Monday 14 October 2013




LATEST NEWSLETTER FROM ROSE IN OUR RURAL TEAM - CONTACT ROSE FOR MORE HELP ....WEBWATCH FOR BIGGLESWADE, SHEFFORD , SANDY  AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO FOLLOW ....HAPPY HUNTING!

    Hello everyone!
Hope you are all ok.  Please find attached another jam-packed Webwatch listing local jobs in central and rural Beds (covering Biggleswade, Sandy, Shefford, Flitwick and all the surrounding and commutable areas between).
This edition has loads of exciting vacancies and opportunities, so have a look at the attached and let me know if you want any help applying.

Do you find WebWatch useful?  Do you want to keep receiving it?
Please let me know if you want to keep receiving Webwatch.  We are getting really busy and I may have to stop producing it to make more time for seeing people.  However – if enough people tell me that you regularly look at WebWatch  and use it to apply for jobs then let me know and I will keep doing it.

Not sure what to do?
Have you recently received GCSE or A-level results? If your results were not as you expected, or if you are not sure what to do next, please let me know and we can have a chat and try and work something out that is right for you.

Looking for vacancies?
               
Money advice?
  • EXTENSION OF CHILD BENEFIT (For parents) - When approved education or training ends you could get Child Benefit for 20 weeks (called an 'extension) if your child leaves approved education or training and register with 4YP or joins the Armed Forces. To qualify your child must: be 16 or 17, work less than 24 hours a week, not get certain benefits (eg Income Support) You must have been entitled to Child Benefit immediately before they left the approved education or training and apply for it within 20 weeks of them leaving Follow this link for more information: https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19

  • Job Seekers AllowanceJob Seeker's Allowance (JSA) is at least £56.80 a week to help you while you look for work
How much you get depends on your circumstances and the type of JSA you qualify for. To qualify for JSA you usually have to be: 18 or over, able and available for work. When you apply for JSA you must go to an interview to complete your claim. To keep getting JSA you must go to a Jobcentre office (usually every 2 weeks or when asked) to show how you've been searching for a job. Follow this link for more information: https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/overview
  • TRAVEL AID SCHEMEDid you know....... You can get a Travel Aid pass if you live in Bedford or Central Bedfordshire and: you are in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance or you are a lone parent receiving Income Support or you are a 16 or 17 year old unemployed school leaver registered with 4YP or Connexions. A Travel Aid pass costs £5 from 1st October (currently £1) and is valid for 28 days. During that time you can travel on most buses in the Bedford and Central Bedfordshire area at half the normal adult single fare (rounded up to the nearest 5p). Simply show your pass to the driver when buying your ticket. Contact 4YP for further information or call Central Beds Public Highways Dept on 0300 300 8308.
  • PRINCES TRUST DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Development Awards are cash awards of £50-£150 for young people to access education training or work. Participants can: Receive a cash award to help undertake education or training or enhance their ability to gain employment A Prince's Trust volunteer will also support the young person in setting goals, making decisions and finding other programmes or support. Who is eligible? UK residents aged 14-25 who: are part of The Trust's four target groups Have education, training or work-related goals Awards can take up to 6 weeks to process so applications should be made well before the award is needed. Follow this link for more information:http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/programmes/development_awards.aspx or contact us at 4YP

CENTRE PARCS RECUITMENT DAY - Reminder from Nuance
    Hello Bedfordshire.
We are Nuance, Retail operator at Center Parcs.
    We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, friendly and sociable people    to be part of our brand new retail team at Center Parcs Woburn    Forest when it opens in spring next year. If you are interested to    learn more, come and meet us at our open day at Woburn Village Hall    on  23rd OCT, 10am – 4pm. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.      www.thenuancegroup.com/woburn

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
    The Central Youth Volunteering Project is for young people aged    13-18 living in, or attending school in, Central Bedfordshire. It    offers lots of different volunteering opportunities and the chance    to be awarded a nationally recognised award - perfect for listing on    UCAS applications, CVs etc.
    Volunteering has so many benefits – improves skills preparing young    people for further education or employment, raises self-esteem and    confidence and is a great chance to meet new people.
    For more information please email sarah@bedfordvb.org.uk or    call 01234 213100.
 



Well that’s it for now folks – see attached WebWatch for more information – and don’t forget to get in touch and let me know if you don’t want these emails to stop!


