by admin on March 16, 2010
Our latest news…
- Lavender Fields Report.
- A Junior Apprentice has got her PA.
- Hertfordshire PASS has secured €5,000 from Henkel UK to pilot a ‘portfolio apprenticeship’ approach.
- Nigel Fenner (Manager of Hertfordshire PASS) is publishing a report on ‘User-driven social enterprise.’ Please email us if you want a copy sent to you; it costs £5 inclusive of postage. (Make cheques payable to Hertfordshire PASS)
- Given Hertfordshire PASS has recently taken on 3 new members of staff it is looking for larger offices.
- 10 new apprentices are about to get into work.
- Summer Job Forum
- 10PASSTEN Challenge
by admin on July 19, 2010
Which is what was said by our visitor Mik Scarlet when he visited on Wednesday 14th July for our summer job forum, Mik works as a disability access consultant, and used to be a children’s television presenter in the eighties and nineties.
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A typical day at Hertfordshire PASS was made very enjoyable by the arrival of Mik Scarlet who will be coming on July 14th to be a visitor at the Summer Job Forum.
Hilarity ensued as Mik brought light relief to our afternoon on this sunny day. He listened as we all told him about what our job roles were and lots of interesting discussions came out of it including disability on TV, and disability issues and the right terminology for disabled people.
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by admin on June 23, 2010
We are running a Summer Job Forum for young disabled people aged from 16 to 25 year olds with either a physical or learning disability over the summer months of July and August.
This exciting Summer Job Forum will be a fun way of exploring the world of work by using creative media such as forum theatre, arts and crafts etc.
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by admin on June 21, 2010
Hertfordshire PASS celebrated its 10th birthday on Thursday evening at an event held at the charity’s office in Welwyn Garden City. The event, which was hosted by Neville Reyner CBE DL, the President and Chairman of the British Chambers of Commerce and the Chairman of the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce, was attended by representatives of local businesses, councils and disability organisations.
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by admin on June 21, 2010
On 10th June 2010 Hertfordshire PASS celebrated its 10th birthday and officially launched the “10 PASS Ten Challenge” to find apprenticeships for 10 young disabled people during 2010.
Hertfordshire PASS celebrated its 10th birthday on Thursday evening at an event held at the charity’s office in Welwyn Garden City. The event, which was hosted by Neville Reyner CBE DL, the President and Chairman of the British Chambers of Commerce and the Chairman of the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce, was attended by representatives of local businesses, councils and disability organisations.
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by admin on June 16, 2010
To celebrate our 10th birthday we want to find…
- 10 young disabled people and appoint them as apprentices, and place them at
- suitable projects and placements with local employers across Hertfordshire, and
- support them with mentors.
This is our ‘10 pass TEN’ challenge and we hope you can help…
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by admin on April 21, 2010
When I first started as an Apprentice, in January 2010, I decided I would benefit from having a PA to help me with personal care and to fulfil my job role properly. I started getting on the case to do this; I thought it would be easy but I didn’t realise what barriers I had to overcome first. I didn’t realise that access to work would have such a big impact in this because I am on supported permitted earnings and wanted help from access to work at the same time.
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by admin on April 15, 2010
Report done by one of the Junior Apprentices
Following on from the success of the first User driven Book we have successfully published our second book. User Driven 2 has a DVD with it there is a celebrity being a director of the Job Forum Theatre called Mat Fraser who is a very well known actor where they decided to make a play of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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by admin on April 1, 2010
I found it hard and exciting to recruit for my PA as I did not know really what I was doing and how to do it. Once I got going I found it really quick and easy to get my PA.
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