Get Ready for Work

This programme offers young people 16 – 18 years old who are unemployed a chance to gain the skills they need to secure and sustain a job.

Participants on the programme receive £55/wk plus a small travel allowance and come in to YMCA full time from Monday to Friday each week. Working with the staff team at YMCA, participants write a personal action plan to focus on the skills they need to develop to progress to employment.

Young people can be on the Get Ready for Work Programme for 3 – 6 months depending on circumstances. 75 – 80% of participants on the Get Ready for Work progress to a definite positive outcome; they either move on to training, further education, employment or full time volunteering opportunities.

Anyone interested should contact Franny on 01738 630121

Working Together

This programme is very similar to the Get Ready for Work Programme but it places a young person on Get Ready for Work with a local employer for 8 weeks.

During that time the young person receives the £55/wk allowance, plus travel, and £1/hour from the employer. There is no obligation on the employer to provide a full time job at the end of the programme but participants almost always get a job with the employer or another company in that area of work.

If you are interested in participating in this programme as a young person or as an employer please contact Franny on 01738 629883