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What is the Youth Board and how does it work?

V are looking for new board memebers - think its hard its not! And its a great CV highlighter for anyone between 16-25!

What does the Youth Board do?

• -Inform Oxfam about youth culture.
• -Give honest feedback & challenge Oxfam on how we engage with young people.

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The Prince’s Trust is currently recruiting young people to a number of programmes running in February 2008. The courses are open to 16–25 year olds (in most cases) who fall into one of our target areas: Unemployed, Educational Underachievers, Ex Offender/Offenders or In and Leaving Care and who have a very keen interest in working within these areas.

I would be grateful if you could advise your young people of these programmes:

Get into…programmes

The Prince’s Trust has joined forces with a number of its partners to create exciting opportunities for young people to gain new skills within different industry sectors including: Construction, Hospitality, Retail, Digital Media and Sports. Each Get into course is designed according to the sector in which it is run and is developed with employers. It aims to give young people, who are work-ready but do not have vocational skills, a mixture of practical training and hands on experience, that will enable them to get a job. It also provides them with the opportunity to meet potential employers and support for a six month period as they look for work.

Get Into Hospitality –4 weeks work experience at The Ritz working in one of the following areas: admin, concierge, room service or house keeping. This prestigious programme is for 16-25 year olds and begins on 4^th February 2008.

Get Into Construction – 2 weeks experience to gain multi-skills in the construction industry for 18 to 25s. Areas covered include bricklaying, building scaffolding, carpentry and banksman duties. Includes the opportunity to gain the CSCS card, a basic requirement to becoming employed in the industry. This course begins on 11^th February 2008.

Get Into Sports (Coaching) – 2 week hands on training in some of the key sports leading skills for 16- 25s. The next programme will begin on 13^th February 2008. Participants will gain the Community Sports Leaders Award Level 2 – a strong foundation for working in the sports industry.

Get Into Retail – 1 weeks work experience in a well known retailer for 16-25s. Includes hands on experience of merchandising, production, marketing and selling of products. The next programme begins on 4^th February 2008.

Get Into Digital Media – 2 weeks training in script development, filming and editing which cumulates in the young people creating a short film. This exciting opportunity allows young people work experience in the digital media industry. For 16 to 24 year olds. The next programme will begin on 26^th February 2008.

To refer a young person onto any of these programmes, please ensure that they are within the specified age range and then complete the attached referral form. This form should then be returned to me by post (The Prince's Trust London Region,18 Park Square East, London NW1 4LH) or fax (0207 543 1200).