Since 2012 we have held a yearly awards event to highlight our learners and employers that have worked tremendously hard over the previous year and due to restrictions of large groups we have had to delay this until 2023. Our awards events give everyone in attendance a night of celebration to the end of their […]
World Youth Skills Day 15/07/2023 Website Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. On World Youth Skills Day, let us unite
World Population Day 11/07/2023 Website World Population Day was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the approximate date on which the world’s population reached five billion people. World Population Day aims to increase people’s awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality,
Child Safety Week Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s annual community education campaign, acting as a catalyst for thousands of safety conversations and activities UK-wide. We help families build confidence and skills in managing the real risks to children’s safety. We want all children to have the freedom to grow and learn,
East Midlands Prevent – Combating extremism/safeguarding vulnerability @eastmidsprevent Counter Terrorism Policing – Working to protect the UK from Terrorism @terrorismpolice Fun quiz – PREVENT – Gameshow quiz (wordwall.net) Update on UK citizenship Good Morning Britain March 6th 2023 – Asylum seekers who cross the English Channel on small boats will be removed from Britain to
UK Safer Internet Day 07/02/2023 Link to website Safer Internet Day 2023 will take place on the 7th of February 2023, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. Prostart are taking part in Safer Internet Day 2023. There are fantastic resources and quizzes aimed
Time to Talk Day 02/02/2023 Time to Talk Website Time to Talk Day is run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness in England, in partnership with Co-op. The campaign runs UK wide, with SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) and See Me in Scotland, Inspire and Change Your Mind in Northern Ireland and Time to Change Wales. The day is
The ESFA have announced that from 1 August 2023, they will no longer fund a standalone national Traineeships programme. Traineeships will continue to be offered as part of the general skills offer. In his statement, Robert Halfon the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education stated:- ‘Integrating the national Traineeship programme will simplify the skills
It has been announced that the Government is set to criminalise ‘downblousing’ as well as the sharing of pornographic deepfakes without consent. The proposed changes state that those who share explicit images or videos that have been manipulated to look like someone else without their consent (deepfakes) could be jailed. As well, this includes downblousing
Prostart Learner Megan has written a statement about finally achieving her math’s level 2 after previous struggles at school and college. My struggles with Maths started in Primary School, it was a subject I didn’t enjoy and couldn’t understand. I found myself questioning why I could never answer “harder” questions within my class and often
