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Skills and Training for Young People

Manchester City Council

There are lots of Education, Employment and Training opportunities for young people in Manchester. Find out about the opportunities available now, across the city. 

If you are a provider of education, employment or training for young people, and would like your opportunity to be listed on the directory linked above, please register for an account and upload your opportunity here: Do you have an Employment and Training offer for Young People? | Help & Support Manchester

LTE Group in collaboration with Manchester City Football Club

Access to Hospitality

Induction session: 11 June at 1894 Club, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, M11 3FF.
Course start: 17 June

Access to Stewarding

Induction session: 12 June at 1894 Club, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, M11 3FF.
Course start: 17 June

These bespoke courses brings together key qualifications to help learners access stewarding and hospitality jobs. You’ll receive relevant training and an opportunity to interview with several employers working with Manchester City Football Club to help you step into work.

To secure your place or for further information call 7966 884290  or email AEBreferrals@totalpeople.ac.uk

GAYDIO Academy

Work Club 2024 to 2026

Session information and Application form

Location: Gaydio, Suite 1a, Manchester One, 53 Portland Street, M1 3LF

Date: 17 June to 21 June

Time: 1pm to 4pm or 4:30pm

The Gaydio Academy in partnership with Manchester City Council is delivering radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help jobless people from Greater Manchester find secure employment and training as part of 'Work Club 2024 to 2025'. All learners will see themselves enrolled into the industry, whilst benefiting from one-to-one support and onward volunteering opportunities as well as tailored CV workshops and advice.

Eligibility Criteria:

Interested candidates must be unemployed, and be a resident of Manchester and must be available on the dates specified. They must not have previously completed 'Work Club' or 'Intro into Radio' with the Gaydio Academy. To express interest applicants can scan the QR code on the flyer or use the application link attached and go to the bottom of the page to access the form.

AtkinsRealis

Digital Her Industry Insights Day

Date: Thursday 4 July, 10am until 2:30pm

This is an opportunity for girls in college or Sixth Form to join AtkinsRéalis for a Digital Her Industry Insights Day, to gain an insight into what it’s like to work in the digital and technology sector. The young people will spend a day with AtkinsRéalis at their Manchester City Centre based office. The Maximum group size is 14 and places will be awarded at a first come first serve basis. Participants do not need to be studying a digital or technology related subject but should have some interest in exploring career opportunities with a business like AtkinsRéalis.

To take part please submit a request including the size of your group, the year group, school name and location to Emma Grant: emma@manchesterdigital.com Please ensure you have 1 teacher per 14 students.

Manchester Youth Zone

WEA Employability Project: Map Your Path

Map Your Path Schedule and Outline

Cohort one: 9 July until 22 August
Cohort two: 3 September until 17 October
Cohort three: 22 October until 3 December

Map Your Path project is a 7 week rotational program where young people (aged 16 to 25) that are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET participate in activities to improve their mental health, learn valuable life and employability skills, engage in practical work-related experiences, and build good habits and resilience. The course will take place on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week.

Form more information or to register please contact Krystia Souza: Krystia.souza@manchesteryz.org or 0161 203 5333

Catch 22

Summer Jobs Programme

The Summer Jobs Programme has been commissioned by UK Youth and is for 16 to 25 year olds who are at risk of violence or face other significant risks and barriers to employment. The programme will be run during the summer holidays and includes a preparation week and a 5-week paid work experience placement with a local employer. Hours of work will be 25 per week and the hourly rate of pay will be  £11.44. This is a paid opportunity and young people will be paid for their participation, both for the preparation week and during their placement. There are high chances of securing local job opportunities after the 5 week placement at the employers discretion. 

Making a Referral 

• Please use the following link to submit a referral to the Summer Jobs Programme: Summer Jobs Programme referral form

• When completing the form, you may be asked for your preferred local delivery partner, please ensure you select CATCH22 if asked.

