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Prince’s Trust team make a difference at The Green Centre
22 July 2011
A group of young people on City College Brighton and Hove’s Prince’s Trust Team programme recently helped local community organisation The Green Centre in Manor Hill, by undertaking a variety of gardening tasks in the centre’s garden and children’s allotment.
Aside from getting stuck into the physical tasks of clearing debris, weeding and helping to complete the building of a wildlife pond, the team used recycled materials to make colourful garden decorations and also painted the garden shed. The Prince’s Trust Team programme is a 12-week personal development course which helps unemployed young people gain the skills and confidence to move into work or training. 'What the team did in five days would have taken me five months', said The Green Centre’s Project Co-ordinator, Kate Chamberlain. 'They were really mature, hard-working and had a great team spirit. I’d have them back any time.'
The Prince’s Trust team at The Green Centre
Since November 2010, City College, the largest provider of vocational education and training in the city, has had a Prince’s Trust Licence which means that it is a delivery partner for the high-profile youth charity which helps young people to overcome barriers and get their lives back on track.
For more information on Prince’s Trust Team programmes at City College starting in September, please email princestrust@ccb.ac.uk or text ‘TEAM’ plus your name to 07841 211168
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About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of vocational excellence. Every year, 2,000 full-time, 7,000 part time, almost 400 Higher Education and 400 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its City Business Skills department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.
About The Prince’s Trust: Youth charity The Prince's Trust helps change young lives. It gives practical and financial support, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. It works with 14- to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. The Prince of Wales’s charity has helped more than 600,000 young people since 1976 and supports 100 more each working day. More than three in four young people The Trust helped last year moved into work, education or training.
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