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Blog: Daylight Robbery and the Winter Blues

With the new academic year now gaining momentum, so too is the seasonal change that frames our daily activity. Warmer spells give way to cold, damper climates, sunlight softens and our days are clipped short as dark nights draw in ever earlier. As these seasonal changes take hold, it is easy for many of us […]

Blog: Personality & Matching Assessments – Context Matters

Trait & factor quizzes, personality assessments, career tests and psychometrics are ubiquitous with careers guidance, from Holland’s Theory of Careers Choice from 1958 through to assessments in use today based on these and similar tools such as Start Profile , Kudos and Morrisby Yet what is...

News: Amber Rudd MP Meets Local Teens from NCS Programme in Hastings

Amber Rudd MP recently invited a group of local young people to her Westminster office to discuss their inspirational social action work in the Hastings community as part of CXK’s National Citizen Service (NCS) programmeNCS is an open-to-all unifying experience shared by teens from different...

News: Life Enhancing Opportunity Available to Teens this Autumn

Ashford and Canterbury parents interested in seeing their teenager have fun while building their confidence, making new friends and learning life skills that can’t be taught in a classroom are advised to encourage their young person to sign up for the National Citizen Service (NCS) autumn 2018...

Blog: Year 11 Careers Information & Advice: A Parent’s Guide to Post 16 Options

It may feel that you aren’t sure what is happening with regards post 16 options choices for your son or daughter or you may be very informed Our intention is to fill in some of the blank spaces or confirm what you already know (so you can sleep easier at night)A word of warning: Your...

News: 700 Kent & Sussex Teens Graduate from NCS Youth Empowerment Programme

A night of celebration was held on Friday 14th September at Dreamland, Margate, to mark the successful graduation of more than 730 young people from CXK’s National Citizen Service; a programme aimed at increasing social responsibility, employability and skillsThe National Citizen Service...

News: Free Development Programme for Unemployed Thanet and Dover Young People

CXK is appealing for young people to join its next Prince’s Trust Team Programme in Thanet and Dover Team is a scheme designed to help unemployed young people in the local area to gain skills and find work, apprenticeships or return to education The 12 week programme begins on 1st October and is...

News: New Research Uncovers the Barriers to Youth Employment in Thanet

New research just released by CXK highlights what barriers are preventing young people in Thanet from accessing employment, with mental wellbeing cited as a key factorThe research was conducted over the course of a year by Kent-based charity CXK’s Talent Match programme, and was commissioned...

Blog: Results Days 2018 – Top 10 Tips & Hints

So you’re a student waiting for either your A-level or GCSE exam results this August You may be calm, resigned to fate, anxious or stressed However you feel, we offer some gentle words of advice and guidanceWhether picking up your GCSEs or A-Levels, there are some straight forward things to...

News: Sir Roger Gale MP Joins Panel to Boost Political Awareness of Local Teens

On Tuesday 7th August Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet, joined a panel of community and political experts at a YouthQuake event designed to increase the political awareness of a group of 200 young people taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) programmeHeld at the University of...

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