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It's time to Stand Out​

 

The ‘Stand Out’ Project is a National Lottery funded programme starting in the Summer 2021 to December 2022, aimed at providing unique training, volunteering and employment opportunities for young people aged 18 - 30 across the West Midlands, utilising the backdrop of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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The Commonwealth Games will create thousands of volunteering and job opportunities. The Stand Out project will provides wrap-around support for young people prior, during and post the Commonwealth Games.

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Suited for Success is signing up unemployed young people aged between 18-30 year olds for our Stand Out employment project.

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We are specifically looking to support young people living in the following areas:

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• Ladywood

• North Edgbaston

• Soho & Jewellery Quarter

• Holyhead

• Handsworth

• Lozells

• Newtown

• Nechells

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Wrap around support includes:

 

• 1-2-1 support into employment, training and volunteering opportunities

• Employment advice

• Get access to job opportunities

• Regular updates on jobs, volunteering and training opportunities

• Support with CVs and applying for jobs

• Pre-employment training;

• 1-2-1 interview skills coaching

• Free interview clothing 

• Support to apply for volunteering and training opportunities 

• Coaching and mentoring;

• New job support (including work clothing)

• Support to overcome multiple barriers to employment.

• Referral to specialist support

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Stand Out with Maverick Sounds

Suited for Success is partnering with Maverick Sounds on a urban music and employment programme as part of our Stand Out programme supporting unemployed young people aged between 18-24 living in Ladywood, Winson Green, Handsworth, Lozells, Newtown and Nechells into employment, training and volunteering.

 

Get employment ready whilst learning new skills such as lyric writing, music production, audio engineering and more... Watch the the promo video and read more here

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