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Making well -being and resilience integral to Employability, Careers Guidance and life experience.
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Working as a non-profit social enterprise, our primary aim is to deliver well-being and resilience building workshops and courses for families and young people, along with career and employability guidance; supporting the development of the necessary transferable skills to secure future employment. We empower individuals to build their foundations for the future.

We take a holistic approach to employability and careers through the inclusion of well-being and resilience; making this an integral part of education and life experience.

We aim to:

Build confidence, well-being and resilience in young people and parents through participation in workshops and courses
Work to promote employability and enterprise skills in young people and families, particularly from vulnerable groups within our society
Encourage peer learning and mentoring, participation and engagement in community volunteering
Promote interests and activities to develop well-being and social networking

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We are always happy to have a free, no obligation discussion about your particular requirements and how we or our Community Partners may be able to help.

Lynne Howe - Director and Co- Founder

Over 9 years teaching experience in secondary education based in Inner London and Kent. Graduated from Kings College, London, with a BSc Mathematics and Education with PGCE in 1997. A further 5 years Recruitment Consultancy experience working with investment banking and blue-chip firms. Trained facilitator for Racial Equality Foundation's Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities and Youth Connect 5 parent support programmes.

Anna Jones - Careers Adviser and Co-Founder

Producer at the BBC World Service for 20 years; online journalist for United Nations based in West Africa; arts administrator in London and experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. Masters graduate in Film and TV studies. Level 7 Qualified Careers Guidance adviser with experience of psychometric testing.

Ayah Elmaazi - Director

Barrister specialising in contentious and non-contentious financial services law. Practised in advisory, enforcement and civil litigation roles. Also worked on public law matters (including judicial review) and cases involving freedom of information, data protection, disclosure and confidentiality. Accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

Mackenna Roberts - Director

An intellectual property lawyer, trained bio-ethicist, and widely published thought leader on how the law should govern cutting-edge medical therapies.With a masters in Medical Law and Ethics from King’s College London.Previously trained and practised as a commercial litigation solicitor at a top 50 soft IP London firm with extensive experience on high-profile cases. Taught debate at secondary schools throughout greater London and participated in pro bono street law workshops that empower youth with knowledge about their consumer rights and ways to protect brand, music and inventions. Also taught theatre to inner city youth in Los Angeles and was also a Big Sister mentor for over 3 years in the US and on the regional board of its United Way chapter. Before becoming a lawyer she was an actor and remains passionate about independent film.

Nana Bonsu - Systemic and Therapeutic Family Practice Adviser

Over 23 years experience in Children's Social Care and Therapeutic Family Intervention. Family Service lead in the delivery and embedding of systemic practice interventions in Early Help and Children's Social Care. Responsible for the introduction of systemic ideas and practices, and leading a team of family therapists, co-located in social work teams. Masters degree in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy. Strategic and leadership development of systemic practice within a holistic framework for social workers and practitioners; to enable a collaborative and strengths based approach in working with children and families.

Lucy James - Programme Facilitator

Over 15 years teaching and moderation experience based in Merseyside. Graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1996, then completed a PGCE (Primary Education) at Liverpool Hope University in 1998. Currently works as a tutor with home schooled children and is training to be a counsellor. Is a qualified mental health first aider, has a Level 3 safeguarding qualification and has recently completed training to deliver the Youth Connect 5 and ACEs Recovery course.

Susan Goligher - Programme Facilitator

SFSC Lead facilitator having delivered and evaluated over 20+ SFSC programmes whilst working as Family Support and Outreach Coordinator. Additionally, Youth Connect 5 and seminar delivery facilitator. Along with her extensive programme delivery experience, she holds a BA hons in Child and Youth Studies. Currently studying for her MA . Experience of working with other agencies to support families, such as schools, social services, and youth offending service, as well as working with the Wirral Hate Crime M.A.R.A.C.

Colette Jones - Programme Facilitator

Advanced GNVQ in Health and Social Care (Merit) 1998 and qualified as a Nursery Nurse in 2000 gaining a Cache Diploma in Nursery Nursing. Over 18 years in the private day care sector, and retail business experience. Working as a community based family engagement and support facilitator.

Operational Support

With a broad range of experience and certificates in Mentoring, Counselling Concepts and Safeguarding. Provides support for operations, engagement and seminar deliveries.

