The line-up of designers at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show suggests a blossoming youth policy. The hardy perennials are led by Alan Titchmarsh, 65, celebrating 50 years as a professional gardener with his From the Moors to the Sea. But an unprecedented three show gardens have been created by designers aged under 30. They include Vital Earth: The Night Sky Garden by Chelsea’s youngest designer David Rich, 23, and his brother Harry, 26. Their garden, which will be moved to Beechwood Autistic
TESYouth have ran a Video Production Workshop with Brookdale Care residents at Fairford Court. Base on resident wish the workshop was customised and ran for two days. The workshop was designed to grab the attendees interest in creating their own videos with hands-on practice with the filming equipment. Just a quick message to say thank you for the Video Production Workshop at Fairford court. All the residents involved have told us they thoroughly enjoyed learning how
Official figures published on Wednesday show Britain’s unemployment rate falling further to 6.8%. Self-employment has risen rapidly, helping to drive the improvement in the overall figure, but the jobless rate for the young is still predicted to be several times higher than average. “Around 2008, 2009, with the financial crash and the way the economy was, I wondered what my options were … A lot of people were quite sceptical and scared. It was so competitive,” recalls Samba. Amie Samba picked
The Poverty in Barnet networking conference on 1 May, that had been organised by CommUNITY Barnet (Read more) was a great opportunity to find out, how poverty affects us all and how organisations could work together to tackle it. TESYouth was among other organisations that came together to tackle the high level of poverty in the borough. In the conference, TESYouth showcased how helping young people into employment and out of poverty by leading and offering them hope and guidance
Mentally strong people don’t and dos: 1. They don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves Mentally strong people don’t sit around feeling sorry about their circumstances or how others have treated them. Instead, they take responsibility for their role in life and understand that life isn’t always easy or fair. 2. They don’t give away their power They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power over them. They don’t say things like, “My boss makes me feel bad,”
