big impact: impact training magazine issue 2 march april 2013

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tasks, including preparing aninternet related quiz, helpingwith a pamphlet for our traineesand carrying out some filing andarchiving for Lesa.

Michael saw the shadowingsessions as an opportunity to

gain very useful work basedexperience and confidence whileChristopher said, The two daysI spent at Impact with Lesareally helped me improve mycommunication skills.

TWO Boys Model LowerSixth pupils gained valuableinsight into the world of workin February after spending twodays shadowing ImpactTrainings Information andCommunication Technology(ICT) tutor Lesa McKee.

Christopher Johnston andMichael Haskins, who arestudying ICT at the BoysModel, helped Lesa with anumber of practical and useful

Celebrating Progress Whats In This Issue?

IM PACT TRAINING

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028 90339910

www.impacttrainingltd.com

IM PACT TRAINING

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Maximising Potential

Page Content2 Trainee Recalls Trip Of A

Lifetime

2 Impact Provides Route To

Employment

3 Striding Forward With StepsTo Work

3 Learning While Having A

Great Time

4 Impact Spreads the Word

4 Do You Want A Job In the

Care Sector? (advert)

4 Do Your Head In

Find your own work

experience placement with

an employer, stay in it for

six months and receive a

bonus of 150.00

Find A Placement

Start Up Bonuses

Introduce a young friend or

family member as a trainee

to Impact and receive

25.00 after they complete

six weeks on the Training

for Success programme.

FOR thirty six Impact traineesthere is good reason to celebrate.

The young people have allrecently completed theknowledge part of theirapprenticeships and are nowfocused on finishing the skillselement.

This is another importantmilestone for these trainees,said Impacts Assistant ManagerDennis Murray. As well as

having finished the knowledgecomponent, the trainees have

also completed Essential Skillsqualifications in English, Mathsand ICT. They are scheduled tofinish the full apprenticeshipframework in September 2013.

Our young people should becommended for their hard workin getting to this stage, as shouldtheir tutors who have providedthem with great encouragementand support. We look forward toall the trainees completing thefull apprenticeship framework

and moving into employment orfurther education.

Model Boys Shadow Impact Tutor

BIG NEWS

Canteen GetsNew Microwave

TRAINEE BONUSES


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Issue 2. March/April 2013 Impact TrainingMaximising Potential

BUSINESS Administrationtrainee DeLanna Minfordwill never forget the summer of2012 and who would blame her.

On 25th August, DeLanna, andfellow trainee Amy McQuade,set off from Belfast docksaboard the tall ship the Pelicanof London on what would be thetrip of a lifetime.

The two Impact trainees werepart of a cross-community groupof twenty eight young peoplefrom Northern Ireland and theRepublic of Ireland who weretaking part in the 2012 Irelandat Sea Youth ExchangeProgramme.

As members of the crew for tendays, DeLanna and Amy helpedsail the ship on a voyage thattook them to Dublin, Isle ofMan and Liverpool.

To be honest, I was a bitfrightened at the thought ofgoing to sea on a sailing ship forten days said DeLanna, I

wasnt sure about being awayfrom my family and living witha group of people I didnt know,except for Amy. I gave it a lotof thought but then I justdecided to give it a go. Whatwas the worst thing that couldhappen? Oh yes, the ship couldsink.

DeLanna Recalls Trip Of A Lifetime

Well, Amy and I made it back toBelfast alive having had anamazing experience and made somany friends. But it was alsovery hard work and I sufferedfrom sea sickness for part of thetime.

We did lots of things we had

never done before. It was reallytough at times but at the end ofthe ten days I had so muchconfidence. Im so glad thatImpact encouraged me to take

part.

Impact Training AssistantManager, Joe Stewart, explained

the organisations thinking. Weencourage and fully support ouryoung people to try newchallenges such as this. Theexperience they get improves theemployability of the young

people and this is good for theirfuture and the future of thecommunities in which they live

The Ireland at Sea YouthExchange Programme is funded

by the Youth In ActionProgramme under the EUCommissions Youth

programme. In Ireland it isadministered by Leargas.

Impact Provides Route To Employment

FORMER Impact trainees, JaySterrett and William McKeeknow the value of completingtheir qualifications, workinghard and keeping their nosesclean while on work placement.

In September 2012, the twolocal lads completed theTraining for Success

programme having gained aNVQ Diploma Level 2 in SiteCarpentry qualification and an

offer of a Level 3 apprenticeshipwith their placement provider,WJM Building Services.

Getting the Level Twoqualification through Impact

really helped me, said Jay. Itgave me the know-how andoccupational skills I needed towork for a company like WJM. Ido joinery work in places likeschools and hospital acrossGreater Belfast.

William explained that getting theDiploma Level Two qualification

provided him with a foundationfor further skills development.As an apprentice with WJM, I

am working towards a LevelThree Joinery qualification whichwill allow me to take on staffsupervision jobs in the future.

