Made-in-Greenwich Roadshow Is For Your Future: Make The Most Of It, Say Cllr Fahy

Cllr John Fahy:Deputy Leader
of Royal Greenwich
&
Cabinet Member for
Chrildren's Services

by our Staff Writer | Woolwich

There’s help and advice on hand for the Royal Borough’s 16-year-olds as they await their GCSE results later this month.

A host of advice and support is being lined up by schools and by the Royal Borough, with the aim of giving students the advice they need to plan positively for their future as they map out their post-16 options.

It includes a roadshow called ‘Your Future – Made in Greenwich’, which is hosted by the Royal Borough’s advice service for young people, and will tour the borough during August and September. The roadshow will offer free advice for young people – and their parents – on how to make the most of the options available.

From this year, all young people are now required to remain in some form of training or education until the age of 18. There is a wide range of options in the Royal Borough for students, offered at a range of schools, colleges and sixth form centres. As well as A levels and AS levels, there is a range of vocational BTEC courses, NVQs, and a chance to study for further GCSEs. Traineeships and apprenticeships can be a great way to learn work-related skills, and these can be combined with study for qualifications in a range of subjects including practical skills, English and Maths.

Careers advisers in schools are an important source of advice for students weighing up their options. Advisers will be available on results day in schools to advise on opportunities available. 

The Point, the Royal Borough’s one-stop service for young people, based in the heart of Woolwich, also has specialist advisers to give young people a steer in exploring their options for training and education. The Point is open Monday to Friday and will also host a one-day event on apprenticeships and training, on Thursday 20 August.

Cllr John Fahy, Deputy Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, said: “For young people waiting for exam results this month, it can be an anxious time, but also an exciting time" adding “I would encourage young people to take advantage of all the help and support that’s available as you think through your options.”

The roadshow ‘Your Future – Made in Greenwich’ will tour the borough on the following dates, offering young people a chance to meet with specialist advisers to discuss education and training options:

Thursday 13 August, 1 to 5pm, The Eltham Centre, Archery Road, SE9

Friday 14 August, 12 to 3pm, General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18

Monday 17 August, 1 to 5pm The Greenwich Centre, 12 Lambarde Square, Vanbrugh Hill, SE10

Wednesday 19 August, 1 to 5pm, Woolwich Library, Wellington Street, SE18

*Thursday 20 August, 12 to 4pm, The Point, 47 Woolwich New Road SE18

Wednesday 26 August, 10:30 to 3.30pm, The Link, Belvedere Road, SE2

Thursday 3 September, 11 to 3pm General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18

Thursday 10 September, 6 to 9pm, Youth Hub, The Valley, Charlton SE7

Monday 14 September, 6 to 9pm Woolwich Common Youth Hub, Nightingale Place, SE18

Monday 21 September, 1 to 5pm, The Eltham Centre, Archery Road, SE9

Thursday 24 September, 6 to 9pm Avery Hill Youth Hub, Anstridge Road, SE9

Monday 28 September, 1 to 5pm Woolwich Library, Wellington Street, SE18

Tuesday 29 September, 6 to 9pm, Hawksmoor Youth Hub, Bentham Road, SE28

* The event at The Point on Thursday 20 August is a careers and apprenticeships day, where young people can meet face to face with some of the employers and other organisations offering opportunities for young people.

The Point offers free, confidential advice for young people in wide-ranging aspects of their lives, from finding work, training or an apprenticeship, through choosing the best route into volunteering, to getting confidential advice on sexual health, drugs and alcohol. Young people are welcome to drop in or call to make an appointment.

The Point is open from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays, at 47 Woolwich New Road, Woolwich SE18 6EW. For more information call 020 8921 8224 or visit:

www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/thepoint.

For more details on post-16 options including full details of the schools, colleges and other centres providing courses in the Royal Borough, visit :

www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/yourfuture.