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County council Cabinet Member for Children and Families Mary Angell has highlighted the successes of Surrey’s family support programme to turn round the lives of those most in need of help. At a meeting of the Full Council she said: “The programme is working with 794 families, making up 75% of the local target of … Continue reading
Deputy leader Peter Martin sets out a new Surrey County Council scheme that incentivises businesses to offer teenagers work experience to BBC Surrey and Sussex presenter Lucio Buffone. Audio courtesy of BBC Surrey
Leader David Hodge presents to Full Council early plans for closer working between councils and emergency services in Surrey and Sussex. The Public Sector Transformation Network will be discussed at the next Cabinet on 22 October.
Businesses offering work experience are being handed a cash incentive to help more than 100 unemployed teenagers get on the career ladder. Surrey County Council is giving employers up to £300 for every 16 to 19-year-old classed as NEET handed on the job training. The authority has set a goal of filling 110 places by … Continue reading
Picture caption: Around 1,600 people descended on Surrey’s biggest jobs, apprenticeships and skills fair organised by the county council to showcase employment, training and college opportunities. They flocked to the Surrey Opportunities Fair to meet an array of recruiters across sectors including retail, construction and social care as part of the authority’s drive to tackle … Continue reading
Plans to create nearly 200 extra places were signed off today as part of the biggest school investment programme Surrey’s ever seen. The county council gave the go ahead to boost capacity at Grayswood Infant School by 120 places, add another 45 at St Bartholomew’s Primary School and create 30 more at Onslow Infant School. … Continue reading
Almost 16,000 children under 16 will start smoking during the Stoptober campaign to get people to kick the habit. Around 567 children aged 11 to 15 take up cigarettes each day in the UK, meaning more than 15,800 young people will start during the 28-day challenge. Now, as people trying to kick the habit move … Continue reading
Assistant Director for Young People Garath Symonds explained the Surrey County Council schemes aimed at helping young people classed as NEET – not in education, training or employment – into work to BBC Surrey’s James Cannon. He emphasised a chain of skills centres opened by the council to equip young people with the basic skills … Continue reading
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has thrown his weight behind Surrey County Council’s apprenticeship drive. The Runnymede and Weybridge MP praised the authority for “selling the virtues of apprenticeships”. Last year Surrey County Council incentivised businesses to hire more than 260 apprentices and is aiming to achieve a further 500 by next April. His video message … Continue reading
Picture caption: Around 700 children under five and their families saw the pages of their favourite books come to life in a stunning park setting. The Big Read for Small Children event at Painshill Park was organised by Surrey County Council to encourage parents to read with their children. Quote: Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for … Continue reading
Apprentice numbers are soaring in Surrey – with a near 11% rise in a year. The number of new apprentices aged 19 to 24 surged by 10.8% to 1,747 in the nine months to April compared with the same period a year earlier. And apprentices aged 16 to 18 climbed by almost 5% during the … Continue reading
Plans have been unveiled by Surrey County Council to create more than 3,000 new school places in the next year. The council’s aim of expanding around 20 schools by next September is part of the biggest investment programme in Surrey’s history. It will see 16,000 extra places provided by 2018 to meet an increase in … Continue reading
Social networking pioneer Penny Power has lent her support to Surrey County Council’s drive to encourage more businesses to hire young people. She joined council leader David Hodge at the third of a series of events being staged as part of authority’s drive to boost the job prospects of 500 teenagers by next April. The entrepreneur founded … Continue reading
Following the news about the increasing demand for school places nationwide, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Learning Linda Kemeny said: “Surrey school children are returning from their summer break this week to schools with extra classroom space for 2,800 pupils. “These places have been provided as part of the biggest expansion programme … Continue reading
Groups in Surrey could benefit from a cash pot of £220,000 under a county council grants programme designed to help young people. The annual Youth Small Grants programme is designed to support small, voluntary, faith and community organisations to deliver more quality youth work, help youngsters not in education, employment or training, and to keep … Continue reading
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