Articles tagged with "Employment"
Crisis spreads its influence nationwide
29.07.10| Topics: Education
Employment
Skills
With new centres in Birmingham and Oxford alongside established bases in London and Newcastle, Crisis is realising its ambitions of supporting homeless people throughout the UK.
Work due to start at the Old Fire Station in Oxford
27.07.10| Topics: Employment
Skills
Oxford City Council is working with Crisis to redevelop the site of the Old Fire Station, after a bid was awarded funding from the Government’s Places of Change Programme.
Crisis to launch new services in Birmingham
27.04.10| Topics: Education
Employment
Skills
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, today announces that it is joining forces with local Birmingham organisations to launch new services in the city for single homeless people. The services will be focused on providing skills development and training opportunities for homeless and vulnerably housed people to give them the confidence and capabilities to move into education and employment and break the cycle of homelessness.
Incubating homelessness enterprises
21.04.10| Topics: Employment
Incubators such as The Hub, Kings Cross or the Ferry Project, Wisbech can be a way of providing a supportive environment for homeless people starting their own enterprise. The 3xE Network is organising a series of visits for Crisis members.
Crisis celebrates Big Lottery Funding
16.03.10| Topics: Education
Employment
Skills
Crisis is celebrating being awarded a grant of almost half a million pounds by the Big Lottery Fund to support its learning and skills activities in Crisis Skylight London centre.
Shadow Cabinet Minister Awards Learners
26.11.09| Topics: Education
Employment
Theresa May, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, presented Crisis Skylight graduates with their certificates in a ceremony at Crisis Skylight London today.
Crisis volunteer fashions winning project
25.11.09| Topics: Employment
Volunteering
Crisis volunteer and former rough sleeper Donald Waugh is today celebrating the first stage of a project to bring together the glizy fashion world with talented homeless people. Donald hopes the culmination of the project will be a show during London Fashion Week 2010 and an online shop where homeless people can sell their products.
Gardener scoops top prize at national awards ceremony
23.10.09| Topics: Employment
Alastair Kirkhope, a 56-year-old gardener from Scotland, was voted as the overall winner at this year’s Crisis Changing Lives Champions Awards ceremony. Supported by Barclays, the national award scheme helps vulnerable homeless people back into education, training and employment.
Crisis wins national award
01.10.09| Topics: Employment
The Crisis Employment Services team has scooped the Third Sector Excellence Award for Charity Partnerships at an award ceremony in London for its pioneering work with other homelessness agencies through Skills for Jobs for Homeless People. Our Fundraising and Communications teams were also nominated.
