Author: Andrew Taylor

 

Organisation	Course	Start date	Contact
Central Sussex College Crawley	Apprenticeships Apprenticeships are designed by employers and offer a structured programme of knowledge & qualifications alongside paid work	12-48 months (depending on the sector)	If you’re looking for an apprenticeship vacancy, call the Work Ready team on 01293 442341 jobshop@centralsussex.ac.uk
Outset Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex	Volunteering4yourfuture(16-25) Volunteering opportunities with mentoring support to increase skills & confidence. Gain work related experience, an ASDAN Certificate in Volunteering and a professional reference.	Start anytime throughout the year   12 week programme	01798 831153 (Office) Crawley Natalie Lappage. Natalie.lappage@outsetyouth.org.uk 07712325785 Horsham Karen.king@outsetyouth.org.uk 07715 087202 Mid Sussex Caroline.Halpin@outsetyouth.org.uk 07779223421
Asphaleia Worthing	On Track (16-18) Functional Skills – English, Maths, ICT and Employability (EL-L2). ESOL programme, both accredited and non-accredited. Traineeships   Work placement based on person’s interest plus employability skills, English and Maths. Apprenticeships(16+) Earn while you learn	Roll on/roll off 8-12 weeks per qualification     16 weeks 2-3 days per week £12 per day travel expenses	Sarah Hughes 01903 823546   sarahhughes@asphaleia.co.uk
YMCA The Foyer Crawley	Short courses e.g. CSCS card, First Aid, Health & Safety plus mentoring and support.	On-going – contact for details on specific options	Steve Darken 07870607776 Steve.Darken@ymcadlg.org
Rewards Training Crawley and Mid Sussex	AppJobs (16-24) Support to find apprenticeships in IT, Customer Service, Hospitality, Team Leading and Business. Adult & Community Learning(19+) English, maths, ESOL, IT Job Club (18+ only)	On-going   Job Club- Thurs 10-2 Term time only Belgrave House, Crawley	Stephanie Gale 01293 562651 opportunities@rewardstraining.co.uk Jane Williams jane.williams@rewardstraining.co.uk
Angling Academy Broadfield Park Lake, Crawley	L1 Fishery Management In conjunction with Plumpton College	September 2015	Graham Cridland 07919024021 CWSAA@aol.com
Jace Training Crawley	Traineeships (16-24) Training & work experience in catering Childcare, customer service, Bus Admin Study programmes in above vocational areas Apprenticeships also available	Up to six months Regular recruitment	Elaine Jones 01293 561244   elaine.jones@jace-training.co.uk
Affinity Sutton Mid Sussex	‘Ready2Work’ (16+) Personalised IAG to support people into training, work placements or employment. Grant support available.	On-going (If non- resident contact for eligibility advice)	Ryan Matthews,   ryan.matthews@affinitysutton.com
YMCA Mid Sussex (& Horsham)	Positive Placements (16-25) 1:1 mentoring support for up to 12 months to improve confidence, build life skills and help to move on into education, training or employment	On-going	Kensa Cooper 07881 013758  kensa.cooper@ymcadlg.org
Building Heroes	Horticulture or Construction Gain CSCS card and work experience Ex-services or young people 16-24	Next start Feb 2016 8 week residential course. Non-residential for 16/17s – fares paid	Alison Sleat alisons@buildingheroes.org.uk 01444 443839 www.buildingheroes.org.uk
YMCA Y Centre, Horsham	Short term engagement activities, such as kick boxing, cooking. Positive Placements (as above) Job Club drop in Thurs am	On-going – contact Kevin for details on specific options	Kevin Budge 01403 213412 kevin.budge@ymcadlg.org
Collyer’s Horsham	Adult Learning (16+) English & Maths plus bite-size work related qualifications and work exp.	September & January starts Contact for details	Lucy Hargreaves 01403 216566 lah@collyers.ac.uk (Mon-Thurs)
Horsham District Council	Journey to Work (18+ JSA claimants) Work experience placements	2-8 week on-going	Jan English 01403 215262 jan.english@horsham.gov.uk
Prince’s Trust Worthing	Team programme (16-18) Personal development programme including work experience, residential week, nationally recognised qualifications, local community project, team challenge and team presentation.	January 2016 12 weeks 5 days a week	Asphaleia 01903 823546 Sallylambert@asphaleia.co.uk

Other opportunities around the area

Access to Music	L1 Skills through Music L2 Music Tech, Music Perf, Vocal Artist L3 Music Prod, Sound Engineering, Vocal Artist, Music Business	L1 Flexible entry & options 3 days a week	Tim Cottrell 01273 628 363 Tim.cotterell@accesstomusic.ac.uk www.accesstomusic.ac.uk
Tomorrow’s People North Street Brighton	Working it Out A mix of support and in-house training, and contact with local employers, a community project & team building activities.  Opportunity to gain First Aid and Employability qualifications.	10 weeks 9.30am-1.30pm	Zoe Miller 01273 773913 / 07824 633723 zmiller@tomorrows-people.co.uk
DV8 Brighton Lewes Road	RE:GENERATE Fashion & Marketing Traineeships (16-19) Creative Work Pairings (16-19) pre-apprenticeship work experience Apprenticeships Study programmes L1 Intro to Music, Media & Digital L2 Fashion, Music production, Media Production, Live Events L3 Social Media & Digital Marketing Live Events, Music Prod/Media Prod	17 weeks   8 weeks £10 a day     3 days a week	James Barton 01273 550432 James.barton@dv8sussex.org.uk   www.dv8sussex.com/apply   apprenticeships@dv8sussex.com
Albion in the Community AMEX stadium Brighton	Traineeships Employability workshops, English & maths & a work experience placement Study programmes L1 Step Up -Progression Skills L3 Diploma in Sport Courses & qualifications in Fitness Instructing, Personal Trainer, Football Coaching, Futsal Academy	Roll on/roll off       Up to a year	01273 878260 Dan Forbes Vicky Franklin   Lucy Symonds 01273 878260
Military Preparation College Eastbourne	Military & Public Service course, E3 & L1 Sport & Active Leisure, E3 & L1 Public Services English & maths	Roll on/roll off 5 days a week Travel paid	08442 438438   www.mpct.co.uk

 National Citizen Service 0800 027 9111 www.thencsnetwork.org.uk  15-17 year olds (including those NEET)

Summer holiday(4 weeks), October and February half terms.  Residential week/team activities/community project.  

