increasing number of young people facing the greatest risks and challenges, including those with experience of care, and the number […]
Dear Colleagues Try to imagine that you have fled a war torn or impoverished homeland to make a better life in the UK. You’re living in Bristol, and you suddenly find yourself grappling with Covid 19 risks and restrictions – all being communicated in a language that is not your own. So the focus of […]
Dear Colleagues Construction companies are used to cyclical downturns, but the speed and strength with which COVID-19 has struck is unprecedented. Many small builders working across Bristol have been hit hard, with a very high number having to stop some or all of their work during the first lockdown. So this update is a ‘shout […]
Dear Colleagues In these difficult times, I think for most of us our homes are a vital sanctuary – providing a reassuring port in the Covid storm and a place of much needed safety. So it is hard to consider the plight of people without a secure home, and those who are living on Bristol […]
Dear Colleagues Here we are making our way into Autumn – with crunchy colourful leaves, cosy jumpers, thick socks, fresh air and the return of root vegetables. This is also the season for balancing light and dark and the sense of letting go. Now the leaves fall and bare branches remind us of the fleeting […]
The Employment Support team is helping young people into work with Kickstart Bristol! Kickstart is a government initiative to provide work experience for young people aged 16-24 to help them with the work skills they need to move into the world of work. The placements are funded by the government so employers’ costs are covered. […]
A Day in the Life of a Future Bright Career Progression Coach Simon Bayliss, Employment Support Team Well it’s another early start as I settle into my now well established pattern of working from home. First things first, I pour the first fresh coffee of the morning. I open my diary and familiarise myself with […]
Dear Colleagues As we are now a few weeks in to the school holiday period, it’s customary to say some words of reflection at the end of the academic year. And what a year! So I’d like to start this update with words of heartfelt appreciation, to convey how very grateful I am for every […]
Dear Colleagues Bristol Adult Community Learning (ACL) changes lives – and in particular young people and adults with the lowest qualifications living in communities hardest hit by Covid 19. Since March the Community Learning offer has been super responsive and the team has produced an impressive online response to lockdown. Bespoke family learning materials aimed […]
Dear Colleagues One of the biggest challenges for a local authority is how we can support people and communities in the right way so that they can improve their life chances and avoid an alternative negative trajectory that can causes huge misery and is very expensive to fix later on. A great deal of the […]
