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Sleep Well Perform Well – Wellness Tips
- August 16, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: People Plus
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We all know that a wonderful night’s slumber can do us the world of good in terms of how energised we may feel, how alert and switched on we seem to be and how much more we are in control of our emotions; not letting situations affect us. When we’re feeling tired and lethargic from
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International Youth Day: time to reflect on (un)employment
- August 12, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Uncategorized
International Youth Day (12th August 2019) recognises and celebrates the efforts of youth in enhancing global society, and promotes ways to encourage youth to make positive contributions to their communities. Yet, despite being the future’s backbone, young people nowadays are facing increasing challenges to do so. Meet Yasmin who tells her story of the challenges
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PeoplePlus Support War Hero.
- August 9, 2019
- Posted by: Jenna Jack
- Category: Uncategorized
Last weekend 106 year old War Veteran Leslie Stelfox had his house broken into where World War Two medals belonging to himself and World War One medals belonging to his late father, were stolen. Close family friend and employee of PeoplePlus; Louise Walkington has said ‘We’re devastated by the nature of this crime and want
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Succeed with Fair Start Scotland
- August 7, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Uncategorized
Fair Start Scotland is about finding the right jobs for the right people at the right time. This is achieved by adopting a more personalised approach to our service delivery as no two participants journey is the same. Participation is voluntary, and the support continues for up to 12 months after the participant has progressed
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The Carers Hub Stoke and Staffordshire celebrate a 10,000 Carer milestone
- August 5, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Carers
The Carer’s Hub in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire have reached the milestone of supporting 10,000 Carers! The service started in October 2015 when awareness around unpaid carers was extremely low. Over the years the team have work tirelessly to promote the service so they could help as many carers as possible. Back then reaching 10,000 carers
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Apprenticeships – in search of a Blue Planet effect
- August 1, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Uncategorized
PeoplePlus Apprenticeships Ambassador, David Way, shares his thoughts I recently had an excellent meeting with employers to discuss the likely future for Apprenticeships as a new Government forms and fresh ministers take over. One of the most interesting and perceptive comments was that Apprenticeships really need their own Blue Planet moment. The employers believed we need
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A Pawfect Event
- July 25, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Funding trends
Happy hour might be from 5-7 but on Tuesday 23rd July, ‘Yappy Hour’ was from 12-2. PeoplePlus and Back2Work Complete Training joined forces to host our dog themed charity event in Manchester to raise money for the Prince’s Trust and Street Paws charity. Back2Work are a partner of the PeoplePlus skills division and this partnership means we
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Climbing the ladder after taking one of our courses
- July 25, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: People Plus
Sarah had been unemployed for 6 years before starting a course with PeoplePlus, after moving to Stoke she had been in receipt of benefits and was focusing on her health issues while also raising 3 small children. During this period, Sarah’s confidence had suffered greatly, she had started to apply for positions for return to
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PeoplePlus Employment Tribunal
- July 16, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: People Plus
Last week we hosted our Mock Employment Tribunal in Birmingham in partnership with Vista Employer Services. The aim of the day was to showcase what would really happen in an employment tribunal and to give fellow professionals a clear picture of how proceedings would go, how best to prepare and what factors could and would
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Employability Day with PeoplePlus
- July 1, 2019
- Posted by: ben.royals@peopleplus.co.uk
- Category: Uncategorized
Our Skills team were in Sparkhill, Birmingham last week celebrating Employability Day which showcases the great work providers like PeoplePlus do to make a difference to people’s lives. The team hosted a drop-in session to highlight how we are closing the gap for individuals with barriers into work by supporting them with training opportunities. The programme we were focussed on in Sparkhill was helping women