Digital Independent Specialist College

Pre-Internship and Supported Internships

DISC is the Digital Independent Specialist College, a new and unique opportunity to help young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to move towards working in the creative and digital economy. Based at Holyoake House in the city centre of Manchester, DISC is a creative and digital studio providing supported work-based learning to help talented young people fulfil their potential and their dreams. DISC have a limited number of places available on both their Pre-Internship and Supported Internships for the 2023-24 intake. If interested please contact the admissions team on: 0161 410 2040

Jobskilla

Do you want to work but need a helping hand?

Course registration deadline: 1 July 2024

Get one to one tailored support if you are unemployed.

Take your first steps with Jobskilla! They can support you with:

• Training
• Qualifications
• CV building
• Action planning
• Meet employers and much more

Jobskilla also support people who are experiencing any of the below barriers:

• Homeless Person
• Drug and or alcohol dependency.
• Refugee
• Ex Offender
• Carer
• Former member of the armed forces
• Care leaver
• Young person identified as being involved or at risk of being involved in gangs or serious violence.
• Victim of domestic abuse
• Ex carer
• Partner or current former HM armed forces personnel

The PLACED Academy

PLACED Academy

FAO teachers

PLACED Academy application form

PLACED Academy promotion video 

PLACED Academy applications now open!

Application deadline: Sunday 16 June

The PLACED Academy is an award-winning programme designed to tackle barriers young people face in accessing professional careers in the built environment, including architecture, planning, urban design, and landscape architecture. They seek to support greater diversity in the sector, enabling young people to develop a wide range of skills, grow in confidence and feel empowered to shape the places of the future.

The Placed academy is free and is now open for applications from anyone in Years 9 to 12 in Northwest England and runs from July 2024 to March 2025 with monthly sessions in Liverpool/Manchester. This year they are also able to fund travel costs where needed.

For further information please email kim@placed.org.uk or you can join their drop in on teams on 4 June 12pm to 1pm (drop in anytime) to find out more information and ask any questions to the PLACED team.

YMCA and Wythenshawe FC education

Wythenshawe Football Club Open Evening

Looking for a career In Sport: Combine your passion for football with first class education

This is for Wythenshawe residents/Young People only at this initial stage. The open day is on 23 May 2024. The open day will be held at Wythenshawe FC Community Stadium, Altrincham Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester. M22 4US.

For further information please contact Bryony.Smethurst@ymca.co.uk

Ongoing 

Ambitious About Autism 

Latest Opportunities
Keep an eye on their website for the latest opportunities as they are working with employers to secure working placements for autistic young people. 

Call out for Creative Influencers!

Be a Creative Influencer

• Want to become a Creative Influencer?
• MADE want young people in Manchester to have their voices heard and join the their youth board!
• Do you you want to influence how creativity is MADE in Manchester's cultural venues

So, are you aged between 10 and 21 and want to be part? 

Get in touch: mademcr@z-arts.org

Cariocca Enterprises

The imPACT Programme

Cariocca Enterprises is a Manchester based social enterprise that provides workspace and supports entrepreneurialism in Manchester’s inner-city communities. They are launching The imPACT Programme, an employment training and internship initiative for young people aged 17 to 29. It will give young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to learn key employment skills and gain valuable work experience especially in the sports, engineering, technology, finance, and health sectors.

To find out more about this free opportunity call 07957510321 or email impact@cariocca.co.uk

Catch22

Shell Programme

Energise
Fully online and is from 10am to 2:00pm daily with breaks

This is a four week programme to support people facing barriers into jobs and apprenticeships in the energy sector. Learners will know more about energy transition and the terminology around the Green Industry. The course is packed with employability skills such as CV writing, communication skills, presentation skills and  customer service skills. There will be a chance to hear from industry professionals and access funding to gain a qualification within the energy transition. Individuals need to be working towards a level 1 ESOL or above if English is not first language. This course is delivered online participants will need to have a laptop and access to the internet, arrangements can be made if this is a barrier.