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Rose Birmingham

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14TH OCTOBER 2012

LATEST NEWSLETTER FROM THE CENTRAL BEDS TEAM - DUNSTABLE, HOUGHTON REGIS AND LEIGHTON BUZZARD.... CONTACT KAREN, JULIE OR LYNNE FOR HELP....

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Tuesdays: Houghton Regis Library 2pm to 4.30pm
Wednesdays: The Pioneer Centre, Manchester Place, Dunstable 2pm to 4.30pm
Thursdays: The Mayfield Centre, Downside, Dunstable  2pm to 4.30pm
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Hi Everyone,

Hows it all going? Any success stories out there?

No webwatch this week but don't let that stop you searching! I've attached a list of useful websites and some hints and tips on applying for apprenticeships. For the time being, if you would like to call in to our drop-in at the Mayfield Centre, please call us first as it is sometimes closed due to staffing issues.

CENTRE PARCS RECUITMENT DAY - Reminder from Nuance

Hello Bedfordshire.
We are Nuance, Retail operator at Center Parcs.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, friendly and sociable people to be part of our brand new retail team at Center Parcs Woburn Forest when it opens in spring next year. If you are interested to learn more, come and meet us at our open day at Woburn Village Hall on  23rd OCT, 10am – 4pm. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE. www.thenuancegroup.com/woburn

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

The Central Youth Volunteering Project is for young people aged 13-18 living in, or attending school in, Central Bedfordshire. It offers lots of different volunteering opportunities and the chance to be awarded a nationally recognised award - perfect for listing on UCAS applications, CVs etc.
Volunteering has so many benefits – improves skills preparing young people for further education or employment, raises self-esteem and confidence and is a great chance to meet new people.
For more information please email sarah@bedfordvb.org.uk or call 01234 213100.
Many thanks
Sarah
Sarah Bigg
Central Youth Volunteering Project

FREE DRIVING SAFETY COURSES !     
WOW! - here's a great offer....
AMEY are providing FREE driving safety courses for 16-24 year olds who live in Central Bedfordshire or Luton.
MORE 16 gives 16 year olds their first driving experience. Parents can attend to give guidance whilst their teens practice. A high-speed passenger ride with a pro-driver is offered to all parents who attend!
MORE DRIVE is for 17-24 year olds who have passed their driving test. You will drive on a skid pan, experiences ABS braking systems and practice emergency stops at speed to show stopping distances.
The next course is on 24 November 2013  at Millbrook Proving Ground. Please email
roadsafety@amey.co.uk to find out more. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis!
If you’re unable to attend on this date, the next course is provisionally booked for March – although applications won’t open until the new year.

DUNSTABLE PRIORY GATEWAY HERITAGE PROJECT

Here's an exciting voluntary opportunity for anyone interested in
archaeology, stonemasonary, film, photography or artwork:

The priory gateway lies next to St Peter's Church and Priory Gardens in Dunstable. It is a Listed structure and forms part of the nationally protected medieval priory site. It is one of the last upstanding structures (with this exception of St Peter's Church) associated with what was once one of the most prosperous Priories in England. We know quite a lot about life in the Priory as extensive records have survived and recently been translated and one of the suggestions is that the gateway/gatehouse once might have housed a school.

 
For much of this year the gateway has been surrounded in heras fencing, this is because being largely built of soft Totternhoe clunch its natural deterioration was rapidly worsened by last year's exceptionally cold winter. The gateway is owned by Dunstable Town Council and I am working with them on a project to repair the gateway and enhance its conservation and interpretation. At present we are exploring ideas of how to involve the local community in the repair project and would like to hear from any young people who may be interested in volunteering. The repair works will be undertaken by professional stonemasons. Our initial thoughts on engaging the community include some of the following ideas:

shadowing the stonemasons and the buildings archaeologist;
volunteering with the excavation of an archaeological trench across the gateway foundations;
keeping a record of the project through film, photography and artwork
creating interpretation that will appeal to all ages (so basically not just a static interpretation panel).

Hannah Firth
Archaeologist, Development Management

Central Bedfordshire Council Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ

Direct Dial: 0300 300 6603 |  Internal ext: 76603 |  Mobile: 07854528528 | Email: hannah.firth@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
OK, I think that's everything. We'll be back with Webwatch next week. Have a great week-end!Kind regards,
Karen