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New National Youth Agency In-House Training Has Real Benefits for Youth Workers
23 November 2010
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23 November 2010
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The National Youth Agency is offering youth organisations and local authorities the chance to host free in-house training courses, to help youth professionals gain vital skills in supporting young people to overcome money issues or get out of the ‘benefits trap’.
The highly popular programmes - ‘Money Mastery’ and ‘Money Mastery Meets the Benefits Trap’ courses – are currently running as open events around the country, and are now available to be delivered as in-house events, to give more youth workers the chance to gain training during the recession.
Susan Quinn National Youth Agency National Programme Manager said; “These are tough economic times and we are keen to support youth professionals and local authorities in maintaining their skills, with minimum impact on their organisation’s budgets.
“The Money Mastery programme is in its final year. It has already provided hundreds of youth workers with essential knowledge on how to effectively approach and motivate young people out of debt and off benefits. Through these in-house events we hope to inspire organisations to adopt the skills to help the young people take a different approach to money.”
The first in-house training events were piloted with Southampton City Council and organised through the economic development and regeneration team.
Held in June and November, the local authority brought together youth workers, all from different organisations, from across the city to undertake the training.
Jenny Hunt, project officer for economic development and regeneration for Southampton City Council said: “These events have enabled us to bring together different bodies that work across the city to learn together, while sharing their experiences and knowledge of common local issues.
“The training has proved invaluable and we have had fantastic feedback from all the participants on how they have used the skills and knowledge to help Southampton’s young people.”
Youth professionals from Southampton No Limits, a information, advice, counselling and support service for young people aged 11 to 25, attended both courses and added: “The training has equipped us with a portfolio of skills and activities to not only help young people with their money issues, but adapt to other situations.
“The holistic training style focussed on changing young people’s attitudes to life and can be tailored to a variety of scenarios – meaning we can now adopt the practices across all work areas.”
In-house training opportunities are limited and are available on a first-come-first-served basis to any organisation that can provide over 35 participants on the day.
For further information on the content of the events visit the Money Mastery pages on the NYA website or call Holly-Marie Draper on 07921 867847
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