To sign up or hear more contact Irene.Donelon@catch-22.org.uk 

The Digital Edge Programme

2 days a week for 4 weeks and is done completely remotely using Microsoft Teams.

The programme is funded by Microsoft and aims to help people between 18 and 45 into the Tech industry. After completing the programme you will then have access to
1 2 1 career coaching and in work support once they find employment.

Over the 4 week programme you will get vital employability skills training, insight into the digital and technology sector whilst doing practical activities and gain confidence in applying for digital apprenticeships or entry level IT roles, with the view of launching their career.

You should be:

• Interested in a digital and tech industry
• 18 to 45 years old
• Access to laptop/computer and headphones
• Based in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and London
• Not in Education or Employment
• Have the right to work within the UK
• Have a basic level of IT Skills

The programme covers the different type of tech roles available in the industry, the different tech jargon terms, how to tailor a cover letter and CV to these specific positions and they even do group projects. Alongside their facilitators they do have guest speakers from Tech Apprenticeships providers, and Microsoft staff also speak to the group about the tech industry.

Digital Edge Flyer (image)

If you are interested fill in the Catch 22 Digital Contact form

Anyone that you would like to refer please email meghan.dyer@catch-22.org.uk with the following details: Full Name, Age, Phone Number, Email Address

Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live is a Manchester-based adult and young persons drug and alcohol service.

Refer someone or yourself to Change Grow Live 

Once you are ready to look for work then you can move onto the Individual Placement Support IPS service

• IPS uses a personalised and strength-based approach to support people to find a job of their choosing.
• IPS aims to help people find paid jobs within just weeks of being referred to the service.
• Then it continues to work with both employer and employee to sustain the job placement for as long as possible, or to help the client into a different job.
• IPS directly tackles the lack of integration of healthcare and employment services and the disconnection of different specialists by integrating employment specialists into health teams.   

Digital Advantage and SENDCode

GM Supported Digital Work Hub 
Do you know young people with SEND who are either not in education, employment and training, or at risk of becoming so?  Ones who are interested in digital but need a flexible and understanding approach to help them get back into education, training or the work place?

The courses are for young people with SEND who are either not in education, employment and training, or at risk of becoming so. If you require any further information:

Please contact Rav at rav@digitaladvantage.org.uk or call 07801 542286.

GC Education and Skills 

Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast track to a guaranteed interview with a local employer. Developed by the Government as part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, Skills Bootcamps are being delivered in partnership with GC Education & Skills to help people gain skills for life, help support skills demands in their local area, and ultimately to help people get a better job.

From Content Marketing and Brand Design, to Construction Multi Trade and Green Technology, find the perfect Skills Bootcamp for you or your team.

Greater Manchester Apprenticeships and Careers Service (GMACS)

GMACS

The Greater Manchester Apprenticeship and Careers Service, or GMACS, is here to help you plan your future.

It’s packed with advice, tips and information and designed to help you find everything you need to make choices about your next steps and begin your career. From ideas to applications, it’s easy to explore what’s out there, be inspired by what Greater Manchester can offer, and develop the tools to start your working life.

Futures for All

Celebrating Young People With SEN From Across GM in the Workplace.
Check out the videos of SEND young people talking about their jobs.

Green Skills Academy

First of its kind Green Skills Academy has launched in Greater Manchester

The Growth Company Education and Skills has launched its brand-new Green Skills Academy as part of a pan-northern effort to lead the UK’s transition to Net Zero. 

Boasting cutting-edge technologies and a comprehensive training offer, the Academy is open to residents and businesses of all sizes with courses on offer to upskill employees in a range of different green technologies.

