Articles tagged with "Employment"
Event to help homeless people into work
22.04.13| Topics: Employment
Newcastle
An event to help homeless and vulnerably housed clients from Crisis Skylight Newcastle into work has been held with attendance from employers from across the region.
Successful jobs event in London
21.03.13| Topics: Employment
London
Unemployment
Homeless and formerly homeless people looking for work impressed potential employers at a special event at Crisis Skylight London.
Crisis Skylight Café London celebrates
18.03.13| Topics: Crisis Skylight Cafe
Employment
London
Crisis Skylight Cafe London is celebrating its fifth year of partnership with Switchback, a scheme supporting young offenders back into work.
Community café workshops from Crisis
28.02.13| Topics: Crisis Skylight Cafe
Employment
London
Skills
Crisis Skylight Cafe London hosted two events put on by Ethical Eats, a London food link network that helps businesses become more sustainable.
Crisis Skylight Café trainees baking up a storm for local hotel
05.02.13| Topics: Crisis Skylight Cafe
Employment
London
Crisis Skylight Cafe London trainees are using their baking skills to provide fresh baked snacks for guests of the Holiday Inn Stadium Lounge Bar and the Staybridge Suites Pantry Stratford City.
Crisis Skylights gear up for new term
07.01.13| Topics: Bermondsey
Birmingham
Education
Employment
London
Newcastle
Oxford
Skills
Crisis Skylight learning and education centres across the country have begun enrolment for the Winter Term, which starts this month.
Crisis Skylight Birmingham celebrates
13.12.12| Topics: Birmingham
Employment
Ninety people gathered at the Blue Orange Theatre in Birmingham to recognise and celebrate the learning achievements of Crisis Skylight Birmingham clients.
New research: Work Programme is not working for homeless people
26.11.12| Topics: Employment
Single homelessness
Unemployment
Many homeless people are being failed by the government's flagship Work Programme says a new report from Crisis, Homeless Link and St Mungo's, with the charities calling for urgent reform.
Ed Sheeran visits Crisis Skylight Newcastle, backs campaign
13.11.12| Topics: Campaign
Employment
Housing
Newcastle
Ed Sheeran took part in a guitar class at Crisis, Skylight education, training and employment centre in Newcastle on Saturday 10 November and helped launch No Going Home, defending housing benefit for young people.
Artists in residence required for new arts project in Bermondsey
06.08.12| Topics: Employment
London
The Bermondsey Project - a creative hub led by Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people and Bow Arts - is recruiting four artists in residence to take up studio space and offer mentoring to clients of the charity.
Crisis Skylight Merseyside 'needed more than ever'
02.04.12| Topics: Employment
Merseyside
Rough sleeping
Skills
A special graduation ceremony took place on Friday 30 March at the NeuroSupport centre in Liverpool to mark a successful term for Crisis Skylight Merseyside.
Crisis Skylight Merseyside opens doors
27.10.11| Topics: Education
Employment
Merseyside
Unemployment
Crisis Skylight Merseyside began outreach to homeless and vulnerably housed people for the first time this month, offering structured courses, taster sessions and one-to-one support to help people learn, develop skills and improve their confidence.
Harvey Nichols at the Skylight Café London
09.03.11| Topics: Employment
London
Skills
For the past few weeks, the Crisis Skylight Cafe in London has been working in partnership with Harvey Nichols, one of the most prestigious department stores in the UK, as part of the Street Smart scheme.
Crisis Changing Lives Awards 2010
04.11.10| Topics: Education
Employment
The five 2010 Changing Lives Champions have been announced - previously homeless people from across the UK who have transformed their lives in the face of adversity. The awards were presented by ITV News' Economics Editor Daisy McAndrew, with special guest Lord Freud Minister for Welfare Reform, at the Barclays HQ, London.
Incubating homelessness enterprises
17.08.10| 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. In recognition of this, The 3xE Network is organising a series of visits for Crisis members.
Crisis member hired at St. James' Park
30.07.10| Topics: Education
Employment
Skills
a Crisis member who graduated from Gateshead College in Newcastle following his Crisis Skylight Cafe training has secured a job at the home of Newcastle United Football Club.
Crisis spreading its influence nationwide
29.07.10| Topics: Education
Employment
Skills
With new centres in Birmingham and Oxford alongside established Crisis Skylight centres in London and Newcastle, Crisis is realising its ambitions of supporting more 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.
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.
