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We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about our mission and values to be our new Operations Administrator. They will manage a variety of administrative tasks and create a positive and welcoming experience for our service beneficiaries, volunteers and partners.  This role will suit someone who is organised and proactive and has strong communication and interpersonal skills.  It is for 15 hrs per week with a salary ranging from £25-27k FTE dependant on your experience.For more information please take a look at our job description and person specification hereIf you would thrive in a varied role where every day ...

Back in November, over 150 of us got together for the second annual Safety Summit, put on by the Young Voices Reading group. It wasn’t just another meeting—we had a massive mix of young people and professionals getting stuck into workshops, roundtable chats, and a proper Q&A to finish the day.What was on the agenda?We used the results from the recent Young Voices safety survey, reflecting the stuff that actually matters to local young people, including:– Violence Against Women and Girls– Exploitation– Hate Crime, and Bullying– Reporting crimesCheck out the highlights video below – it was edited by young people, and ...

Simon, our Creative Lead, gives an introduction to our Alternative Provision programme. As part of our creative opportunities, we offer Alternative Provisions (AP) to secondary schools – where pupils can come and get involved in creative projects, learning new skills and gaining confidence, and working as part of a creative media team.Please watch the video below – filmed by some of our young people – to see inside our offices and learn a bit more about the programme.https://vimeo.com/1152498090?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ciTo find out more about AP, or to enrol a pupil, please contact us here ...

Hey creative minds aged 11–16!Join us for a FREE week long creative media adventure. Following last year's success, we're bringing back another incredible week of creativity! Free for local young people, every afternoon across one week in the Starting Point office creative space.https://vimeo.com/1092792238?share=copyCreating a safe space where young people can get out of the house, have fun and increase their wellbeing. Opportunities to try creative media software, photography and video equipment. Developing confidence, meeting other young people and being mentored by the Starting Point creative team. By exploring a topic that interests them, and creating artwork from this, they will be ...

Introducing our Alternative Provision for schools project for Spring 2025 – Olly's Work.We worked with Amanda Stephens and her team to create branding and assets to support her in the campaigning and awareness raising around issues of youth violence and knife crime that they do. Through talking with Amanda and hearing her story, we came up with 4 key brand values – Joy, Life, Potential and Community.We used these as a basis for our approach to the project, and tried to incorporate these values into our logo and designs.The LogoWe drew a number of different ideas, some revolving around the ...