Visit the Green Skills Academy webpage 

Groundwork

Support for Care Leavers 

• 1-2-1 support into employment (and wraparound support) 
• Care leavers 16 to 25
• Unemployed 
• Greater Manchester wide
• Available until September 2025
• Trauma informed coaching and guidance

Email liane.kirk@groundwork.org.uk for more details

Youth and Play

• For young people aged 11 to 19
• Based at Crumpsall Visitors Park, Ash Tree Rd, Crumpsall, M8 5RX
• Open access youth centre where young people can learn develop new skills, engage in recreational activities, improve their wellbeing and meet new people
• One youth session per week
• Available until October 2023

Email Carlos.Dore@groundwork.org.uk for more details 

Learn4Future

All In One Learning Centre

All In One Learning Centre aims to help and support people in the community concerning education, employment, and overall well-being. They aim to create a positive educational environment and opportunities that encourage growth, responsibility, and productivity.

The Learn4Future project will help you to build English, Maths and IT Skills according to your current level, as well as developing your confidence.

Eligibility:

• 16+
• Manchester resident
• UK Resident for 3 years minimum (some exceptions)

Referrals/Contact Information:

Web: All In One Learning Centre

Email: info@allinonelearningcentre.co.uk

Mobile/WhatsApp: 07442954190

Manchester Jewish Museum 

Become a social media volunteer

Are you a content creator? Do you make videos on TikTok or manage an Instagram profile? Would you like to help share hidden stories from the museum’s archive with the world? 

They are looking for two volunteers to help support their marketing and communications manager in creating engaging content for the museum’s social media channels. 

They are looking for young 18 to 25 year olds and creative people, who use social media on a daily basis, understand trends on different platforms and can support them with video creation for Instagram and TikTok. This is an opportunity for students and people starting their career in creative industries, who would like to develop their digital content creation skills and build their portfolio.

Volunteers will be given access to a laptop and editing programmes like Adobe Premiere Pro. Don’t be put off if you don’t have experience working in museums. They would be interested in volunteers that could offer regular support (commit to a minimum of 4 hours, fortnightly).

If you’re interested in finding out more about this volunteering role or to apply, please email: volunteer@manchesterjewishmuseum.com.

Manchester Local Offer Drop in

Friendly and informal, Early Help Send Drop Ins are a great way to get good information and advice about special educational needs and disability (SEND) issues. There's lots of providers represented 

View the next early help send drop in dates 

Welcome To Manchester Local Offer

The Welcome menu tells you about them and what they offer, including their online directory and how to get involved and have your say. There is also guidance for new parent carers, answering some of your common questions.

Their Local Offer SEND Information Hub

You can find a wide range of information through their Local Offer SEND Information Hub. It covers education, stuff to do, grants, household matters, sources of support and much more.

Search The Local Offer Online Directory

Their online directory has information on what is available locally for SEND families in the city of Manchester. Start your search on the main Local Offer page. If you would like guidance on searching, see 'Using Our Online Directory' on the Welcome To Manchester Local Offer.  

NatWest CareerSense 

Resources for Teachers
NatWest CareerSense is offers two workshops that will help your students explore different career pathways, and help them build upon their transferable skills.

CareerSense Exploration Workshop
The CareerSense Exploration Workshop is a free learning resource focused on employability skills and building students’ career confidence, designed for students in Year 9/S3 and upwards.

CareerSense Dream Bigger
The CareerSense Dream Bigger workshop has been designed to get students to ‘Dream Bigger’ by developing their skills and resilience, helping them to level up their transferable skills for the future world of work, designed for young people aged 16-18.

Find Your Potential
In addition to the Exploration Workshop and CareerSense Dream Bigger Workshop, NatWest CareerSense also offers a tool called ‘Find Your Potential’. This online tool will help you better understand your skills and motivations through a series of easy questions. On completion of the tool, you’ll get a report that includes some example job types in their sector too. The Find Your Potential tool can be found on the homepage of mycareersense.com where you’ll also find other learning resources. 

For more information about NatWest CareerSense email careersense@nationalschoolspartnership.com or call 020 3196 6256.

NHS

Are you interested in an NHS career?

