News from Services for Young People (SfYP), October 2024
New SfYP Recruitment Hub
Services for Young People (SfYP) has launched a new SfYP Recruitment Hub, offering young people a seamless gateway to education, employment, and training opportunities.
SfYP offers a diverse range of services and employment programmes for young people aged 16-25 who are not in education, employment, or training. Our new SfYP Recruitment Hub brings all these services together in one place, making them more accessible and understandable to young people, their parents/carers and professionals who work with young people.
Young People’s Race Inclusion Forum
SfYP is working in partnership with Hertfordshire Constabulary to establish a Young People’s Race Inclusion Forum. It will give young Black people in Hertfordshire the opportunity to scrutinise and inform Hertfordshire Constabulary’s processes and to be involved in the governance and oversight of policing in Hertfordshire.
We are looking for young Black people aged 14 to 18 to take part. It involves attending meetings at one of our young people’s centres (meetings can be joined online if attending in person is not possible). Each meeting will explore different areas of policing and will seek insights and feedback from the forum members.
National Inclusion Week 2024: taking action to create inclusive workplaces
To celebrate National Inclusion Week, SfYP shared the inspiring story of a young person with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who has benefitted from the support of the SfYP Supported Employment Advisers, showing the impact it had on her life and future. Supported Employment Advisers train and coach young people to prepare them for the world of work and support them to find a job that’s right for them. They also support the employer and the young person in the workplace.
Inspiring young people to explore media careers at Sky Up Academy Studios
During the SfYP summer holiday activity programme, young people from Dacorum and St Albans had the fantastic opportunity to visit Sky Up Academy Studios in Elstree. This exciting trip offered a unique glimpse into the world of television and film production. The trip had a significant impact on the young people who took part, inspiring them to pursue careers in the industry with confidence.