Step by Step Project - Help with Jobs, Training and Volunteering

Step by Step is a free weekly drop-in session offering advice on training, volunteering and helping unemployed people back into work. The relaxed and informal sessions are held by friendly staff from Paddock Community Trust.
Everyone is welcome either looking for work right now or in the future, or needs help and advice to find training or volunteering opportunities.

Please find the details of the sessions below:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AM	Batley Lodge 10am – 12pm JCP				Sunshine Centre, Birstall 10am – 12pm Step by Step
PM	Mount @ Batley Bulldog 1 – 3pm Step by Step	Drop By, Golcar 3pm – 5pm Step by Step	Bleak House, Batley 1pm – 3pm Step by Step	Newsome Nosh 3:30 – 5:30pm Step by Step
Evening				Young Batley YPS Hub 7pm – 9pm Step by Step

NORTH KIRKLEES

Venue	Day/time	Work club type
Batley Lodge Training Centre Cemetery Road Batley WF17 8PG 01924 475095	Mondays 10am – 12noon	Jobcentre Plus
Batley Bulldogs Community Club Mount Pleasant Stadium Heritage Way Batley WF17 7NZ 01924 470062	Mondays 1pm – 3pm	Step by Step
Bleak House Community Centre 200 Ealand Road Wilton Estate Batley WF17 8JL	Wednesdays 1pm – 3pm	Step by Step
The Sunshine Centre (Fieldhead Community Centre) 50 Lowood Lane Birstall WF17 9DN 01924 420287	Fridays 10am – 12noon	Step by Step

SOUTH KIRKLEES

Venue	Day/time	Work club type
Drop By Community Resource Sycamore Avenue Golcar HD3 4SS	Tuesdays 3pm – 5pm	Step by Step
Newsome Nosh 7 Church Lane Newsome HD4 6JE 01484 533366	Thursdays 3.30pm – 5.30pm	Step by Step
Paddock Community Trust Paddock Village Hall West View Paddock HD1 4TX 01484 341400	Fridays 10am – 12noon	Jobcentre led

Discounted offer on low cost computers with FriendsIT

Paddock Community Trust / Paddock Learning Centre is participating in a trial for a discounted offer on low cost computers with FriendsIT.

The offer is for a £99 desktop computer or a £169 laptop* (eligibility criteria applies, please see below).

Using a special discount code our learners can receive an extra £5 off the purchase price (with free delivery). 

Both items can be viewed at  http://www.friendsit.co.uk/

The discount code will be live for 8 weeks only from 1 August until 30 September.

From 1st August you will also be able to view and try the laptop on offer if you come to:

Paddock Community Trust, Paddock Village Hall 

West View Paddock, Huddersfield HD1 4TX. 

Telephone: 01484 431400.

Please contact us if you are interested in this special offer.


*If you are claiming any of the benefits listed below, or you represent a registered charity, you are eligible for our discounted price
Housing Benefit
Income support
Jobseekers Allowance
Pension Credit
Disability Living Allowance
Attendance Allowance
Incapacity Benefit
Employment & Support Allowance
Disability Element of the working tax credits.
Charities,
Unionlearning Representatives
Schools receiving Pupil Premium funding
Pupil Deprivation Grant, and
Children on free school meals.

West View Social Club

For more information please ring Sarah on 01484 431400 or email sarah@paddocktrust.org.uk.

Paddock Community Trust's Charity Shop is now open

We are delighted to announce that Paddock Community Trust's Charity Shop is now open to the public.
The Shop is on Church street, just 2 minutes up the road from Paddock Village Hall.

The opening hours are:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10.00am-4.00pm.

Please pop-in to see what we have on offer. You will find good quality clothes, jewellery, books, toys and more...

A big thank you to everybody who kindly donated all those nice items.

Donations are still welcome, so please bring anything you would like to donate to the Shop or to Paddock Village Hall.

Proceeds from the Shop will contribute towards community services in Paddock and environmental grants to improve the local area.

New courses coming up at Paddock Village Hall

      We have 3 interesting FREE* courses on offer at Paddock Village Hall.

•     Customer Service Skills Level 1: Tuesday afternoons from 26^th June (5–6 week course)
•     Computer Confidence Entry 3: Tuesday mornings from 26^th June (5–6 week Course)
•  IT for Volunteering Level 1: Monday mornings from 2^nd July (5-6 week course)

These courses are accredited NOCN courses and are free for everybody who is a Kirklees resident, over 19 years old, not working and do not have a Level 2 or above qualification.

For more information and to book a place please ring 01484 431400.

*eligibility requirements apply.

Volunteering opportunities

Paddock Community Trust needs your help

West View Café Now Open

We are delighted to announce that Paddock Community Trust's own Café, 
West View Café, is now open to the public!

The Café manager, Suzé Nelson, and the enthusiastic team of volunteers look forward to welcoming you in the Café.

Suzé has over 4 years’ experience in the catering industry and is more excited than ever to be working amongst such enthusiastic volunteers. She says “This job is something I have always wanted to do, to have the chance to give something back to the community and really try and get everyone in the area involved in some way. The menu has been designed to appeal to everyone with prices that everyone can afford. We have three allotments where volunteers grow supplies for the café and we even have volunteers who are preparing to make our own range of jams and chutneys!” 

Come along and treat yourself with a lovely coffee or a delicious sandwich in a cosy and homely atmosphere!

All our products come from local suppliers sourced within a 30 mile radius.

Staff are fully trained in Food Hygiene & Safety.

