Say YES to Young People, Minister Urges Employers
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Stephen Farry is urging employers to sign up to the £31m Youth Employment Scheme (YES) to tackle joblessness among young people. He highlighted the fact that over 3,200 18-to-24-year-olds have benefited from participating in the YES programme. “I would encourage young people to explore the opportunities associated with YES. Since the...
Student Honours
ASHTON Community Trust has honoured students at its Annual Awards Ceremony in North Belfast. More than 200 participants were presented with an award for achieving either a qualification or securing employment over the past year. Ashton Community Trust has secured European Social Fund programme funding for three projects, the Progress to Employment project, the North...
Big Win for Chris
THE communications manager for Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) has won the much coveted Communications Professional of the Year award at the PRmoment.com 2014 Golden Hedgehog Awards in Manchester. Christopher Morrow (above) is the first Northern Ireland winner of the award which was presented in front of 250 communication professionals from...
Barry’s New Move
MOY Park, one of Europe’s largest poultry producers, has appointed Barry McGrane to its executive board as chief financial officer. Mr McGrane will be responsible for leading the company’s finance and IS functions – ensuring the continued delivery of high performance levels and strong growth across Moy Park’s 16 sites in the UK, Ireland and...
Holywood School Joins Prestigious Global Body
AFTER a rigorous, two-year process Rockport School in Holywood has been announced as the first and only school in Ireland — north or south — to be accepted into the Round Square worldwide association of schools. At Rockport’s annual Founder’s Day, Simon Reid, headmaster of Gordonstoun School in Scotland, a founding Round Square school and...
Work with the Music Moguls at Universal
A PRESENTATION ceremony takes place this evening for the graduates of last year’s unique initiative designed to help young people gain employment in the music industry. The AccessThruMusic programme, developed through Armstrong Learning, is a 10-day course run throughout the year and open to all unemployed 16-24 year olds not currently in education or training....
Employment Briefs – Live And Learn
BELFAST Metropolitan College and NIAMH (Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health) recently held a celebration event to mark the achievements of its 2012- 13 Live and Learn participants. Live and Learn is a Lottery funded initiative led by NIAMH and delivered by partners Belfast Met, South West College, Citizens Advice and Open College Network (NI)....
Employment Briefs – Aiding Sex Health
SEXUAL health issues are being tackled head-on in a taboo-busting DVD by media students at Northern Regional College Ballymena campus. The NRC students, in partnership with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT), launched the DVD to raise awareness of sexual health and family planning services in college campuses. “The campuses’ two sexual health...
Employment Briefs – Milestone For Jac
BELFAST’S Shankill Job Assist Centre (JAC) marked its 10 year anniversary recently. Shankill JAC delivers two Department for Employment and Learning employment programmes, including the Local Employment Intermediary Service (LEMIS) and Promoting Employability in the Greater Shankill (PEGS) — a European Social Fund project. DEL has invested over £12m in LEMIS since it began in...
Employment Briefs – Gong For Student
A 23-year-old trainee project manager from Armagh has been awarded the Association for Project Management’s (APM) Best Overall Student Performance Award by its Northern Ireland branch. David McKinney, who is employed with Henry Brothers, Magherafelt, was awarded the prize for his performance in the MSc course in construction business and project management at the University...