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On 3rd March we took part in the Shape Youth Employment Conference at the Battersea Arts Centre. We took an information stand there and I sat on the ‘Expert Panel’ convened for the morning to answer the questions of potential employers and other professionals. It was an early start in a chilly venue but it went well. In the afternoon Amy and I ran a workshop for young people called ‘Getting a Job’ – we were in a warmer space by then and had fun with the youngsters and their teachers exploring an important topic.
Shape has a substantial amount of funding from the Big Lottery Fund to run Employment Conferences aimed at young people with a learning disability across London over the next three years and we were paid for our professional involvement.
Since 3rd March Shape have contacted me and asked for the continued involvement of Generate in their three year programme and I have agreed to collaborate with them to support conferences later this year. I will be having further discussions with them about this collaboration in April. They are recognising our passion and commitment to employment for people with a learning disability and want to work with us which is great.