Dependent on your skills, experience and chosen career pathway; NHS can support you with:

• Application and interview workshops
• 1-2-1 sessions
• Employability programmes
• Traineeships
• Work Experience
• Work Placements

Get in touch:

employability@mft.nhs.uk

Requirements

• Under 30
• Looking for a new career
• Right to Work in the UK/ able to provide ID
• Some departments require Functional Skills Level 1

E-mail them with your details and their team will contact you to discuss further

North View 

Start Your Career In Construction 

• Traineeships
• Apprenticeships
• Work Experience
• Trade Skills
• Certificated Training

Register your interest in the training opportunities on the North View Development Site or call 0161 549 8777 or email admin@skillscc.com to find out more  

Northmoor Community Association

Youth Can do - Homework club

Northmoor Community Homework Club reopened this week and there is still time to get children registered. They are offering the below:

• Free support for children aged 8 to 16
• Support with Homework, SATs, GCSEs, Revision
• Children without a school place are welcome

First Session: 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Second session: 4:30pm to 5:50pm
Mondays and Thursdays: Maths
Tuesdays: All subjects and arts and crafts
Open during Manchester City council school term times only

To register your child, visit with them during the project opening times.

Northmoor Community Centre, 95-97 Northmoor Road, Longsight M12 5RT
0161 248 6823
violet@northmoorcommunity.org
info@northmoorcommunity.org

Northmoor Community Centre

Talk English classes for ESOL learners

Tuesday mornings

Face-to-face appointments for anyone aged 16+ for support

Book your place by calling Sabar on 07969 020 130
(Urdu and Punjabi spoken).

Or email: Sabar390@gmail.com

Prince's Trust

Team Programme

Gain new skills, take a qualification and meet new people on this12-week personal development programme. In this programme you will take part in the following:

• Take on your own group community
project
• Take part in an action-packed
residential trip
• Get two weeks’ work experience
• Develop your English and Maths skills
• Spend some time developing your CV
and interview skills

To take part email: rosalind.willamson@princes-trust.org.uk

Enterprise programme

Course dates: Monthly

This programme helps you turn a business idea into reality, using our Test and Start-up Grants and receive one-to-one support with business planning. This 2 week course is delivered online and individuals can take part in workshops, independent
learning activities and 1:1 support. In this programme individuals will discover what it takes to grow and build a successful business, get to grips with marketing, selling, finance and business planning skills, get support to test your business idea and the opportunity to apply for a business mentor and financial support on completion.

To express interest email: ellie.fox@princes-trust.org.uk

Development Awards

Pure Innovations

Pure Innovations is a charity providing support services to enable people with a disability, learning difficulty, autism or mental health condition to lead fulfilled lives. They currently offer the following two programmes:

Our Future

The Our Future programme is designed to help people with learning disabilities and/or autism develop important life skills. It is a 10 week group workshop with a maximum of 6 per group covering:

• Self-development
• Community
• Mental and physical wellbeing
• Digital skills
• Healthy relationships and sexual health
• Money and budgeting
• Pre-employment with a focus on voluntary work/work experience or moving onto supported employment
• Safe travel and route planning
• CV building and interview techniques

The course is very person centred for each individual, which helps them to reach a goal of their choice. They have guest speakers from the NHS, Citizens Advice, local workshops, volunteering groups and more depending on the groups interests. They also visit employers and have tours around different industries who offer both voluntary and paid work and they often do group voluntary days or activities.

If anyone is not comfortable in a group setting, they do offer this on a 1-1, focusing on an area of your choice.

Our Manchester

The Our Manchester programme is designed to help and support people with learning disabilities and/or autism into paid employment including:

• A dedicated employment officer
• A vocational profile created with an Action Plan to meet goals
• CV creation and interview preparation and support
• Job identification and application support
• Negotiation with employer’s and job shaping
• Travel training
• Job coaching
• Ongoing in and out of work reviews, monitoring and support

They help with finding work, speaking to the employer, making reasonable adjustments and support through the entire process. This is person centred so help is given as much or as little as needed, this can be alongside them during the interview and working interviews as well as working alongside the client while learning the job role. Once the client is comfortable in the role, they fade out gradually into the background until they are supporting remotely when needed.