Takeaway available and Telephone orders welcome.

Wi-fi Available.

Please have a look at the Menu below:

We are hoping to see you soon in our lovely Café. 


West View Café is part of Paddock Community Kitchen, a BIG Lottery Local Food Initiative.

Computer Confidence Course at the Lodge Training Centre, Batley

We have a new basic IT course on offer at the Lodge Training Centre, Batley.
It is an accredited, NOCN IT User Fundamentals Entry Level 3 course.
This course is free for everybody who is a Kirklees resident, over 19 years old, not working and do not have a Level 2 or above qualification.
The course starts on 1st May and will run for 5 weeks, Tuesdays 1-4pm.
For more information and to book a place please ring 01484 431400.

New IT Courses starting after Easter

We have 3 new FREE* IT Courses on offer that are due to start after Easter.

• PC Technician Course -Batley, The Lodge Training Centre
• Using the Internet -Paddock Village Hall, Paddock Learning Centre
• Word Processing Entry Level 3 -Paddock Village Hall, Paddock Learning Centre

If you are interested in any of the above courses, please ring 01484 431400 for more details.

*eligibility requirements apply.

Money Management Courses starting soon

We have an interesting FREE course on offer for people over 18' living in Kirklees, who are unemployed and do not have a Level1 qualification.

Money Management Course

-Want to save money on your household bills?

-Go Green and Save Money!

This is a course for adults who want to improve their English and money management skills and

work towards an entry 3 qualification.

Find out how to take the green option, and save on shopping, transport costs, home fuel bills.

Gain a qualification!

10 to 12 week course

Travel Costs Paid

Child Care Costs paid.

Venues:

• Huddersfield Work Link

Friday 1.00 – 3.00

• Batley Lodge Training Centre

Tuesdays 10.00 – 12.00

Ring to find out when you can start !

Contact: Sarah Walker 01484 353424 (Kirklees Community Campus)

New Course on offer: Green Energy for Homes (Introduction to Household Energy Efficiency)

We have an interesting FREE course on offer for learners over 18' living in Kirklees, who are unemployed and do not have a Level 1 qualification.

Green Energy for Homes

City & Guilds ‘Introduction To Household Energy Efficiency’

Get the Green Edge !

-Interested working in Construction, trades, customer advice ?

-Interested in the environment ?

This course will help you to get the green edge for job seeking.

Improve your study skills and help you to Save money on your fuel bills.

Five units :

1 - 2 days / week for each unit.

Join for one or more units.

-Fuel consumption in the home

-Renewable electricity

-Renewable heat

-Heat loss and insulation

-Space and water heating

Travel Costs Paid

Child care costs paid

Venues in Huddersfield, Batley and Dewsbury.

Contact: Jenny Lawrence –07739 164962 / 0113 2380601 (Groundwork)

Tel: Sarah Walker – 01484 353424 (Kirklees community campus)

Course Venues and Start Dates

• Paddock Learning Centre Tel: 01484 431400 (Paddock Village Hall, West View, off Church St, Paddock)Tuesday 1.00 – 3.30 Wednesday 9.30 – 3.30

Start date: 28/2/2012 5 weeks End date: 28/03/2012

Please Ring for further Dates

• Batley Lodge Training Centre Tel: 01924 475 095 (Cemetery Lodge, Cemetery Road, Batley, WF17 8PG)

Thursday 9.30–12.00 and 1.00–3.30 Friday 9.30–12.00

Please Ring To Confirm start Dates

• Dewsbury D-Shop Tel: 01904 460 065 (24 Long Causeway, Dewsbury, WF13 1NH)

Monday 9.30–12.00 and 1.00–3.30 Tuesday 9.30 - 12.00

(You need to attend all 3 sessions each week)

Start date: 14/5/2012 6 weeks End date: 26/6/2012

Please Ring To Confirm Start Date

New volunteer member joined the team at Batley Lodge Training Centre

The Batley Lodge Training Centre is delighted to welcome Janet Archer to the volunteering team. Working alongside Peter Naylor, a long serving volunteer at the Centre, Janet will be assisting with reception work and data administration to gain valuable office skills which she will add to her already impressive CV. To meet Janet and the Team please feel free to come along to our work club on Monday Mornings, you can access free training, information and guidance all of which aims to help you into paid work. If you would like to discuss volunteering please drop Giles Harrison an e-mail at gilesharrison_2@msn.com alternatively phone Giles on 01924 475 095."

New Introduction to PC Technician course starting soon

We have a new course on offer at Paddock Learning Centre and at The Lodge, Batley:

• Introduction to PC Technician

The course starts at the end of February (start date to be confirmed soon) and will be 3 days

(15 hours) long.

This course is free for anyone not working and with a qualification below Level 2.

Please ring 01484 431400 for more information and to book a place.

New Courses coming up

We have new courses on offer starting soon:

• Financial Literacy Course at Paddock Learning Centre -starting on 23rd January
• Financial Literacy Course at Batley Lodge -starting on 24th January

Both courses are 12 weeks long and will give you an NOCN Entry Level 3 qualification.

This courses are free for anyone over 18, not working and with a qualification below Level 1.

If you know somebody who might be interested or you would like to attend this course please ring 01484 431400 to book a place.

Literacy and Numeracy Course at Lowerhouses Children's Centre

There is a 10 week long Literacy and Numeracy Course on offer starting on 11th January

at Lowerhouses Sure Start Children's Centre.

If you are interested, please contact Lowerhouses Centre to book a place: 01484 223091.

Free creche available.