See below upcoming courses in the new year with WEA. If you have any clients who may be interested or if you would like to directly refer individuals please email syskills@wea.org.uk. Functional Skills Other courses W/C 02/01/2023SubjectDelivery ScheduleDelivery LocationSkills for VolunteersEvery Tuesday at 10:00 - 12:00, for 12 sessions.Voluntary Action Sheffield (The Circle) (Sheffield)Community Interpreting: … Continue reading WEA courses for Jan 2023, including Functional Skills
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DWP: Touchbase – Fri 16 Dec
Roundup of recent DWP announcements Cold Weather Payments As we head into the winter months, households receiving certain benefits could be eligible for extra money to help keep warm during the cold weather between now and the end of March 2023. DWP’s Cold Weather Payments are an automatic payment of £25 directly paid into bank … Continue reading DWP: Touchbase – Fri 16 Dec
Universal Credit and Jobcentre Plus Christmas Arrangements
Please see the links below for Jobcentre Opening times and benefit payment days over the Christmas and New Year period: England and Wales DateOpening timesFriday 23 December 2022Offices and phone lines are open as usualMonday 26 December 2022Offices and phone lines are closedTuesday 27 December 2022Offices and phone lines are closedWednesday 28 December 2022Offices are … Continue reading Universal Credit and Jobcentre Plus Christmas Arrangements
Labour market LIVE from Learning and Work Institute -13 December 2022
Unemployment is 1,247,000, up by 23,000 on last month's published figure, and the unemployment rate is 3.7%, is up by 0.1 percentage points on last month's figure and up by 0.1 percentage points on the quarter. The ONS figure for claimant unemployed is 1,556,900, up by 30,500 on last month, and the claimant rate is … Continue reading Labour market LIVE from Learning and Work Institute -13 December 2022
SACHMA moving to Breinburg Ct, Pittsmoor in Jan 2023
SACMHA, a charitable organisation which caters for the health and social care needs of people from ethnic minority communities, is moving premises from the Wicker in January 2023. The charity's new home will be Breinburg Court, Pittsmoor Road, S3 9AQ.
SAVTE Annual Report 2021-22
The Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English (SAVTE) has published its annual report for 2021-22. To download the report, click here
Sheffield Apprenticeships Bulletin (ESFA) – 12 December
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provides weekly district-level apprenticeship vacancy bulletins, broken down by region and local authority area. See below the latest vacancy lists for Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield apprenticeship vacancies sheffield-12-dec-2022Download South Yorkshire apprenticeship vacancies sy-apprenticeship-summary-12-12-2022-with-percent-40-l3-plusDownload
DWP: Touchbase – Fri 9 Dec
Roundup of recent DWP announcements Just over a week left to claim Pension Credit and qualify for extra £324 The run up to Christmas is a busy time, but one thing to make sure is on people’s list over the coming week is to find out whether they or their loved ones are eligible for … Continue reading DWP: Touchbase – Fri 9 Dec
L3 courses with White Rose starting in Jan 2023
L2 Cert in Understanding Autism course with Standguide; start dates in Dec & Jan
Find out about Fearless, dedicated youth service from the charity, Crimestoppers
Fearless (Home - Fearless) is the dedicated youth service from the charity, Crimestoppers, where young people can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality. Fearless aims to break down any barriers that might prevent young people from reporting crime. Whether this is a fear of the process, fear of repercussions or a distrust … Continue reading Find out about Fearless, dedicated youth service from the charity, Crimestoppers
Review of the Teacake Club meeting (Tues 6 Dec)
The Winter edition of the Teacake Club - an economic inactivity special - took place at the new Events Central hub on Fargate in Sheffield City Centre. Laura Hayfield, Head of Employment & Skills at Sheffield City Council, welcomed attendees to the meeting and outlined the reasons for having a network meeting focused on this … Continue reading Review of the Teacake Club meeting (Tues 6 Dec)
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