Twenty young people recruited across London participated in a collaborative construction learning project supported by The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, and led by Construction Youth Trust.

The core aim of the Lighthouse Learners Programme was to raise awareness of and develop career opportunities whilst supporting the young people to overcome barriers to access employment, training or apprenticeships in the industry.

Mr Bill Hill, Chief Executive of the Lighthouse Charity said “If just one of these young people makes it through the work experience and...

Construction Youth Trust have joined forces with Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity who are funding ‘The Lighthouse Learner Project’ which will offer 20 young people to access training and employment opportunities in the construction industry.

The ‘Lighthouse Learners’ will join the Trust’s Budding Builders Programme , based out of our training centre in Bermondsey. The nine day course, set over three weeks will see the 20 Lighthouse Learners acquire their OCN London accredited Level 1 Award in ‘Health and Safety in a Construction Environment...

Last week we hosted a free workshop with Mears to inspire more women into the trades

On Friday 19th May, 15 women from London attended a free ‘trade’ taster workshop focused on Repairs & Maintenance and organised by Mears Group, the leading provider of maintenance services to social housing, working in partnership with Construction Youth Trust.

After the success of the first five workshops in Nottingham, Cardiff, London, Canterbury, and Manchester a second London Taster Day was held at the Construction Youth Trust Training Centre in Bermondsey last week.

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Women: the key to unlocking construction resources post-Brexit

This week we have a guest blog post from Victoria Brambini, Managing Director at Scape Procure.

Scape Group have been great supporters of the Trust over the past 12 months, specifically with the #notjustforboys campaign. Last year they supported the Trust by sponsoring the #notjustforboys: Women in Construction report with the Smith Institute, and Victoria Brambini was one of our expert panel at the #notjustforboys break-out session at the Construction Industry Summit.

In the following piece, Victoria...

Construction Youth Trust, in partnership with Mears and CITB, hosted a building maintenance and repairs maintenance session for 9 local women.

Last week we welcomed nine women to a taster session at the BeChange Centre in Aylesham, Canterbury. The women arrived from all over Canterbury including Dover, Folkestone and Aylesham village itself.

The series of workshops around the UK aims to provide a practical and inspiring learning experience for women who wish to ‘have a go’ at a trade before deciding on whether to pursue a career in building maintenance.

The...

Last week we saw 25 students graduate from the Trust’s three week ‘Budding Builders’ programme.

The Budding Builders programme sees young people from across London attend the course at our Training Centre in Bermondsey for 3 days a week, for 3 weeks. During the course they are led by our Trainers, Wendy and Pearl, towards achieving their OCN London accredited Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment, whilst learning basic practical construction skills. As part of the course they are also supported to revise for and earn their CSCS card which allows...

We are very proud to announce that Construction Youth Trust has been selected as one of Mace Foundations strategic charity partners for the next 3 years.

Over the last four years the Mace Foundation has donated £1.6 million to over 200 charities and worthy causes. This is helping drive forward Mace’s ambition to make a real and sustainable difference to the lives of disadvantaged people and communities where Mace works.

The Mace Foundation 2016 Annual Review has now been published. Highlights of the report include £380,000 donated to charities, the results of...

In support of National Apprenticeship Week, three of Keepmoat’s apprentices gave a talk to our students in Bermondsey.

Keepmoat are a fast growing, top 10 UK housing and construction company, and one of our most valued partners at the Trust. They design, build, refurbish and regenerate places to improve economic and social outcomes for people. It is up to companies like Keepmoat to work with organisations like the Trust to bring more young people in, to invest consistently in training and to develop the specific skills required today.

At Keepmoat, one of their main...

Last week we ran a free workshop with Mears which aimed to inspire more women into the trades.

Last Friday women from across London attended a free ‘trade’ taster workshop focused on Repairs & Maintenance and organised by Mears Group, the leading provider of maintenance services to social housing, working in partnership with Construction Youth Trust.

After the success of the first two workshops last year in Nottingham and Cardiff, a third Taster Day was held at the Construction Youth Trust, Training Centre in Bermondsey last week.

The series of workshops...

Construction Youth Trust Budding Builders students recently visited a live site in London’s West End hosted by Fourfront Group .

They were kind enough to give seven of our young people an opportunity to receive a tour of the construction site and a chance to talk to members of their experienced project team about their role in the industry and how they got into their chosen career field.

The group enjoyed hearing about the project from where it began, to the stage it was currently in, to where the project will finish. The group also discussed different health and safety...