Medway Together
Access free support and workshops to help you improve your life and our community
Participate in one of our projects to gain confidence, knowledge, skills, new job prospects and a straight-forward plan for a better career.
The activities offered will take place in the Medway area and are for Medway residents.
We use a creative approach to help you find jobs that work for you. From setting up work placements, networking with employers, providing new learning & skills, self-employment and career planning, the Medway Together partners are here to help you find a better future.
What’s On Offer?
Contact a Medway Together Partner to find out more about our free support and services.
Health & Wellbeing for Medway
Clear your head and recharge your batteries with a wellbeing session
Woodland Wellbeing
Working with Medway Together to deliver wellness sessions in the woods to help in combatting social isolation and improving mental health for participants from Medway. Mental health, wellbeing and wellness are essential components of everyday life that many people take for granted. At Great Leaps, we recognise the importance of taking time for yourself. Our experiences are designed to support 'you'. We aim to make the experience you choose or create with us, one that enables you to 'recharge your battery'.
Where?
Great Leaps Adventure is easily accessible by road and is situated within and operating from the grounds of Buckmore Park Scout Campsite, The entrance is off of the Lord Lees Roundabout on the A229, Maidstone Road, Chatham, just off of Junction 3 of the M2 motorway.
Location on web: click me
Duration
Half Day
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Skills & Jobs for Young People
Four different Skills & Experience Courses for 16–25-year-olds in Digital, Hospitality, Care, Catering, Logistics, Construction & Volunteering.
Digital Champions
Are you a Young Carer aged 16-24yo? Become a Digital Champion, learn new skills on this Project and get a £100 voucher and a £400 tablet. Develop your confidence, skills and your job prospects by completing this course and help older cares out of loneliness and isolation by training them to use digital equipment.
Where?
Online / Michael Gill Building, Tolgate Lane, Strood, ME2 4TG
Duration
TBC
For More
call: 07449 888431 | email: nikki.brooker@carersfirst.org.uk
Creating Life Chances
Are you 18-25yo and looking for work? Medway Diversity Forum’s Creating Life Chances project will put you in touch with employers and give you the essential skills you need to impress and get a well-paid job.
Where?
The Whitehouse, Chatham Waterfront Bus Station, ME4 4SL
Duration
TBC
For More
call: 07875 503708 | email: office@memf.co.uk
Get Connected
Are you 18-24yo not currently in employment, education or training? Sign up to the free Get Connected Project, re-engage with education and training and get work placement opportunities with employers through Mid-Kent College’s 12-week programme.
Where?
MidKent College, Gillingham Campus
Duration
12 weeks
For More
call: xxxxx xxxxxx | email: hello@midkent.ac.uk
Making A Difference
The opportunity for Hoo Peninsula residents to learn new skills and boost employability prospects whilst supporting people in the community.
Where?
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Duration
Agreed on a case-by-case basis.
For More
call: 01634 272138 | email: volunteer@whoocares.org.uk
Career Planning
Find out what’s possible, map out the future career you want and create a realistic plan to get there.
Unlock Your Potential
CAP’s coaches and trainers help people identify what’s out there, what their options are, and how to get there. Take part in CAP’s free Planning sessions to map out the milestones to a better career and new opportunities - from new-start to high growth.
Where?
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Duration
2 Hour Sessions
For More
call: 01622 890968 | email: info@capenterprise.co.uk
Financial Support & Jobs for Families
Practical and non-judgmental support for parents with young children
Support For Your Family
Home-Start Medway offers non-judgemental, practical and emotional support to families who have at least one child under the age of eight. A carefully selected and trained volunteer, who has parenting experience, can visit you regularly for 2-3 hours a week in your own home. Our volunteers are there to offer emotional and practical support which is based on what we together agree would be helpful. We also offer help from our financial fitness champions who are trained to support and guide families with money concerns.
Where?
3 Canterbury St, Gillingham ME7 5TP
Duration
2-3 hours a week in your own home or appointments at convenient locations
For More
call: 01634 570717 | email: manager@home-startmedway.org.uk
Entrepreneurship and Starting a Business
Three different courses in personal development, entrepreneurship and self-employment
What About You?
Are you a woman interested in your personal development and learning more about enterprise? 12-hour personal development and enterprise training programme for women.
Where?
TBC
Duration
12 Hours spread out over multiple days.
For More
call: 01622 890968 | email: info@capenterprise.co.uk
Medway Enterprise Club
Medway Enterprise Club
Want to be self-employed or start a business? Take part in CAP’s free weekly peer-to-peer and professional coaching & training programme for people interested in self-employment/starting up a small business.
Where?
TBC
Duration
Weekly sessions
For More
call: 01622 890968 | email: info@capenterprise.co.uk
Be The Boss
Are you interested in creating your own business? Take part in CAP’s free 2-day training and mentoring introduction to business planning for people wanting to develop a business idea.
Where?
TBC
Duration
2 Days
For More
call: 01622 890968 | email: info@capenterprise.co.uk
Job Support for People with Disabilities
Skills, wellbeing and work readiness support for people with long term health conditions and disabilities.
Work Readiness & Support for Disabled People
This project helps disabled people improve their lives, their wellbeing and find accessible pathways into employment by building confidence, knowledge, skills and supporting with becoming economically active.
CiLK ensures that the services they deliver are done so in a way that disabled people use, need and value.
Where?
We provide online support
Duration
Agreed on a case-by-case basis
For More
call: 01233 633187 | email: medwaytogether@cilk.org.uk
Sight Impairment Skills Sessions
Kent Association for the Blind skills sessions are aimed at supporting sight impaired people to return to learning, try new activities and gain skills and experience – e.g, art skills, touch typing skills, physical activity skills.
Where?
TBC
Duration
TBC
For More
call: 01622 691357 | email: katherine.barr@kab.org.uk
Training, Volunteers & Staff for Employers & Charities
Become a better employer. Become a better Charity.
Become A ‘Disability Confident’ Employer
Interested in becoming a sight-impairment accessible employer and creating a sight-impairment accessible workplace? KAB’s Sight impairment awareness training for employers and professionals involved in supporting young people into employment will improve your understanding of how to make a workplace accessible and how to support a sight impaired person within employment. Supporting ‘Disability confident’ employer status.
Where?
TBC
Duration
TBC
For More
call: 01622 691357 | email: katherine.barr@kab.org.uk
A Stronger Charity Sector In Medway
Are you a charity looking to improve your funding application bids, expand your volunteer base, and develop your capacity to employ staff with lived experience? Medway Voluntary Action are providing training to third sector organisations between March and June 2022
Where?
MVA
Duration
19th April (1pm-4.30pm) & 9th May (9.30am-1pm)
For More
call: 01634 812850 | email: info@mva.org.uk
About the Programme
We believe that everyone has a right to participate in the future of Medway and we are here to make a difference by developing people, businesses, and organisations.
The Medway Together programme is funded by the UK Government through the 'UK Community Renewal Fund.’
The UK Community Renewal Fund is a UK Government programme for 2021/22. This aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It invests in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.