For more information click on our leaflet (to the right).

Have you left school or are you about to leave? Not sure what to do next? Don’t get left behind!

Come and meet with your Careers Adviser to talk about your next steps and talk to Training and Apprenticeship providers at your Connexions Office. Telephone 020 7364 1401

• Find out what you need to do to get and keep a job
• Chat with Training and Apprenticeship providers
• Sign up for a course
• Check out the National Apprenticeship website
• Have a look at some job vacancies
• Get tips on applying for jobs and interviews
• Take away a job ready pack

Activities on World Sports Day will include archery, cycling, skate boarding, rock climbing, table tennis, football, boccia, new age curling, basketball, kayaking, tug of war, tennis, volleyball and static bike machines.

For more information on local Olympic-themed activities for young people and how to get involved, call Mahbubul Anam on 020 364 0924 or 07947 315 558, e-mail mahbubul.anam@towerhamlets.gov.uk

The Youth Make A Difference Fund offers grants of up to £500 to people aged between 16-24 who want to run projects in Tower Hamlets Homes neighbourhoods.

Just tell us what the project is, why there is a need for it and how it will make a difference to young people. Your application must be supported by a youth, community, voluntary or other charity organisation.

Ideally, applicants need to live, work or study in Tower Hamlets Homes neighbourhoods.

For more information or to apply visit www.towerhamletshomes.org.uk.

Applications need to be in by 5pm on 21 May 2012 and any received after this date may not be accepted. So hurry!

Volunteer roles include:

• Welcoming visitors to Tower Hamlets
• Sharing knowledge of the area with people from across the globe
• Promoting the best of the borough
• Providing information on Games-time locations
• Helping to keep people moving
• Playing a hands-on role with the Council and its services

All volunteers will receive a full training package, with the option of pursuing accredited training where possible, including:

• Customer Relations
• Health and Safety
• Health Promotion Training

Online applications should be made by April 30, 2012 by completing the application form. Applicants need to register with My Tower Hamlets (https://my.towerhamlets.gov.uk) to complete this form.

For further information please visit www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/volunteer or call 07595 219603 (Monday – Friday 10am-5pm).

This programme is jointly supported by Tower Hamlets Council and NHS East London and the City and Community Champions will be trained to promote good health during the Games and to provide advice on accessing essential health services.

Covering painting and decorating, tiling, electrical installation, plastering and carpentry, the course is a good way of getting a hands-on introduction to basic construction trades.

The course is free but participants need to be aged 14 to 30. Taking part in the course could lead to you getting a Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) card.

Course details:

When: 10.00am – 4.00pm, 17 – 19 April and 24 – 26 April  

Where: 80 John Fisher Street, Whitechapel Estate, London, E1 8JX

How: To book a place, contact Kate or George on 07956 106 387 or email cyt@cytrust.org.uk - if you leave your details, they’re happy to call you back

If you’re between 14 and 18, join performance poets Toby de Angeli and Nichol Keene (from the Roundhouse’s Elephant Collective) to create and share your own poems, lyrics or stories. Once you’ve honed and toned your words, we’ll help you speak and perform them. The workshops will culminate in a show case performance in the summer. We’re currently working with young writers and poets in our three local boroughs: Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets.

The workshops take place weekly from Saturday 21 April at 2-4pm

To sign up or find out more, call Jenneba on 020 7729 4159 or send an email to jenneba@ministryofstories.org.uk

Ministry of Stories
159 Hoxton Street
London N1 6PJ
020 7729 4159

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Youth ambassadors are about:

• Creativity – ambassadors will involve themselves and encourage other young people in their neighbourhoods to become involved in THH activities in a creative and productive way.
• Empowerment – ambassadors will become involved in the process of decision making that will impact on them so they can have real influence.
• Leadership – ambassadors will be held as role models and champion the improvement of young people’s leadership, decision making and other soft skills.
• Understanding – ambassadors will help to widen young people’s understanding of housing management and its activities.
• Stopping stereotype – through their work and actions, ambassadors will help to break the negative stereotype that surrounds young people.
• Increased involvement – ambassadors will champion young resident’s involvement in everything as they will be THH future tenants and leaseholders.

Roles and Responsibilities of Ambassadors:

You will:

• be a young voice of the neighbourhood you represent.
• act as a role model for your neighbourhood.
• have an opportunity take part in regular neighbourhood inspections.
• attend formal meetings and discuss matters of importance in your neighbourhood.
• use your knowledge and skills to seek solutions or advise THH Officers from a young person’s perspective.
• have an opportunity to be involved in dealing with ASB issues in connection with our ASB officers.
• participate in youth projects to ensure they meet the needs of young people.

What’s in it for you?

So we’ve said what we expect from you.  But what’s in it for you?  The benefits in return are fantastic, below are some of the things you can get out of your experience as an ambassador:

• Improve your CV or get into employment – volunteering as an ambassador can give you experience that can help you if you’re looking for a job or changing career directions.
• You will be assigned to a mentor who will provide you with the benefits of their life and work experience and help build your networks and profile.
• You will have opportunities to develop yourself through one to one work with THH Strategic Engagement Team and identify any gaps in training and life skills and gain access to courses.
• You will learn new skills and raise your confidence and communication skills
• You will meet new people and share ideas and views and learn from each other.
• You will gain an understanding of how THH is run and get to know how the housing sector works.
• Volunteering also improves health where you get a feel good factor about yourself and others.
• Volunteering may seem like hard work, but you’ll have lots of fun being an ambassador!

These will be displayed on the catwalk on April 19th at 1.15pm as part of Alternative Fashion Week at Old Spitalfields Market.

The ‘Make Do and Mend’ project has been run as a partnership between the council’ youth arts team and Central St Martins College of Art and Design and young people who took part will be selling hand crafted items and running a workshop from their stall – come and make your own unique brooch!

Activities will include archery, cycling, skate boarding, climbing wall, table tennis, football, boccia, new age curling, basketball, kayaking, tug of war, tennis, volleyball and static machines (bikes etc). (Note: We will need parental consent for all activities.)

For information, contact Mahbub on 020 7364 0924/ 0794 731 5558 or by email: mahbubul.anam@towerhamlets.gov.uk