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Co-operative Farms sets up apprentice and mentoring schemes
07 Mar Co-operative Farms' initiative is being rolled out on six farms across England and Scotland this April and targets 17-19-year-olds. Eight youngsters will be trained and mentored up to NVQ level 3 over two or three years, with academic stints at Reaseheath College, in Cheshire. Read on for more detailed information....
Tayside Council on Alcohol - Volunteer mentors wanted!
07 Mar Tayside Council on Alcohol is starting a new round of recruitment for mentors for their project to help young people who are involved in some way with substance misuse or offending.Read on for details...
Mentoring a key part of West Lothian Council's Skills Training programme
07 Mar Young people across West Lothian are being offered the chance to learn new skills to help them become valued employees. West Lothian Council's Skills Training programme is now in its second year and has helped 80 local youngsters prepare for the world of work. The scheme provides up to 26 weeks of work experience within a council department to trainees, normally aged 16 or 17, with a staff member as mentor to help support them in the workplace.
Member Survey - Please Complete!
24 Feb Scottish Mentoring Network is joining with the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, Befriending Network Scotland, Wales Council for Voluntary Action and Voluntary Now in Northern Ireland in a UK wide survey of all mentoring and befriending projects. Read on for more info....
Training: Coaching for Positive Change
24 Feb THis training is being offered by Acorn Prinicple Plus and is for youth practitioners working with young people in any context.This course will equip practitioners who are working with young people in the most disadvantaged groups with coaching tools and approaches that will enhance their current skill set and provide new and effective ways of engaging with young people experiencing the challenge of transition to empower in making informed choices about how to confidently manage their lives and to build personal and social capital. Read on for more details....
Training: Social Networks Training from The Rock Trust
24 Feb The Rock Trust's one day Social Networks Training will enable participants to:* Understand how Resilience, Transition and Social Network theory impacts the individuals using their service * Support service users to explore their social network, improve social skills and develop positive relationships * Consider how their services can embed social networks practice in order to improve outcomes for individuals. For more information read on....
Mentoring means age is no limitation to social entrepreneurship!
24 Feb Age Unlimited Scotland explores ways to help people in their 50s and 60s to become social entrepreneurs. As such they can play a central role in the design and delivery of innovative new services, which improve their local communities. And they can continue playing an active role in society. This year we are introducing mentoring into the programme - training more established social entrepreneurs in mentoring techniques and then pairing them with our new 'older entrepreneurs'. Read on for the full article by Gillian Easson the development manager at NESTA....
Free Suicide Awareness Training for projects based in Dundee and Angus
18 Feb safeTalk Training is for everyone who wants to help prevent suicide.These sessions are free of charge to participants and are being funded in partnership between Student Services, University of Dundee and the local area Choose Life steering group for Dundee and Angus. Read on for more details....
The Scottish Disability Golf Partnership (SDGP)
18 Feb The SDGP is proud to announce its first PGA supervised Golf Training and Tuition day for 2011.It will be held at the Wellsgreen Golf Academy, Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Saturday 9 April and will run from 09:30 through to 16:00. There are initially places for fifty disabled golfers and their coaches, guides or carers. Read on for more info.....
Research: ESRC Recovery Britain Report
18 Feb The Economic & Social Research Council has released a new report on general economic recovery. Read on for full details....
