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Hello everyone!
CENTRE PARCS RECUITMENT DAY - Reminder from NuanceHope 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?
- Are you looking for an apprenticeship? Register and apply on www.apprenticeships.org.uk
- College – its not too late to apply to college. Search for your local college and give them a call to find out what they can offer you. Or, Have a look at https://www.ucasprogress.com/ to search, explore and compare courses at schools, colleges and work-based learning providers.
- Training providers can offer courses in a more supportive environment – and you might get a financial reward for attending. Try looking at
- Ridgemond Training http://www.ridgemondtraining.org.uk/
- EYS http://www.eysuk.org.uk/centres/stevenage.htm
- Or contact 4YP for more!
- Part-time or Full-time work?
- www.facebook.com Search Jobs in your local area
- www.indeed.co.uk – enter your postcode
- www.jobsearchdirect.gov.uk - the government / Job Center website
- www.jobstoday.co.uk,
- www.bedfordjobshub.co.uk,
- http://bedsbucks.jobsnow.co.uk/jobs/united-kingdom/bedfordshire/jobs-bedford
- www.youthoria.org - jobs and training for young people in Cambridgeshire (get the train to St Neots & Huntingdon from Sandy & Biggleswade)
- www.hertsjobs16to19.org - jobs and training for young people in Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Letchworth Garden City
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
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
- Job Seekers AllowanceJob Seeker's Allowance (JSA) is at least £56.80 a week to help you while you look for work
- 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
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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