TRAINING 2000 KEEP STUDENTS SAFE AND SOUND May 2009

Safety was the only subject on the timetable last week at Blackburn based Training 2000, as the training provider held a series of interesting and informative events as part of their ‘Be Safe’ week.

Over 40 trainees on the Entry to Employment (e2e) Smart Links and New Directions programmes at Training 2000 took part in the activities which provided the students with information on a range of topics from drug awareness, sexual health and teenage pregnancy to self defence and first aid.

The week of events formed part of a four week schedule by Training 2000 aimed at tackling the priorities set out in Every Child Matters agenda, ensuring that all children and young people aged 0-19 to have the support they need to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being.
Activities took place at Training 2000’s, Blackburn and Nelson sites throughout last week and included a special multi-activity day to round off the week’s events and highlight the importance of the topics covered.
Sheila Smith, Lead Tutor for Prepare to Work / e2e at Training 2000 commented: “The activities not only provided the students with invaluable information about personal safety, they also enabled us to work together with the students in a stimulating yet informal way which was really refreshing.
“Professionals presented to the students on a variety of topics, and engaged with them through hands-on activities and workshops. At the end of the week the students took part in a quiz as part of a team challenge that tested their knowledge of all the topics covered, everyone did really well and it was great to see that the students had absorbed all the information.”
e2e learner Dion Winfindale attended the events: “I really enjoyed the week of activity, it was great to learn all about personal safety and meet lots of new people in the process.
“I particularly enjoyed the Taekwondo self defence class and also found it really interesting to meet an ex-offender and listen to his story and advice first hand.”
Sheila concludes: “All the young people that took part in the activities were really positive about what they learnt; it certainly seemed to make an impact. I hope that everyone will take away something that they were taught last week and consider it in their day-to-day lives moving forward.”

TRAINING 2000 KEEP STUDENTS SAFE AND SOUND May 2009

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