Joanne Graham

Helen Koo

Bsc Hons in Computer Science from University of Chester, and over 8 years administration. Provides IT, operations, administration and logistics support for programme delivery.

Tracy Williams

Anne Bobby

Kerry Jones

Michelle Williams

We started out providing employability guidance and support for both educators and young people . Our lesson plan toolkits and bespoke curriculum design support accreditation by providing the activities and evidence, so that organisations can create a clear strategy for careers and employability provision. Easy to follow lesson plans and resources mean that those delivering session can work with confidence and need not be qualified teachers or trainers.

Programmes can be used as part of a leadership curriculum for young people to deliver to younger peers. They are also designed to be fun, interactive, accessible and engaging for young people. We also offer a bespoke curriculum design service, allowing education providers to make careers an integral part of their provision.

Our workshops can be tailored to suit your particular requirements covering topics from communication and CV writing to interview skills. Learners can build their confidence and develop their skills in order to prepare for further education, training or work readiness.

Through our work with young people, the need to support the development of well-being and resilience became apparent. As a result we now work with adults offering parent/carer training programmes to share techniques, skills and knowledge to support them in raising healthy, happy children with strong emotional well-being and resilience. We also offer standalone seminars for both young people and adults on Managing Stress, Well-being & Resilience, Stopping Negative Self-Talk and other topic areas.

Our one-to-one career interviews are delivered by professionals who support young people and adults to explore career, education and training pathways. Group work can also be undertaken. As an affiliate member of the Careers Development Institute, all of our practitioners follow the professional code of ethics.

We take pride in our holistic approach in order to support the development of young people in achieving their career goals.

Community Supporters

We have a growing database of regional community partners who can offer young people an introduction to the world of work by providing volunteering opportunities, visiting speakers and mentors.

Our business and community support network, includes qualified teachers, social workers, recruitment consultants, careers professionals, business managers and graduate consultants provide a range of support by offering workshop design input, creating/ reviewing our materials and processes,and offering additional services from event speakers and voluntary work placements to prize donations.

This provides quality assurance of our materials, real business relevance and ensures a professional delivery of services.

We aim to...

Build confidence, well-being and resilience in young people and their families
Work to promote employability and enterprise skills
Supports parents/carers and others to support the development of well-being and resilience in young people
Encourage peer learning and mentoring, participation, engagement and community volunteering
Promote interests and activities to develop social networking
Promote business and community support and to bring employers and young people together
Provide high quality 1:1 careers guidance delivered by qualified careers professionals

For more information about the variety of roles that Community Partners can play and how we can support them, please see our Get Involved page.

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The Education Act (2011) removed the statutory provision of careers guidance from the LEA and placed the responsibility on schools to provide'independent and impartial careers guidance.'

The Wolf Report (2011) reflected on the state of vocational training and estimated: 'at least 350,000 young people in a given 16-19 cohort are poorly served by current arrangements. Their programmes and experiences fail to promote progression into either stable, paid employment or higher level education and training in a consistent or an effective way .'The Ofsted Review (2013) 'Going in the right direction? Careers Guidance in schools from September 2012,' included recommendations for schools to improve the quality and delivery of impartial careers guidance:

to develop and implement a clear strategy for careers guidance and ensure that they make good use of the National Careers Service resources,
well-trained staff, careers guidance professionals, employer networks, and local colleges and other providers to ensure that students are well
supported in making decisions about their career pathways
to promote the wider range of progression routes available at further education colleges, independent learning providers, and communities and skills providers

The Review also stated that inspectors should take greater account of the quality of careers guidance and of students’ destinations in judging the effectiveness of a school’s leadership and management.

Furthermore, the business community are unhappy at the lack of 'soft skills' displayed by young people. According to a report in The Telegraph (14th August 2013), The British Chamber of Commerce said that many employers had been left disheartened and frustrated by poor levels of literacy, numeracy, communication and timekeeping among school leavers and graduates. John Longworth, director general of the BCC, called on schools to provide more careers guidance, work experience placements and visits to local employers. He said, 'The government must stop fixating on exam results alone, and ensure that soft workplace skills are taught in our schools, or young people will continue to be left out in the cold.'

With high levels of youth unemployment and employers concerns, Crea8ing Careers offers innovative and cost effective ways to support schools and organisations to meet the needs of young people in an era of legislative changes and diminishing public funds.

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​Lynne Howe - Director and Co- Founder

​Anna Jones - Careers Adviser and Co-Founder