MADE4U IN ML2 - Y/E Annual Report 2019

Progression Routes
INCREASE EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS
Club 365 has also been a way for us to meet our goals of providing new opportunities
to local people, especially young people, to develop themselves and build a new or
stronger career in community development and youth work. Even if they are not
chosing to pursue a career in this field, we have been able to help build confidence,
team work skills, and invest in indviduals’ leadership skills.
For this project, MADE4U recruited some existing volunteers and/or those with
existing experience with youth and children’s work to work as sessional workers in
delivering the Club365 programme. These individuals were able to work alongside
youth and community workers with greater experience. To make sure that the
experience was as educational as possible for the sessional members, they were
included in all the stages of the project, from planning to evaluating.
The aim was to give opportunities to those
who were new to youth work; enabling them
to learn and meet professionals from a career
they might pursue. To continue with this
approach, we invited local organisations
to deliver sessions which increased the
staff members’ knowledge and contact with
different projects working in their community,
as well as similar networks for the children
and families. Beyond that, we were able to
support another Club365 location, delivered
by Social Track; providing one of our staff
members to bolster the work there.
Planning meeting at MADE4U office
“It complemented things
I was doing while
volunteering. Putting
all these skills in a CV is
really helpful”
“Club365 helped my
employability through the
new skills I gained. Like
communicating with the kids”
All the staff members expressed that their confidence, skills and employability
prospectives had increased massively by taking part in Club365. The coordinating
team were able to identify some areas that needed improvement and provide
support or short training.
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