Eligibility:

• Have a Learning Disability and/or Autism
• Live in the Manchester City Council Area
• Age 17 year and 6 months plus

To discuss or make a referral, please contact Pure Innovations via the info provided below.

Email: ourmanchesterourfuture@pureinnovations.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 804 4400 (ask for Supported Employment Manchester team)
Web: Home - Pure Innovations

Reboot Youth Hub

The Reboot Hub is a careers and networking platform founded in 2009 that empowers and equips young people with accessible professional development content. They collaborate with employers to widen access to job opportunities and enlist industry experts at their events and mentorship programmes.

The support they offer includes:

• Employability Workshops

• CV Writing

• Leadership and Group Work

• Presentation/Interview techniques

• Communication and Networking Skills

• Career development seminars

• Creating role models for young people

• Insight into employment and training opportunities

• Employers and industry experts from various industries

• Short and long term career mentoring.

• Health and Wellbeing Coaching

• Resilience coaching

Fill in the Reboot Youth Hub Contact form to find out how they can help you

SharpFutures

Digital Youth Hub

Are you aged 18 to 25, live in Greater Manchester and want to develop your creative and digital skills?

Then sign up to the Digital Youth Hub today! It offers an initial course of online workshops to equip you with the key skills to help you find employment and gives you access to their ‘Opportunities Hub’, an up-to-date resource listing training and jobs across Greater Manchester.

You will also be able to take part in live workshops, masterclasses and skills development sessions, build your digital CV and have one to one sessions with a talent manager to help you with the next stage of your career.

The Digital Youth Hub is located at The Sharp Project in Newton Heath and you’ll be able to work from there whilst you complete the course.

Applications are open now: Apply for the Digital Youth Hub 

Find out more about SharpFutures

Street League, Own Your Future

16 to 24 and not in education or employment? Join their free programme.

• Get support with your job search and CV writing
• Gain new skills and qualifications
• Free daily sports activity
• Travel Reimbursed
• Free Nike Kit

Free football sessions;

Every Thursday, 10:30am at Platt Lane Complex

Every Thursday, 3pm at Wythenshawe Lifestyle Centre

Job Club;

Every Tuesday, 11am at Moss Side Powerhouse

The Manchester College and Prince’s Trust 

TEAM programme

If you’re aged 16 to 25, not in employment or education the Prince’s Trust Team programme is for you. Team will boost your confidence, develop your skills and enable you to progress onto further study or a career. Delivered face to face in the classroom and out in the local community, you’ll have the chance to:

• Take on a local community project and make a positive difference
• Take part in an action packed residential
• Get 2 weeks work experience
• Develop your interview skills and build an impressive CV
• Boost your confidence ready for taking the next step

The WOW Show

The WOW Show is a 30 minute fast moving interactive magazine show aimed at creating real life encounters which give young people fresh perspectives on the world of work.

Their teams have been filming around the country hearing directly from apprentices and trainees about the fascinating and varied opportunities in the construction sector.

Teachers - The WOW Show
Construction Special - The WOW Show

We Love MCR Charity 

Manchester’s Rising Stars Fund

We Love MCR's Manchester’s Rising Stars Fund is unique. It supports ambitious 15 to 22 year olds experiencing financial disadvantage to achieve their potential by funding vital equipment, training and resources to enable them take their next steps to success in Work, Qualifications or Entrepreneurship, via grants of up to £5,000. 

Basic Criteria for applicants:

• Aged 15 to 22 (or up to 25 with lived experience of homelessness) 

• Need to live in Manchester City Council boundaries (exemptions apply for Manchester's LAC)

• Must have a clear and realistic ambition around employment, education, training or entrepreneurship.  

