The North East London Youth Action Team bring to you...

This is an event to raise money for "The Dream Factory", a charity that helps to make the dreams come true for those with life threatening illnesses or severe disability aged between 3 - 25 yrs old.

The charity been running for 2 years now, and have already made the dreams of 42 people come true.

Patrons Include: Ray Winestone, Patsy Palmer, Vicki Michelle, Michelle Collins, Rt. Hon. Iain Duncun Smith, Dr Rory McRae, Larry & Dorean Golding.

So what we, the Youth Action Team, are doing is a three-legged sponsored walk encircling Valentines Park and as many times as it takes (minimum 5km)! And to give it a special touch, as this is of course no ordinary three-legged sponsored walk, we'll be doing it in our pyjamas! Some of us will even be parading in ADULT BABY GROWS!

The wackier the better, and remember we're doing this not just to be silly, but to make the dreams of seriously ill children come true. We are asking for a minimum of £10 worth of sponsorships to take part in the event. Bear in mind that could be something as simple as £1 from 10 people or £2 from 5 people. But we have full faith that you're all so much more convincing and motivated to raise more than just £10!

And of course, the more money you are able to collect, the more dreams you will be granting. So please get involved!

For a sponsorship form or if you have any queries, please email us on nelondon.youthactionteam@gmail.com.This event will take place on Sunday 11th of April between 2.30 and 5pm!

As well as this, we at the YAT, have decided on a briefing date, for all volunteers who wish to take part in one form or another which include: sponsored walk participants, stewards and general volunteers. This briefing will take place at The Downshall Centre On Wednesday 7th April between 6:30- 8:30pm.

Happy Computers: Apprenticeship for IT Users- Become Proficient in IT in Your Job!

Free Training for Your Staff, Aged 19-24


Happy Computers is proud to offer your organisation fully funded training, towards a level 2 qualification, for staff aged between 19 and 24 – provided they don’t have degrees.


IT User Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are high quality work related training programmes for those that want to improve their IT skills and develop their future prospects and career. In doing an Apprenticeship for IT Users you will gain a valuable qualification and gain transferable skills that will enable you to succeed in your chosen career. On successful completion of the programme you will receive City & Guilds certificates.

An Apprenticeship is a programme of learning and development that gives you the skills, knowledge and competence you need for your job. The programme consists of:

• An NVQ for IT Users (ITQ) – this proves your competence of using IT in your job.


• Key Skills (Communication & Application of Numbers) - these give you the underlying skills you will need in business


• Employment Rights and Responsibilities –ensures that you know the key rights and responsibilities you have whilst at work.


The apprenticeship includes an initial assessment to help identify your current level of IT skills, what you need to know for your job, and what you know already.


Length:

10 days of classroom training, plus one-to-one coaching & support


Timescale:

5 -12 months, depending on existing level of IT skills

Cost:

Free


To Qualify:

Must be EU citizen, be in employment, aged 19-24 and not have a degree


Requirements:

Must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse. Additionally you must have used Word before and be familiar with entering text and using common features in Word. This is a level 2 qualification and not suitable for beginners.


Classroom Training Included

The core qualification includes the following classroom courses, each one day in length:

• Word • Excel

• Outlook • MS Publisher

• Access • PowerPoint

• Applying numerical skills in the workplace

• Improving your communication skills

• Evidence Workshop


The course consists of 10 one day sessions, one held each fortnight. Each training session includes a step-by-step manual and two years use of our telephone help-line, free of charge, on anything covered by your courses. You will also have full access to online learning materials, if you wish.


Your Portfolio: What you will be able to do:

To complete the apprenticeship you will need to produce pieces of work, to demonstrate your ability to use your new skills in your job. Examples could include:

PowerPoint: Create a presentation about your organisation, including images & automated slides.

Excel: Create a budget spreadsheet, including formulas and charts.

Word: Create a report, including images, Tables and Headers & Footers.

MS Publisher: Create newsletters and leaflets.

Email: Create an email distribution list, use attachments, signature, out of office and schedule meetings.

Access: Create a database, create queries using criteria, create and format reports.


These are examples. If any of them are not relevant to your job, you will instead produce work that is.


Free Bonus Course

Learners will be offered any course from the Happy Computers schedule, free of charge, once they complete the apprenticeship and achieve the qualification. Examples are 2 or 3 days courses in the following software:

• Dreamweaver • MS Project • Flash

• In Design • Sage • MS Expression Web

• Photoshop • Train the Trainer • Excel VBA



Why is it free? Where’s the catch?

There is genuinely no cost. It is a key priority for the government to increase IT skills in the workplace and Apprenticeships are the way it wants to achieve them. The qualification is therefore fully funded by the Learning and Skills Council.

Your commitment is to attend all the courses and complete your portfolio of work. This is vital: you will only achieve the certificate, and get the benefit of the courses, if you do the work.


Our guarantee:

You will be hugely more confident and more capable in using your computer by the time you achieve your qualification.


Provided by Happy Computers

Happy Computers is recognised as one of the highest quality IT training companies in the UK and has recently been awarded IT Training Company of the Year 2009 (Institute of IT Training annual awards). It has also been voted the best company in the UK for customer service by Management Today.


How to Book:

Contact Happy Computers on 020 7375 7300 or email at itq@happy.co.uk.

Mediabox Photography Workshop

Mediabox is offering young people aged between 13 - 19 from London, Bristol, Leeds or Birmingham the chance to work with professional photographers to create powerful photographs depicting their personal experiences of unemployment.

Just so it's clear participants need to be unemployed to take part, they will work with professional photography mentors to create images that reflect their personal experiences of unemployment. Young people will be asked to attend a photography workshop where they will come up with creative ideas and learn basic photography skills. This will take place on Tuesday 16th March at The Guardian HQ in London. They will then go back to their local area and with the support of their mentor they will take images and then come back to London on Friday 19th March for a final post production workshop where they will format and edit their images.

All travel and expenses along with youth worker expenses for all three days will be covered.

Those interested will need to email Jessica Odubayo jessicao@mediatrust.org with their age, which organisation they are from and details of thier current unemployment situation/the story behind being unemployed.

Closing date for all applications is Friday 5th March 2010.

Mediabox and Community Channel filmmaking workshop

Mediabox in partnership with Community Channel has a fantastic opportunity for 10 disadvantaged young people to make a film about a subject that is important to them. Is there a subject or issue that affects the young people attached to your organisation, that they wish to promote or highlight? If so, this prospect will provide them with the skills, resources and support to promote/highlight what is important to them, and get their voices heard.


The successful applicants will go on a daylong filmmaking workshop run by Mediabox. Through Media Trust’s Youth Mentoring scheme the young people will be matched to a media professional mentor, who will advise them on their creative ideas.

Each young person will then receive a My Mediabox grant of £500 and have six weeks to shoot and edit their short film. Their media professional mentors will be available via phone and email to support the young people through this creative process.


Highlights

Media Trust will broadcast the films on Community Channel and across all of their online platforms. Mediabox will also distribute the content on as many platforms as possible through their media partners.


Who can apply?

Disadvantaged young people aged 13-19 years old (and up to 25 years old for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities).


Other Conditions

Successful applicants must meet the Mediabox target group and be able to travel to and from the workshop.


When?

The workshop will take place in London on Saturday 13th March 2010.

Apply Now!

Apply online by visiting www.media-box.co.uk. For more information please contact Priscilla Baffour on 020 7217 3424 020 7217 3424 or email priscillab@mediatrust.org. Closing date for all applications is Friday 5th March 2010.