February 2010

Platform2 sends 18 - 25 year olds on fully funded trips* to South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, India and Nepal.

*THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY! YOU DO NEED A VALID PASSPORT, TRAVEL COSTS FOR YOUR LOCAL INTERVIEW AND TO GET TO HEATHROW AIRPORT (LONDON) FOR YOUR FLIGHT.

Western Cheshire Big Drink Debate

Have your say!

Drinking beyond recommended levels can damage your health and harm your family and your community. The health service, police, council and others are developing plans to tackle these problems together. But we need your help to do it.  Please tell us what the issues are for you, your family and your community.

How to participate? 

You can complete the survey online

To apply for a BT apprenticeship students need to complete an online application form before the end of March, but the sooner applicants complete it the better their chances are of being successful.

Those who are successful will then be invited to an assessment 'Hub' day in April or May and they will then start their apprenticeship in September.

BT are looking for applicants who have either achieved or been predicted the equivalent of 5 A-C GCSE grades including Maths and English.

On Friday March 12th The Lifestyle Centre in Winsford will be holding a live music event – ‘Plugged’ for under 18’s. The event is being run by Score Creative Education in conjunction with Connexions – Cheshire & Warrington Limited and Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Young people can drop in for coffee at the HUB

On Saturday 27th February from 11 am – 4 pm the HUB @ Connexions in Crewe is inviting young people to call in for a coffee. All drinks are free for people aged 13 – 19 and the HUB is a great place to meet friends and just chill out and have a chat over a coffee.

Personal Advisers and youth workers will be in the HUB all day and all other facilities including computers and publications will be available for young people to use.

Did you know that you don't need to wait for your exam results or acceptance onto a course to apply for student finance!  You can work out how much your living costs will be and what financial support you will be able to get by using the Student Finance Calculator and you can also register and apply online.

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