• Must demonstrate inability to access funds themselves due to personal/family circumstances

Working Well: Support to Succeed

Working Well: Support to Succeed helps you to overcome barriers which may prevent you from gaining work or pursuing your ambitions. The programme will help to boost your confidence and support you in achieving your goals.

Support to Succeed offers:

• Tailored one-to-one support with a dedicated Key Worker
• A range of available services including individual counselling, physiotherapy, debt advice
• Participation in activities to reduce social isolation such as gardening, sports and group sessions
• Support to progress into further learning, work experience, apprenticeships or employment (where this is right for the individual)
• A dedicated offer and Key Worker for people aged 50+

Benefits of the programme:

• Gain confidence as they support you every step of the way.
• Access specialist services to help with barriers like childcare or transport.
• Potential to increase your income once in a job.
• Improve skills and open doors to new opportunities.

Eligibility:

• Be a resident of Greater Manchester.
• Be aged 19 or over
• Not currently be on a DWP / GMCA employment support programme, or due to be referred to one of these programmes
• Must not be within one of the DWP intensive work search groups (Jobseekers Allowance and Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Regime)

Referrals and further Information:

• Working Well: Support to Succeed Referral/Contact Form
• Email: SupporttoSucceed@gcemployment.uk
• Call: 0161 236 8118 
• Website: Working Well: Support to Succeed (gcemployment.uk)

Contact will be made within two working days to check eligibility.

Young Identity

Trustee Role pack

Young Identity is always looking for new trustees to join their diverse board, currently made up of an economist, lawyer, psychologist, education specialist, counsellor, young people’s arts producer, community engagement manager and creative business development expert. Their board brings a wealth of knowledge, both specialist and general, as well as invaluable perspectives and lived experience ranging from the local, national and international.

Please read their trustee role pack and submit your CV and a cover letter of no more than 500 words, telling them why you want to be a Trustee at Young Identity to enquiries@youngidentity.org. If you prefer, you can send a video of up to 2 minutes instead of the accompanying letter.

Steering Group Volunteer Role

Steering Group Outline

Register interest form

Their Steering Group is made up of active participants who provide advice and support to ensure that their projects are correctly targeted and reflect the desires and needs of their youth-led organisation. As the name suggests, a Steering Group helps to steer a project from start to completion. It is important to them that they include their young people in the projects being developed, as their views help ensure that their programme of activities reflects their writing community.

If you are interested in becoming a member of their Steering Group you must already be a Young Identity member, aged between 13 to 25. Please read the outline attached and fill out the ‘Register Interest’ form. Once registered, you will be notified of their next Steering Group Meeting, it will be your introduction to the role, training and more.

Young Producers

Young Producers Outline

Register Interest form

Their young producers have the opportunity to support curating, planning and managing Young Identity's events and community showcase performances over the next 3 years. They offer training opportunities through workshops led by Young Identity's producers' team, alumni producers and creative industry professionals, where you will gain tips and advice from lived experience producers; including learning how to organise and programme events and develop financial skills and budget management. Their Young Producers help them produce their flagship event One Mic Stand and volunteer as staff liaisons, runners, programmers and more.

If you are interested in becoming a Young Producer you must already be a Young Identity member, aged between 13 to 25. Please read the outline attached and fill out the ‘Register Interest’ form. Once registered, you will be notified of their next Young Producers meeting, it will be your introduction to the role, training and more.

Facilitators

Training Opportunity for Facilitator Role

Experienced, empathetic and confident in their craft, their Young Identity members can access facilitator training, opening themselves up to opportunities for connection and engagement with other budding young writers in the community. At Young Identity they offer training opportunities through their weekly workshop delivery; shadowing lead facilitators, supporting lessons, mentoring and evaluations, with access to personalised support from their Artistic Director Shirley May.

Please send the completed application form to enquiries@youngidentity.org If you have applied for training you will be notified of their next training opportunity.

Please Note: This training will not guarantee a permanent facilitation role with Young Identity, however, you will be eligible to be considered for facilitation roles if this training is completed.