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News: National Careers Service Offers Free Support for Older Workers

The National Careers Service is appealing to over 50s and businesses to take advantage of its free advice and guidance service. This follows recently published figures from the Department for Work and Pensions. Those figures estimate that over 50s will make up one third of the working age population by 2020. The UK workforce is […]

News: Maidstone Teen Recognised for his Battle Against Depression

An inspiring teen from Maidstone has won the 'Arts' award at Kent County Council’s Try Angle Awards The awards are designed to raise the profile of young people aged 11-18 (or those with special needs up to the age of 25) who try, often with little recognition, to do their best The awards...

News: CXK gives Kent young people’s opportunities a lift

Disadvantaged young people in Kent are being helped back into work or education through CXK's support programmesYoung people aged 16-25 can apply to join the programmes, which are designed to help them progress to a job, training or education placementThe 12-week Elevate and Prince’s...

News: Teens from deprived coastal community deliver support under privileged peers

A group of 15- to 17-year-olds from Hastings spent four weeks over the summer holidays designing and delivering a social action project that provided much-needed items to disadvantaged young people Calling their venture ‘The Breadcrumbs Project’, the 13 young people worked together to create...

News: CXK Offers Free Study Programme to Unemployed Canterbury Young People

CXK is recruiting for its next Elevate programme in Canterbury; a scheme designed to help unemployed young people to build confidence, develop their English and Maths skills, and find workElevate is a programme for 16-24 year olds who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and do...

News: Last Chance for Ashford & Thanet Youth to Sign Up for Next Prince’s Trust Team Programme

Young adults living in and around Thanet and Ashford are encouraged to sign up for the Prince’s Trust Team programme before it’s too late The Team programme helps participants build confidence, get work experience and develop important job seeking skills Full-time, 12 week development...

Blog: Career Planning – The Importance of Insight

At CXK we have been working in partnership with EMSI to produce bespoke posters for each area in Kent detailing the opportunities within each local authority, designed to further support our young people and adults to make career choices which are more informed We have placed these posters as a...

News: CXK Celebrates Impact as Youth Employment Programme Ends

CXK is this month celebrating the impact of one of its longest running youth programmes, Talent Match, which comes to an end across the south-east at the end of the yearThe Talent Match programme, funded over the course of 5 years by the Big Lottery Fund, was designed to give unemployed young...

News: Teens Make a Difference in the Community on National Citizen Service Programme

A night of celebration was held on Thursday 29th November at Dreamland, Margate, to mark the successful graduation of 40 young people from the National Citizen Service programmeWhilst completing the four-week programme aimed at increasing social responsibility and skills, the teens, all from...

Blog: Self-Employment Explained

What’s it all about Being your own boss, working for yourself, running your own business, being self-employed, working as a sole trader or earning a bit extra on the side basically mean you are planning to earn your own income from the sale of your own product or service You can do this full-time...

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