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Current Contracts
Crossroads
York and North Yorkshire
1st April 2006 – 30 September
2007
Funded
through the Learning Skills Council North Yorkshire
(ESF Objective 3 Co-financing).
Crossroads has been
developed in partnership with North Yorkshire County
Council – Community Education, York Youth Service,
Connexions North Yorkshire, York & North Yorkshire
Nextstep Service, Knowledge Base UK and Jobcentre Plus
and targets young adults aged 16 to 25 resident in
York and North Yorkshire and provides skills development
opportunities to individuals needing to make the transition
to independent living and skills enhancement to those
already living independently but experiencing difficulties.
The
intensive, individual support offered through Crossroads
is of particular help to young people in
care/about to leave care, experiencing difficult
domestic circumstances (including homelessness), not
in employment, education or training, drug and/or
alcohol abuse, being a young parent and or/a single
parent or carer. Young people affected by these issues
can also suffer from a lack of self-esteem, mental
health issues, poor access to services due to rurality
or by being a member of a black or minority ethnic
group. Following a period of assessment young people
accessing Crossroads have the opportunity to benefit
from a programme of customised provision aimed at enhancing
their personal development, which will feed into individual
portfolios drawn from a Profile of Achievement (City
and Guilds) and Passport to Achievement as appropriate:
These opportunities will include:
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Finance
and budgeting |
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Understanding
how to access financial and other support in
the community |
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Health
and nutrition |
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Applying
for jobs |
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Social
skills |
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Accessing
social activities and local facilities |
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Basic
IT skills |
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Vocationally
specific tasters |
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DIY
skills
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Keyfund
and Keyfund contingency activities – an incentive
led activity which enables young people to access
funding to undertake an activity of their choice |
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Be
Real – series of group programmes |
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Access
to mobile IT Centres |
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Millennium
Volunteers |
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Keyskills
Training |
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PTT
support placements (for those aged 19+) |
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Health
and Safety, Food Hygiene and First Aid training. |
Want to know more? Then please contact:
Alison Fletcher
Crossroads Project Manager
The Connexions Centre at Scarborough
First Floor, Pavilion House
Scarborough
YO11 1UY
Tel:
01723 373009
alison.fletcher@vtplc.com
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