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UK unemployment rate falls to 4%

The UK unemployment rate has fallen further this month, to 4%, and, as young people in England and Wales await their A-level results on Thursday 16 August, the proportion of young people who are unemployed and not in full-time education is at a record low of 4.7%. Figures released by the Department … [Read more...]

Coronation Street star new ambassador for Seashell Trust

Coronation Street star Cherylee Houston has been unveiled as disabled children’s education charity Seashell Trust’s new ambassador. And the actress and campaigner, who plays Izzy Armstrong on the famous cobbles, has been using the power of drama to help the increase the possibility of employment … [Read more...]

Seashell Trust college students celebrated graduation in style!

The class of 2018 travelled to their prom at the Hilton Hotel Manchester Airport with style in a variety of luxury vehicles including Bentleys and Rolls Royce. Students graduate the Seashell Trust-run Royal College Manchester aged around 22 years old and all have complex learning disabilities and … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport commemorates the life of pilot Sir John Alcock

Manchester Airport and St Thomas’ Infant School in Heaton Moor have commemorated the life of former pupil and pilot Sir John Alcock A commemorative plaque has been unveiled in memory of the Manchester man who piloted the first ever non-stop transatlantic flight. Captain Sir John Alcock, born in … [Read more...]

Green Gown Awards final for Stockport

Stockport Council’s Continuing Education Service has been named as a finalist in this year’s Green Gown Awards, for its work empowering local residents through its Turnaround project 'Benefitting Society' Working in partnership, the Council and ACORN offer support and a range of volunteering … [Read more...]

Stockport based CDL sponsor Manchester College Hackathon

Stockport based CDL, one of the UK’s leading insurance software houses, sponsored the first ever Manchester College Hackathon – aimed at inspiring more young people to pursue careers in computing and technology. IT students from colleges across the North-West pitted their programming skills against … [Read more...]

Stockport College students support Mayor’s homeless fund

Stockport College’s Equality Council have decided to focus their efforts in supporting the Mayor's homeless fund in his goal to end rough sleeping across the region. Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, set up the fund to ‘support frontline projects which can demonstrate they are supporting the … [Read more...]

Damar to offer specialist RTA apprenticeship programme

An RTA apprenticeship is being offered by Stockport based apprenticeship specialists Damar Training and MASS Training, the training arm of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, to enable aspiring personal injury lawyers to access the MASS Diploma in Personal Injury.  Much of the cost of the … [Read more...]

Local young people to benefit from GM careers hub £500k

Tens of thousands of Greater Manchester’s young people are set to benefit from over £500,000 of investment through the GM Careers Hub, aimed at improving careers education and helping them identify the best career opportunities. The city-region will become one of just 20 ‘Careers Hubs’ across … [Read more...]

Equity Housing gets smart at Seashell Trust

Cheadle property business Equity Housing has donated a £5,000 multi-media smart table to help profoundly disabled students learn and play at Seashell Trust. It will be an invaluable touchscreen tool for the charity’s assistive technologist Sarah Keddy to use with the young people who attend the … [Read more...]