Key national organisations and other useful documents
Below are some ideas for key agencies working with The Trust’s
target and sub target groups.
Alongside these organisations, it’s important to find out about
local community organisations that are working in your
region/country.
Please note that these are not all Prince's Trust contacts, and
our name will not guarantee access.
Unemployed
Build relationships with your Local Partnerships Manager and
District Marketing Manager who host jobs fairs, employer open days
and information and advice days for different client groups.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Connexions Direct offers young people advice and signposting on
various different areas including education, training and
employment. Make links with your local Connexions Service Manager
in order to share information with Connexions Advisers.
www.connexions-direct.com
- Local Authority Adult Education Services
Build relationships with your local authority in order to ensure
effective referral links from Adult Education Services.
www.directgov.org.uk
Nextstep is the brand name for local face-to-face information
and advice services funded by the Learning and Skills Council.
Nextstep can help young people identify their skills, provide help
with basic skills and signpost to relevant support services.
www.nextstep.org.uk
Information on construction apprenticeships for all ages.
www.bconstructive.co.uk
Specialising in entry level jobs, bringing together vacancies
and support advice.
www.fusejobs.co.uk
JTL
Advanced Apprenticeships in construction-related fields,
including electrical plant reconditioning, and work-based training
programmes for 16-24 yr olds. Takes up to four years to complete
whilst in full-time employment with a local company.
www.jtltraining.com
- National Apprenticeship Service
Why not learn and earn? The Service offers information on all
aspects of apprenticeships and advertises vacancies. Alternatively,
read up and encourage your employer to become an apprenticeship
supplier.
www.apprenticeships.org.uk
Part of Carillion plc, advertising jobs in construction and
engineering.
www.skybluesolutions.com
Supports people into work by providing free training, computer
access, telephone access, stationary, etc. Can help decide what
training you need and help you get it, whether to brush up reading
and writing or to become familiar with computers.
www.tng.uk.com
- Wallace School of Transport
Employment training, including free truck driver training, free
HGV training, free PSV training and free fork lift training (no car
licence required) for eligible New Deal clients referred
by Job Centre Plus.
www.wallaceschool.co.uk
Provides disadvantaged women with clothing, support and advice
for interviews.
www.dressforsuccess.org
Volunteering / Work Experience
Placements are unpaid, last anything from a few days to four
weeks and are available in just about every area of the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/workexperience
A free, national database of diverse volunteering opportunities
across the UK; part of the registered charity YouthNet.
www.do-it.org.uk
Programme offering an entry qualification in volunteering, a
guaranteed interview to be a London 2012 volunteer and the skills
needed to enter employment. A great opportunity for those who want
to work but aren’t quite ready. Open to unemployed people in
Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Greenwich, South Bromley, Waltham
Forest, Haringey, Westminster, Lambeth or Southwark.
www.personalbestprogramme.co.uk
Each borough has a volunteer centre which will advertise local
opportunities.
Local councils advertise jobs on their own websites (usually
borough.gov.uk) and can include traineeships or work
placements.
Writing directly to or visiting local companies asking for work
experience can pay off.
Community Project Funding
Grants of between £500 and £5,000 for local communities in the
UK running projects that enable people to take part in art, sport,
heritage or community activities, or promote education, the
environment or health in the local community.
www.awardsforall.org.uk
General grants available for 'supporting young people' and
'local communities working for change'.
www.comicrelief.com
- Make Your Mark and Make Your Mark Connect
Make Your Mark is the national enterprise campaign inspiring
young people to make their business or social enterprise ideas
happen. On this site you can ask questions, share advice, make
contacts and find networking groups or local events.
www.enterpriseuk.org
Educational Underachievers
There are hundreds of charitable organisations to which young
people can apply for grants to support them in education which they
cannot otherwise afford; the sources below hold extensive
databases. Eligibility guidelines vary by grant.
