Hospita
lity Action – The Ark Foundation
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Funding was awarded to Hospitality Action’s Ark Foundation to further develop and expand their seminar programme to students of hospitality, aged 16-19, whether on full time or day release courses at Colleges and Universities throughout the United Kingdom. By way of educational seminars the Ark Foundation provides advice and information on how to avoid becoming an alcohol and drug mis-user and seeks to help combat binge drinking and to inform of its effects on the mind and body of the young and impressionable members of the hospitality industry.
The seminars are designed for people to be able to identify with certain behavioural
traits, recognise in themselves some of the characteristics described by the Presenters, who call on many of their own experiences with abusive alcohol drinking and drug misuse to illustrate and emphasise the problem facing the hospitality industry.
In supporting the Ark Foundation the
Trustees acknowledge that drug and alcohol abuse, particularly amongst young people, is a problem for society as a whole but appears to be particularly prevalent amongst employees of the hospitality industry.
The Ark reported that with funding received from the Trust they were able to visit 220 Colleges in 2009. “Th
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people.” Guildford College The Prince’s Trust
Westminster Kingsway College “It was very peron £1
oking talk I’ve ever been to – it truly made an im s al and made you realise it happens to real
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Michael Deane with previous participants of the Prince’s Trust ‘Get into Cooking Programme’ Northern Ireland
The Prince’s Trust Get Into programme offers disadvantaged young people, who are work-ready but who do not have the vocational skills, the opportunity to benefit from an introduction to working in specific industry sectors.
The Get Into Cooking programme in Northern
Ireland provides 15 unemployed young people, aged 16- 25, with the inspirations and opportunity to develop skills
and gain relevant work experience within the catering business to be able to move into employment or take up further training within the sector. partnership with Michael Deane Restaurants.
The five week programme is run in
At the time of writing the Prince’s Trust report that the 2010 programme is going really well and over 60 young people applied to take part. Final selection proved so difficult that 16 young people started rather than the usual 15. The programme is also receiving the support of Niall McKenna who is currently representing Northern Ireland in the Great British Menu competition.
The Springboard Charity £10,000
Funding was awarded to The Springboard Charity for the ‘Room for Change’ initiative – a careers and education programme designed ultimately to attract more talent into accommodation management opportunities through the industry. The project is multi-faceted and includes the production of ‘Room with a View’ careers materials, ‘Room to learn’ education resources, student placements linked to their INSPIRE initiative which the Trust previously supported, role models, ambassadors and ‘Room at the Top’ Into Work Student Management Development Programmes. The Trust’s support would be specifically for the ‘Room to Learn’ Education materials.
The project is designed to benefit students, teachers and lecturers at establishments offering hospitality programmes and sectors of industry where accommodation management is important.
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Tower Hamlets Summer University (THSU) actively encourages and welcomes any young person, regardless of personal circumstance to enroll for and attend courses and activities.
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