A bold new initiative from Construction Youth Trust, with the backing of Land Securities and Bouygues, launched today.

Unveiled at Cardinal Place in Victoria, SW1, the initiative aims to help more than 1,200 young people a year engage with the construction industry.

Funded by Land Securities, Bouygues UK and Ecovert FM, the mobile classroom is the first of its kind in London following the success of three similar mobile classrooms operating across Wales. It will visit youth groups and neighbourhoods across the Capital to deliver construction-related training and careers...

Construction Youth Trust has completed an exciting new initiative to recruit six young Westminster residents into their Streetworks programme.

Commissioned by Westminster Transerv (a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Mouchel), the Streetworks programme offers vocational experience in the built environment for local people from diverse backgrounds.

In the first week of the project the young people received soft skills training based at Westminster Transerv's offices in City Hall. Delivered by Alandale Sustainable Solutions, it was followed by a week of on-the-job...

Construction Youth Trust has hosted an exciting new 'speed dating' style event for graduates of the Built 2 Work programme.

Graduates had the opportunity to meet with employers and training providers, who gave them advice on what is required in order to gain apprenticeships, work placements and employment in the industry. Graduates also benefitted from being able to take part in mock interviews.

Industry professional at the event included representatives from Lakehouse, Mulalley, REDS10, Hackney Community College and On Site, all of whom generously offered the...

The Construction Youth Trust is delighted to announce the successful completion of our Formwork Pre-Apprenticeship programme, run in partnership with Bouygues UK and the National Construction College. The two week scheme gave a number of young residents from Tower Hamlets the chance to learn new skills and find out more about life as a specialist formwork operative.

The course offered a mixture of classroom-based fully accredited activities like preparing for and taking the Skills Learning Exercise (required for anyone wishing to begin a construction apprenticeship), alongside...

The Construction Youth Trust is delighted to announce the successful completion of our Formwork Pre-Apprenticeship programme, run in partnership with Bouygues UK and the National Construction College. The two week scheme gave a number of young residents from Tower Hamlets the chance to learn new skills and find out more about life as a specialist formwork operative.

The course offered a mixture of classroom-based fully accredited activities like preparing for and taking the Skills Learning Exercise (required for anyone wishing to begin a construction apprenticeship), alongside...

Partnership helps young people lay foundation for construction careers

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is linking up with the Construction Youth Trust to help young people who have offended find employment and get their lives back on track.

This new partnership is a significant step in the YJB’s campaign to improve the resettlement of young people who have left custody to reduce their chances of reoffending.

The YJB hopes that, by tapping into the Trust’s expert knowledge of the construction industry and nationwide network of employers, they will improve...

The Construction Youth Trust is appealing for young people interested in pursuing a career in the construction industry to come forward and apply to take part in an exciting employment geared training programme taking place in December 2009.

The scheme is funded by Islington Council and is aimed at young Islington residents between the age of 16 and 24. The programme will take 12 individuals and place them on an intensive 3 week training course, and from there onto further training and work placements. This training will include;

* Mentoring in industry awareness

*...

To combat the shortage of practical construction related courses in Manchester schools the Construction Youth Trust has been delivering city and guilds qualifications through a mobile construction classroom. The Mobile classroom offer students a hand on approach to learning.

The van is about to embark on its first year funded by the schools having operated on a trail bases for half of the last academic year.

When the van is not busy in the classroom it can be found working with community engagement projects to introduce construction to those who might otherwise have never...