Michael McDowell, who is aDirector with WJM said, Wewere very pleased to employJay and William following whatwere very successful work

placements with us.

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Striding Forward With Steps to Work

SHANKILL Road womenMichelle Hamilton and MarianBeattie have been taking greatstrides forward since joiningImpacts Steps to Work

programme last year.

Both women joined the trainingscheme for unemployed adultslast year with the desire toimprove their job prospects.

By taking part in a workplacement in the Holy Groundcafe located on the Shankill/Falls peaceline, they have madeexcellent progress towardsachieving their objective.

Michelle and I work four daysa week serving in the cafe,said Marian. The staff in HolyGround are really nice and we

both have learnt so much about

working in a modern cafe. Wehave to use different types ofcatering equipment and dealwith customers in the right way.It can be difficult sometimes butit is great training.

When single parent Michellevolunteered for the six monthsSteps to Work programme inOctober last year, she had nointention of doing any training

courses in English or Maths.

However, after speaking toImpacts Steps to Work Co-ordinator Michelle realised that

by improving her own Englishand Maths skills she would also

be able to help her daughter withher homework.

Michelle overcame her initialfears and joined one of Impacts

English classes working towardsa Level Two Communications(English) qualification. She also

signed up for a Level 2Application of Number (Maths)course.

At first I was pretty anxiousbut I soon realised that I was nodifferent from the othermembers of the class, saidMichelle. I made the rightdecision because when I finish Iwill have qualifications that arethe same as English and MathsGCSEs at grade C.

Marian, who also volunteeredfor the Steps to Workprogramme, was happy to joinImpacts English and MathsLevel One classes onThursdays. I had been involvedin road accidents when I wasyoung and as a result hadmissed a lot of schooling. MyThursday classes give me achance to make up for some ofwhat I missed.

Michelle and Marian prefer notto put themselves under toomuch pressure with regard thefuture but both would like to

progress to the VRQ FoodHygiene qualification and afterthat gain part-time or full-timeemployment in Catering andHospitality. Impact Trainingwill do everything it can to helpthem, said Co-ordinator,Siobhan Sales.

LEARNING can be such greatfun. Thats what a group ofImpact trainees discovered onthe first day of a twelve weekBelfast Activity Centre

programme.

On 16th January, the eightyoung people kick started theirinvolvement in an exciting andchallenging personaldevelopment course.

Each Wednesday until MidApril, the trainees take part inoutdoor pursuits such as

caving, canoeing, mountainbiking, bouldering and climbing.The aim is to strengthen theirleadership and team buildingskills and improve theirconfidence.

Impact Training co-ordinator forthe initiative, Gemma King,explained the benefits for theyoung people. Many of theoutdoor pursuits present totallynew challenges for our trainees.Taking part in the activitiesoften involves overcoming

personal barriers such as

Learning While Having A Great Time

anxiety. As the barriers fadeaway, the self-confidence andesteem of the trainees soars.

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Issue 2. March/April 2013 Impact TrainingMaximising Potential

Impact Spreads The Word

KELLY Henry joinedManager, Florence Irvine at the

North Belfast Business andEducation Partnership CareersConvention on 12th February.Their objective was to spreadthe word about the greatopportunities available toyoung people with ImpactTraining.

A wide range of organisationsfrom business, industry, the

armed services and highereducation were at theconvention. They were all

promoting their services to theone thousand Year 12, 13 and

14 pupils from ten differentschools who attended the event.

Kelly Henry said, This is agreat opportunity for young

people to find out about whatImpact has to offer. As well asvocational training in Joinery,Engineering, Retail, BusinessAdministration, Catering &Hospitality, Childcare, Stores &Warehousing, and InformationCommunication Technology,

there is also valuable EssentialSkills, Employability andPersonal Development training.There are also lot of enjoyablerecreational and interestactivities for our trainees to

benefit from.

Do Your Head In

February Quiz Answers

Tutor names mixed up letters.

1. CLEERFON INEVIRFlorenceIrvine

2. SEAL KECEMLesa McKee

3. TENTEAN YALECUMAnnetteMcAuley

4. NORGOD TARTWES GordonStewart

5. PECTOCAN VERYTAL Concepta Laverty

6. GAMEM GINKGemma King

7. LEKLY REYHNKelly Henry

8. MIJ SNAWERDJim Andrews

9. TAJEN SLOWINJanet Wilson

10. RAILGO CLEMLIN GloriaMcNeill

WORK out the names of thecourses offered at ImpactTraining from the jumbled upletters below.

March Clues

1. NIRTCAGE DAN LITHSPOITAY

2. GREENGINNIE

3. ROYJINE

4. RACHLICED

5. LIRATE

6. MOCTIONUMANIC

7. SNUBSISE MDINA

8. ROSTES NAD RAGEHISNOWU

9. TABYPLYLIMIEO

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