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First Steps

Most young people pick up life skills naturally from their experiences, guided by those around them such as parents, teachers and peers; for some, however, these skills remain elusive. Our First Steps programme is a six-week course aimed at helping young people to build up those missing life skills such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, money management, sexual health and self-esteem.

Working in partnership with Aldershot Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and the Aldershot Contraception and Sexual Health (CASH) team we have successfully completed two pilot schemes on money management and sexual health. We are now set to run the course regularly throughout the year and are working towards accreditation by the national examining body, AQA. This will enable clients to add the qualification to their CVs and achievement portfolios.

Female-only Anger Management

Known as 'Don't bottle it!', this seven-week programme is for those girls and women who find it difficult to control their anger, which can lead to abuse and violence. It aims to help clients to understand more about themselves and why they get angry. It also encourages them to improve their life chances by making a difference in their own behaviour and attitudes and to recognise that this also affects the lives of those with whom they interact at home and in the wider community.

Facilitated by staff from our D'n'A and Training services, the programme covers topics such as: understanding our anger and what triggers it; the physical effects of anger; and coping strategies. Each session lasts all day. The morning is spent exploring a particular aspect of anger and then, after lunch, there is a wind-down period involving therapeutic massage, acupuncture and counselling. One-to-one support and counselling are an important part of the process.

The programme is funded by the Wates Foundation.

Fallout

Fallout aims to reduce offending behaviour in young people. The six-week programme combines interactive 'theory' sessions about reducing youth offending behaviours with active 'Parkour' (urban free running and gymnastics using built obstacles) training sessions. The theory sessions are supported by the Youth Empowerment Crime Diversion Scheme, a national charity which supports a reduction in offending and anti-social behaviour.

Part of the programme involves three 'free running' sessions delivered by Parkour Generations, who teach the art of Parkour and movement, in the excellent Olympic standard facilities at Rushmoor Gymnastics Academy.

D'n'A Worshop

This short course, run in partnership with our D'n'A service, offers advice and support about the dangers of misusing drugs and alcohol and strategies to avoid being led into destructive behaviour.

CyberShed

CyberShed, our 12-seat IT suite, is used as a resource for a number of our training services. For example, young people can access the Internet to search for jobs, or develop their CVs using word processing software. Training and assistance in using the available software packages is given where necessary. As well as developing essential skills for the workplace or further study, the CyberShed programme is challenging and dynamic and engages young people in a unique way, capturing their imaginations while increasing their skills.

The development of good IT skills is key to gaining employment, we are therefore arming young people with skills necessary for a smooth transition into independent living.