News from Services for Young People
Work experience placement begins a life-changing journey
SfYP helps a Hertfordshire business develop its workforce and enables a young person to secure their ideal apprenticeship.
A shining example of the life-changing impact our work with Hertfordshire businesses has on the lives of young people is a young person from the East Herts area who successfully secured his ideal apprenticeship with a housing maintenance company following his work experience placement.
Explore More+ programme to raise aspirations of young people across Hertfordshire
The new Services for Young People (SfYP) Explore More+ careers education programme is to be delivered in schools across the county following the success of the pilot programme in Stevenage.
The Explore More pilot programme was for Year 9 students with a Children in Need (CiN) or Child Protection (CP) plan and was successfully trialled in five Stevenage schools during the 2023 spring and summer terms. SfYP is now extending the programme to also include young people in care, who can join the programme from Year 7. The programme is now called Explore More+ and it will be delivered in schools across the whole county from the October 2023 half term.
Celebrating diversity and inclusion at Herts Pride 2023
More than 90 young people visited the Services for Young People stand at the annual Herts Pride community event at Cassiobury Park in Watford this August.
Herts Pride is Hertfordshire’s biggest LGBT+ celebration - a safe, inclusive and fun place for people from all backgrounds to come together and make a positive impact in their local area. The SfYP stand showcased our award-winning work with young LGBT+ people and raised awareness about the support we provide.
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