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Okay so you're struggling to find the right thing, but there are opportunities.
Unsure what to do next?
Bored or fed up?
Need to earn some money?
Tried a course and it wasn't for you?
Had to leave your job?
Just not feeling ready?
Some of the options available are listed below.
Get help from a Young Person's Worker, Early Help Coach or Job Centre Plus.
If you're 16-18 and not in education, employment or training (NEET), you can get 1-1 help and support from a Young Person's Worker or Early Help Coach.
They will be able to help you look at options, offer advice and guidance – maybe think about things you haven’t thought of before and also support with other issues that may be getting in the way.
To find out how to get in touch with a worker in your area who can help you to make sense of all the choices, click here: 'help and support' in Suffolk.
Do you know about training providers?
They offer full-time courses in a smaller centre which can help build confidence, work experience and enable you to improve their maths and English.
There are many organisations that offer support and mini vocational programmes. To help you out, we've put together a handy list of those organisations below:
- 1st Care Training
- Activ Lives
- Apprenticeships Suffolk
- Beats learning
- Care Careers Suffolk
- Minding the Gap
- Lapwing Education
- Realise Futures
- Involve Active
- Green Light Trust
- Game Anglia
- Inspire Suffolk
- Yes Project
- Job Centre +
- Key Training
- Museum of East Anglian Life
- Noise Solutions
- One Haverhill Youth Skills
- Papworth Trust
- Princes Trust
- Qube Training
- Seckford Foundation
- Skills Connect
- The Mix
- Volunteering Matters
- Work Well Suffolk
Work Experience and Volunteering
If you’re not currently in employment, education or training, this a great way to improve your skills, have things to add onto your CV and boost your chances of getting a job.
Many of the Training Providers and organisations listed above offer programmes that include a lot of work experience too, so they may be worth considering.
Visit the Volunteer Suffolk website for volunteering vacancies -
Volunteers have a 27% better chance of finding a job after being out of work than non-volunteers. You'll also gain new skills, meet new people and gain invaluable experience.