Information on paying for courses, helping with childcare costs,
how to choose the right type of course and many other areas.
www.careersadvice.direct.gov.uk
- Childcare Affordability Programme
Childcare costs can be a key barrier to finding work; this
programme provides help and advice to parents on low pay.
www.lda.gov.uk
- Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS)
EGAS provides comprehensive advice and information on sources of
funding available for post-16 education and training including
loans, grants, benefits, access funds, hardship funds, bursaries
and charitable trusts. It also lists lots of other helpful
info.
www.family-action.org.uk
Libraries have guides listing trusts and charitable foundations;
guides include: The Educational Grants Directory, The Grants
Register, A Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need, The Youth
Funding Guide, and the Directory of Grant Making Trusts.
www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk
Care-leavers
- National Care Advisory Service
National advice, support and development service for children in
and from care (age 13-25) and for those who work with them.
www.nlcas.org/
Works to improve the day to day life experience of children and
young people in care.
www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk/
Supports vulnerable children and young people in the UK. The
charity helps to find carers, through adoption and fostering
schemes, for children and young people who cannot live with their
families.
www.actionforchildren.org.uk
Offenders /Ex-Offenders
- National Probation Service
The Probation Service works with other criminal justice
services, including the police and prisons to assist offenders in
completing a community sentence and in reconnecting with their
local community. Find out your local probation service and build
relationships with local probation officers.
www.direct.gov.uk
- Youth Offending Teams (YOTs)
There are YOTs in every local authority in England and Wales.
They are made up of representatives from the police, Probation
Service, social services, health, education, drugs and alcohol
misuse and housing officers. Each YOT is managed by a YOT manager
who is responsible for co-ordinating the work of the youth justice
services.
www.yjb.gov.uk
- Youth Inclusion Programmes (YIPs)
YIPs target young people in the community who are most at risk
of offending. Senior YIPs work with young people aged 13-17. Young
people on the YIP are identified through a number of different
agencies, including the local YOT, police, children and family
services, local education authorities or schools, neighbourhood
wardens and anti-social behaviour teams.
www.yjb.gov.uk/en-gb/practitioners/Prevention/YIP/
- Police Community Support Service
Local Police Community Support Officers hold regular P.A.C.T
(Police and Communities Together) meetings as part of Neighbourhood
Policing activities. Community members attend P.A.C.T meetings,
chaired by local PCSOs, in order to discuss and find solutions to
local issues.
www.campaigns.direct.gov.uk/policingpledge/
- SOVA (Supporting Others through Voluntary Action)
Voluntary mentoring organisation in England and Wales working in
the Criminal Justice Sector and young people on youth offending
orders as well as care leavers, long-term unemployed and refugee
and asylum seekers.
www.sova.org.uk/
- YMCA Partnerships in Prisons
YMCA work in partnership with prisons and probation services to
support young offenders with citizenship and training opportunities
pre-release.
www.ymca.org.uk
Lone Parents
Gingerbread is a national network of local support groups run by
and for lone parents. Gingerbread also runs a national advice line
for lone parents.
www.gingerbread.org.uk
Refugees/Asylum Seekers
The Refugee Council is the largest organisation in the UK
working with asylum seekers and refugees. The Council not
only gives direct help and support, but also works with asylum
seekers and refugees to ensure their needs and concerns are
addressed.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Refugee Action is an independent national charity working with
refugees and asylum seekers to build new lives and become active
participants in UK society.
www.refugee-action.org.uk
Disabilities
McIntyre Care is a national charity providing education, care
and support to children and adults with learning
disabilities.
www.mcintyrecharity.org
Supported Housing
A national foyer network supports young homeless people aged
16-25 into safe and secure accommodation and training and
provides personal development support. The Foyer Federation also
works in partnership with Probation Services to support young
offenders.
www.foyer.net
YMCA provides housing and advice for the homeless. The
organisation is also involved in training for the unemployed,
counselling and other branches of community work.
www.ymca.org.uk
DePaul UK is the UK’s largest charity for young homeless people.
The charity provides pre- and post-release mentoring services and
hostel accommodation and resettlement support for young
offenders.
www.depaulnightstopuk.org
Shelter is a national charity providing advice and guidance to
people who are facing all kinds of housing problems.
www.shelter.org.uk
Crisis is the national organisation for homeless people. Crisis
offers a housing service, an employment service to help homeless
people back into meaningful and sustainable employment and other
well-known support services, such as Crisis Christmas and Crisis
Skylight.
www.crisis.org.uk
- Local Authority housing department
Find out about the public services that your local council
provides. Build relationships with your local authority in order to
ensure effective referral links. In particular, link up with your
local Council Housing department which provides information on
housing benefits, sheltered housing services and advice for the
homeless.
www.direct.gov.uk
Youth Clubs and Community Centres
Clubs for Young People is a UK-wide network of clubs, services,
projects and activities providing support for young people in their
local communities.
www.clubsforyoungpeople.org.uk