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Catch 22 Newsletter October 2020

Posted on 6 October 2020

CATCH22 LAUNCHES KICKSTART COMMUNITY

Kickstart Community is a team of social innovators who want to give young people entering the most hostile labour market since the 1980s the opportunity to swim and not simply tread water. We are bringing together purposeful employers and young people for Kickstart placements with a difference.

Get involved

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT: BUILDING THE FUTURE

Catch22 is building an immediate response to the youth unemployment crisis. We are seeking forward-thinking partners to help young people facing barriers to work find training and employment. Together, we can help those with complex social barriers, where government schemes won’t be enough.

Find out more

CALL TO “KEEP CARE LEAVERS CONNECTED”

Together with more than 30 charities and youth organisations we have written an open letter to MPs, and launched a petition, calling for extended provision of digital devices and internet access for care leavers to enable them to thrive when living independently for the first time, and reduce the impact of digital poverty. Sky News reported on the letter.

Read the letter and sign the petition

CATCH22 COMMENTS ON FUTURE OF PROBATION

Following the Justice Committee’s request for evidence, Catch22 wrote on the “Future of the Probation Service” using our experience as a supply chain partner for Through the Gate services in 23 services in 20 prisons. We have now been called to give oral evidence to the committee on the back of our response.

Read our written evidence

IN THE NEWS

New school planned for children with SCN

Catch22 Multi Academies Trust’s plans to open The Austen Academy in Basingstoke for pupils aged 4 to 16 with Social Communication Needs (SCN) associated with a diagnosis of Autism was reported on by the Basingstoke Observer.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Many young people have not had the technology to complete their school work during lockdown. The Raspberry Pi Foundation distributed 250 free devices to Catch22 College students this summer. Read about the difference this has made.

Thousands of households are at risk of homelessness and unemployment as a result of the pandemic. We are partnering with the Ride Out the Recession Alliance to help keep people in their homes and their jobs. Find out more.

Designing services that both satisfy commissioner requirements and help the people we exist to serve can be complex. Catch22’s Chief Operating Officer, Naomi Hulston, reflects on the importance of a relational approach to public service contracting. Learn more.

We asked whether pathways to employment for prison leavers are fit for purpose at our last Employability Summit webinar. Panellists discussed a wide range of topics from the need to improve technology in prisons to routes into education. Read the thread.

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTRODUCING THE LIGHTHOUSE MODEL

Join the Lighthouse team at 2.00pm on Monday 12th October to learn more about their new approach to children’s homes.

Register your place

FROM THE CATCH22 ARCHIVE

Six Steps to Mental Wellbeing
With restrictions still in place in varying degrees across the country, many of those we work with, or know on a personal level, may be finding this a difficult time. These tips were initially shared on World Mental Health Day in 2018.

Download the poster (PDF, 875KB)

CATCH22 CAREERS

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS
The Fen Rivers Academy

The Fen Rivers Academy has special school status for children with social, emotional and mental health needs, serving up to 48 children in KS1 and KS2. From September 2020, the school will open its doors to Year 7 pupils, and will grow to a KS1-4 school for 100 pupils.

Apply now

HEAD OF IMPACT
AND INFLUENCE

Lighthouse Children’s Homes

Lighthouse ensures that children in care have the same opportunities as everyone else by creating life changing education-focused children’s homes.

Apply now

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