Unemployment is a curse. Its evil spell breaks down relationships, humiliates and chips away at your humanity. Modern joblessness inflicts a new burden upon it victims – alienation. Instead of walking around a town, handing out CVs and talking to prospective employers, jobseekers are confined to their homes. This isn’t because they’re idle, this isn’t because they don’t want to alleviate themselves from their morbid situation; it’s because the majority of job applications have to be submitted online. The end result
In an entirely unscientific poll, 10 young Europeans were recently asked if they could identify any of the top three candidates in this week’s European Parliament elections. Only one of them could. The survey of students at the Marie-Haps Institute, a university in Brussels, was a light-hearted exercise, but it illustrated a serious point: no sector of society is more disconnected from European politics than first-time voters. Yet it is the young who are arguably most exposed to the consequences of EU
TESYouth was setup to help beat youth unemployment. We will host every Tuesday a video with various topics about young people. The TESYouth team ran their Video Production Workshop with Brookdale Care residents at Fairford Court. Based on resident request, 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.
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
