Consett "Bridging the Gap Youth Employability Programme."

Employability / July 1st, 2024

Consett "Bridging the Gap Youth Employability Programme."

The Consett "Bridging the Gap Youth Employability Programme" was kindly supported by Newcastle Building Society via the Tyne and Wear Community Foundation. As part of this the students consulted the young people of the Consett Area as part of the preparation of the Consett Area Neighbourhood Plan..

Wellbeing / July 18th, 2018

Dealing With Pressures in Education

Building self-belief in our young people is an essential element of their education. I recently received a thank you card from a Year 11 student who said “In such a short time period you have been amazing, thank you so much for helping me and being so kind.

Heritage / August 30th, 2023

Voices of Consett - Mick

Mick is 86, with a long family history in Consett. All of his family bar one lives in Consett, Blackhill and Leadgate and he has lots of grandchildren living in Consett too. His family background in Consett goes back years and years!

Wellbeing / December 10th, 2024

Employability / December 10th, 2024

The Importance of Vocational Visits to Aid Employability in Young People

At Building Self-Belief, one of the many programmes is the ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme. Recently, this programme was conducted with year 10 boys from Boldon School. The first few workshops centred around improving wellbeing, and then the boys prepared for their vocational visit by working on goal setting, CV making and considering what makes a good employee.