Last week the second Constructing Communities project kicked off, funded by the Mayor of London’s Young Londoner’s Fund.

The programme sees young people deliver projects within their local community; helping them develop practical construction skills, introducing them to the range of construction careers available, and giving them the opportunity to interact positively with their local community.

"It's been excellent, I've loved every second of it. I've been doing a bit of drilling, sawing, it's stuff I want to do as a career”

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In partnership with Central London Forward (CLF) Construction Careers, we ran a fun filled 5 day DIY course at Kings Cross Construction Skills Centre.

For the second of our #Inmybackyard projects we welcomed a range of local young people, also working with the Camden Youth Offending Team offering the course as part of their reparation programme.

The group very quickly formed strong partnerships as it was all hands on deck to solve the many construction problems thrown up by a delivery of mismeasured wood. Pulling on the different strengths of the group, a design team recalculated...

In partnership with Central London Forward (CLF) Construction Careers, we ran a fun filled 5 day DIY course at The Curve community centre.

The aim of the partnership is to introduce young people to construction careers through a practical project that benefits their community. For young people who have little to no experience of the modern construction and built environment industry, it can be easy for them to discount the sector as not for them and miss the many opportunities open to them. Embedding the project within their local community, in a fun and relaxed way on their turf, we are...

Arthur was part of our July Budding Builders course funded by Children in Need. After leaving school at 16 with a handful of GCSE’s, this vibrant and determined young man, now 17, was searching for his next step.

Whilst still at school Arthur had completed a Level 1 Diploma in Carpentry and Joinery, discovering a love for practical work that had escaped him in a traditional classroom setting. In his quest to find a course or programme that he would qualify for, Arthur discovered our Budding Builders course via our twitter feed. Arthur saw the opening of an opportunity and decided to...

In July, 11 young people from Barking & Dagenham created a sensory garden for the residents of a local adult care home, the first of six Construction Communities projects, funded by the Mayor of London’s Young Londoner’s Fund.

Constructing Communities aims to inspire young people to reach their full career potential. The programme centres on young people designing and delivering a project for a local community partner. This project enables course participants to develop soft and practical skills, explore a variety of construction and built environment careers and meet...

A donation of Southwark felled wood has been transformed by our Budding Builders for Southwark primary schools.

Following the clearing of their Elephant Park development site, Lendlease found themselves with a number of felled trees. No one wanted the beautiful wood to go to waste, so it was decided that the wood would be donated to local charities and community organisations so that it could be repurposed and reinstated in its new forms back into the community. Lendlease worked closely with Lantern UK to facilitate the felling, milling and distribution of the wood.

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The Trust has been delighted to work with Centrepoint Works to deliver our Budding Builders course, as part of the Centrepoint Works scheme.

Centrepoint Works, a course which is open to homeless, disadvantaged or unemployed young people in London, offers one-hundred hours of work experience, with lunch and travel provided. Trainees who complete the course are then better placed to go on to secure lasting employment.

We worked with a group of Centrepoint young people who wanted to further explore and prepare themselves for a career in industry. Over the eight days of the...

We recently joined forces with Newham Council to deliver the Newham reparation project and support young offenders

During the last 10 years, our work at Construction Youth Trust with young offenders has demonstrated an excellent track record of effective reparation. Our different projects aimed at preventing young people from committing further offences by increasing their understanding of potential career pathways and positive personal development. We achieve that by providing guidance and information about a range of training and career opportunities within the construction industry and...

Budding Builders ex-student, James, is now undertaking an "earn whilst you learn" opportunity with Willmott Dixon and talks about his experience to current students

James, a young father of twins, started his working life in the retail sector and went on to work in Traffic Management on UK road networks. Being around the wrong people influences and as a result, getting arrested was a very big turn in his life. When his parents split up, it affected him and his siblings and he felt he needed to find a way to go on with his life and overcome those barriers.

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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...