Developing resilience and mental toughness to improve outcomes for young people. An article from Kieran Gordon (CEO, Career Connect)

On Monday 23rd October, members of the Achieve North West Connect team attended the national HMPPS CF0 and ESF Awards event...

Free advice for over 19s through the NCS - see how you can access this service through Career Connect

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According to an article in the TES, the online portal 'GetMyFirstJob', which has 270,000 prospective apprentices and trainees registered, not only were huge numbers of young people frantically applying for vacancies they had never considered right for them, but there are worrying disparities in gender too.

Career Connect is one of only four organisations awarded funding from the Careers and Enterprise Company’s first phase of its national £2.5m Personal Guidance Fund to deliver support to young people in schools and colleges.

Inspiring case study from Hindley Prison

EDUCATION

A round-up of the latest trends

RECOGNITION

At a packed ceremony in London, Career Connect were recognised for their outstanding financial management of Charity resources!

Career Connect has successfully achieved national recognition from the Government's Careers & Enterprise Company and has been selected as an approved provider to support the delivery of its Careers Leaders Training Programme across the North West region for the next 2 years.

Tim Moore from Achieve Northwest (More Developed Region) shares his story from the latest Career Connect conference.

LANCASHIRE

MP Robert Halfon has been out visiting Career Connect's Lancashire based Advisers, delivering the National Careers Service.

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Schools should be committed to giving their students access to dedicated Careers Advisers to help them make the right choices about their future, says the Confederation of British Industry