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Helping to change lives has become second nature for The Prince’s Trust Team at Stockton Riverside College.
The college is celebrating 20 years of delivering its Team programme at locations across the region.
In that time some 3000 unemployed young people have passed through their doors with a view to developing the skills to help them move back into education, training or work.
“It’s amazing to think of all those young people who we have been able to help in some small way,” said the college’s Head of Prince’s Trust, Gillian Hutchinson.
“For some it has been a way of giving them the confidence boost they need to go on to achieve their goals, for others it has been the stepping stone that has helped to turn their lives around.”
With the first Team launching at the then Stockton and Billingham Technical College in 1996, Gillian said we are just short of reaching our 300th Team.
And when it comes to success the college has proved a driving force, winning awards along the way including National Delivery Partner in 2005, an accolade presented at a glittering awards ceremony in London with special guests including the likes of Pierce Brosnan, Kate Adie and Prince Charles of course.
Founded in 1976 by the Prince of Wales, this year saw The Prince’s Trust celebrate its own 40th anniversary. The first national Team programme was launched in 1991.
Offering young unemployed people aged 16 to 25 the chance to build the skills and confidence they need to move back into education, training or work, the 12-week programme sees Teams take part in a series of community tasks and challenges, as well as undertaking work experience and picking up CV and interview tips.
The Prince’s Trust Team programme is delivered at the college’s Teesdale campus on Harvard Avenue, Billingham, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Darlington and Bishop Auckland. For details visit: www.stockton.ac.uk/princes-trust/
The college is celebrating 20 years of delivering its Team programme at locations across the region.
In that time some 3000 unemployed young people have passed through their doors with a view to developing the skills to help them move back into education, training or work.
“It’s amazing to think of all those young people who we have been able to help in some small way,” said the college’s Head of Prince’s Trust, Gillian Hutchinson.
“For some it has been a way of giving them the confidence boost they need to go on to achieve their goals, for others it has been the stepping stone that has helped to turn their lives around.”
With the first Team launching at the then Stockton and Billingham Technical College in 1996, Gillian said we are just short of reaching our 300th Team.
And when it comes to success the college has proved a driving force, winning awards along the way including National Delivery Partner in 2005, an accolade presented at a glittering awards ceremony in London with special guests including the likes of Pierce Brosnan, Kate Adie and Prince Charles of course.
Founded in 1976 by the Prince of Wales, this year saw The Prince’s Trust celebrate its own 40th anniversary. The first national Team programme was launched in 1991.
Offering young unemployed people aged 16 to 25 the chance to build the skills and confidence they need to move back into education, training or work, the 12-week programme sees Teams take part in a series of community tasks and challenges, as well as undertaking work experience and picking up CV and interview tips.
The Prince’s Trust Team programme is delivered at the college’s Teesdale campus on Harvard Avenue, Billingham, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Darlington and Bishop Auckland. For details visit: www.stockton.ac.uk/princes-trust/