 All colleges, including those in surrounding counties, hold Open Evenings and offer Y10/11 students Taster Days and visits. Personalised tours of a college can often be arranged to support re-engagement post 16.

 Asphaleia Better Life Project (11-19) – specialist 1-1 intervention support programme including behaviour intervention and mentoring support – 01903 823546

Volunteering opportunities:  www.outsetyouth.org.uk                      www.do-it.org.uk

Apprenticeships/Traineeships: search the following sites:

www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship   www.apprenticeships-in-sussex.com

www.gov.uk/find-traineeship

Training Providers and employers are offering Traineeships for up to 6 months – English, maths, employability skills and a quality work experience placement (unpaid) for those who are almost ‘apprenticeship ready’.

Retain Child Benefit or speak to JCP Adviser if claiming benefits.

Thousands of people turned up to enjoy the Christmas Family Festival on Sunday, despite the drizzle, and the streets were crowded as Town Mayor Dick Sweatman arrived with Father Christmas and the May Queen to officially open the event.

Meridian FM were on hand all day to provide festive music and the crowds were entertained by performances by, In Choir, Step up and Sing, Urban City Street Dance and Trinity Puppet Theatre, not forgetting long-term favorite, Professor Crump!

With London Road being closed to traffic from 7 am and volunteers manning the Road Closures until 7 pm in the Evening, the day was a great success.

The Seasoned Sausage Company was there, selling their local handmade sausages and burgers, and the High Weald Brewer (also to be seen at the weekly farmers’ Market) was selling his local real ale. As ever the French Market and the Fun Fair rides proved to be very popular.

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The sum of just under £900.00 was raised at the Chequer Mead Theatre when the ConChord Big Band held a charity concert in aid of East Grinstead’s Age UK.

Trustee for the charity Jhn Belsey, accepting the cheque, expressed his gratitude to the band and said that “apart from giving great entertainment, ConChord is helping a most worthy local independent charity responsible for raising its own funds to enable it to support local older people. People often think we are funded by Age UK in London, which we are not!”

Over the years The ConChord Big Band has raised over £40,000 for local (and national) charities,such as St Catherine’s Hospice, Queen Victoria Hospital, British Heart Foundation,The Princes Trust, Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion.

IN a regular feature on the Town Council website, we will be remembering, on the anniversary of their deaths, the East Grinstead soldiers who died during WWI,  and who are named on the High Street War Memorial.

This month we recall (as recorded on The Roll of Honour website):

Frederick Harry DOLLERY

Lance Corporal 1896 The 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry Att. to 42nd Division. Gallipoli.

Killed in action on Gallipoli 20.12.15. Aged 23.

Son of William Albert and Ada Dollery of “The Cloisters” Bishops Sutton, Hampshire. Born in Bishops Sutton and enlisted in Brighton. Included on Bishops Sutton Parish Church War Memorial.

Commemorated on The Helles Memorial MR.4.

A Health and Wellbeing Showcase event is being held on 15^th December to promote and enhance working relationships between the County Council and other key professional networks, and voluntary sector organisations providing vital services for the promotion of health and wellbeing to adults in Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex.

The drop-in event is being held from 10:30 – 1:00 pm in the Park Suite, County Hall North, Horsham. For further information please contact Terina.Bryant@westsussex.gov.uk or 0330 2228710.

We’re talking about your wheelie bins here and the collection arrangements over the holidays.

The collections crews will be placing tags on general waste bins w/b 7th & 14th December to let residents know about changes in collections over the holidays.

Full details of these changes can be found here http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/waste/8216.htm which includes a subpage covering xmas tree collection sites and dates.

Don’t forget you can also get your full calendar by inputting your postcode and address into the collection page here – http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/8368.htm

Nothing stops Christmas, and nothing stops the town team who get together to put the Christmas tree up in the High Street. Town Council staff, members of the town’s Rotary Club aided by the Leader of the Town Council Rex Whittaker, were out in force on Wednesday morning setting the tree in place. The big switch on is this Saturday 5 December starting at 12 Noon A splendid afternoon is promised for one and all.

A reminder to local rural-based businesses that two new potential funding schemes are available. The Leader scheme is being run by West Sussex County Council and further details can be found here: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/follow-the-leader-to-rural-business-success

Grants of between £2500 and £50000 are available. General information is available at http://www.businesswestsussex.co.uk/leadergrants

There is also a Digital Connectivity Grant Programme. This will be particularly relevant for small rural industrial estates with very poor broadband speeds. Details are available at http://www.coast2capital.org.uk/helping-business-growth/49-grant-funding/525-digital-connectivity-grant-programme.html

The twelve CCTV cameras currently on site around East Grinstead are now coming to the end of their working life. Sussex Police, who monitor them 24/7, find the cameras  an invaluable tool for preventing crime and increasing public safety. The Town Council together with Mid Sussex District Council have secured funding to upgrade the Town Center’s existing CCTV cameras.

There are proposed changes to the location of some cameras, and the public is being asked for their comments before these proposals  are put into action. Please take a moment to read the information and view the maps with this message and let us have your views.

CCTV Consultation East Grinstead