The Skills Launchpad Plymouth team is hosting events across the city to promote engaging and fun learning opportunities with local residents.
There will be free activities for everyone who drops by and for all the family to enjoy, including face painting, hair and beauty demos, playdoh activities, pot decorating and seed planting, as well as the chance to speak with local training and community support organisations.
Jenny Endean, young person service development manager from Livewest said:
“We are really excited and proud to be supporting and promoting the community roadshows. This is a great opportunity for our residents to find out what city-wide partners have to offer which will help them to see their potential and reach their dreams.
“Working with all our partners in a collaborative manner is the only way we can respond to the many challenges faced by young people in our communities and to make our city an even better place to live where all young people have a bright future.”
The following week the community roadshow will then pop-up between 11am and 2pm at YMCA Plymouth in Honicknowle on August 31.
Councillor Charlotte Carlyle, Cabinet member for Education, Skills and Children and Young People said:
“Our Skills in the Community Roadshow offers a brilliant opportunity to engage with local people in their home locations. These events have purposefully been pitched as ‘fun, fun, fun’ events rather than ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’.
“We hope these informal settings will create opportunities for young people and adults alike to have conversations with providers which we hope could lead to upskilling, training and education opportunities – in turn increasing their employability and support taking steps towards realising employment opportunities.”
The delivery partners involved with the Community Roadshow include:
Achievement Training
Argyle Community Trust
Bill’s Boys
Bonnie’s Brunch
Building Plymouth
Care Journeys
Citizens Advice
City College Plymouth
Clarion Housing
CSW Group
Devon Mind
Discovery College
East End Development Trust
Eat that Frog
Greenlight Safety and Training
Groundworks South
Livewest
Making Carers Count
Marine Academy Plymouth
On Course South West
Outset
Plymouth Community Homes
Plymouth’s Health and Care Skills Partnership
Prince’s Trust, RIO, Shekinah
Skills Launchpad Plymouth
SMART Skills
South West Water, Sovereign Housing Association
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Train4All
YMCA Plymouth
Young Devon
