Millfields Trust Celebrates 10 Years
The Millfields Trust celebrates its 10th anniversary , the first celebration was held in November, hosting a Millfields Trust Business Event. This opened up opprtunities for resident tenants to showcase their products and services. The event took place at plymouth Albion RFC which catered for up to 200 attendees. Click on the following link to view photos and further information.
This is Plymouth - Millfields Trust Celebrates 10 Years
Look out for further details of our next event in 2010
Employer of the Year
Our tenant Security Management South West have been awarded "Employer Of the Year" at the recent Heart Pride of Plymouth 2009 awards sponsored by Job Centre Plus.
Nominated by Working Links, Security Management South West have been congratulated on helping unemployed people back to work.
This category in Heart's Pride of Plymouth 2009 awards is sponsored by Job Centre Plus you were loooking for an outstanding business who has helped to get unemployed people working, from varying backgrounds.
Security Management South West were recognised as a valued business who has helped towards developing the local community. SMSW have built relationships with public and volunteer organisations to make their vision of providing lasting and supportive employment to jobseekers with serious barriers to work including incapacity, lone parents, poverty, learning difficulties. This excellent work has so far gone unrewarded while Ken and Jay have continued to support their employees with a rewarding career, employment potential and training, through the Government Skills Pledge initiative. Including numeracy and literacy, and NVQ's.
Widening Horizons
The Widening Horizons project kicked off with its launch event on January 15th held at Plymouth Music Zone. One hundred Year 5 students form six local primary schools attended. The schools involved were Cathedral, High Street, Pilgrim, St Andrew’s, St George’s and St Peter's.
The day involved ice breaker activities, percussion playing and singing. During the afternoon the students rehearsed their song before recording it. A smaller number of students will return to the Music Zone at a later date to fine tune the recording before transferring it on to CD. Every participant will then be given a copy back in school.
The focus of the day was to have fun and help break down any barriers students may have to learning as well as to ‘launch’ a series of activities that will take place over the next two terms that will promote new experiences, builds confidence and self esteem and introduce all to new role models drawn from across the city of Plymouth and beyond.
Future activities will include visits to the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth Museum, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth University and the Eden Project. These visits will allow students to meet employees and find out more about their day to day jobs and their career paths to date with the intention of promoting a broad careers knowledge which the student can use in an informed way at some time in the future; taking them beyond what they might within their home environment or in their local neighbourhood.
