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Derbyshire discusses national crisis

Rathbone trainees can’t wait to debate teenage joblessness on BBC Radio Five Live’s flag-ship magazine programme.

	Doing good in the Chorley hood 2 Feb 2012 Youngsters in West Lancashire are being invited to make the R-Zone their home on a Thursday evening.
	Popping in – and locking down a career 27 Jan 2012 A Tameside teenager is stepping-up to a life running her own dance studio – by completing an apprenticeship with Rathbone.
	Aleisha aims to crack the job market 25 Jan 2012 A would-be Wigan nail technician is determined NOT to be joining the rank and file on the dole queue.
	What’s occurring - in Barry? 20 Jan 2012 Young people are shore to coast into work thanks to Rathbone’s new centre in the seaside town that gave us Gavin and Stacey.
	Women winning the battle for work 17 Jan 2012 Rathbone Bury is helping to make it less grim up North for females as they fight to find a job.
	Britney: make positivity your prerogative 13 Jan 2012 Rathbone not only helped a Greater Manchester teenager get a job they also enabled her mum to make her CV stronger – and find employment, too.
	Stayin’ alive in the job hunt 10 Jan 2012 Rathbone and LateRooms.com are helping a cousin of the brilliant Bee Gees to win again in the search for work.
	Glenrothes gets its just deserts 5 Jan 2012 Cheers are ringing in the ears of a volunteer – after she served-up a second helping of awards success for Rathbone Fife.
	Raising a toast to our funders 4 Jan 2012 Rathbone has been bowled-over by the generosity of its supporters in the opening days of 2012.
	Another constructive year 21 Dec 2011 This has been a tough year for job hunters. Read how young people have laid the foundations of a future and cemented work thanks to Rathbone.
	Presenting a cracker of a Christmas idea 16 Dec 2011 When St Peter’s church in Derby needed a neighbour to help them distribute food to the vulnerable - they turned to the Rathbone base next door.
	Pearling trip ahead for gem of a volunteer 14 Dec 2011 Rathbone Runcorn student Brett Gilligan is about to leave this island to promote links between Britain and Uganda.
	Fight must go on in Workington 9 Dec 2011 Rathbone’s centre in West Cumbria is concerned that some young people have given up the ghost in the quest to find work.
	Getting fiery about truancy 7 Dec 2011 Wannabe fire lady Tiffany Barnes is making flaming good progress on Rathbone’s pre-16 programme – after she struck-out at high school.
	MSP gets the VIP at Dundee 2 Dec 2011 A leading Scottish politician repaid the warm reception he received at Rathbone by calling on businesses to provide more placements for young people.
	Wigan makes a French connection 30 Nov 2011 News of Rathbone’s work with young people has reached the world – or “Le Monde” to be more precise.
	Taking the cool out of gang 25 Nov 2011 Taking the cool out of gangRathbone chose Chorley as the setting to highlight how gangs can spread their influence into market towns.
	Sainsbury’s produce fresh hope in Derby 23 Nov 2011 East Midlands’ teens have been given bags of experience so that they can compete in the job market - thanks to a super store.
	We’re anxious to hear your view 18 Nov 2011 Rathbone is about to conduct a nationwide survey into the prevalence of stress in young people.
	Assessors impress amongst Dundee’s best 16 Nov 2011 Two Tayside tutors were amongst the awards recipients at one of their region’s biggest educational bashes.
	The choices are good in the Hudd! 11 Nov 2011 A programme to get excluded pupils back in love with learning has been given the official thumbs-up from OFSTED.
	Matt has a brush with our founder 9 Nov 2011 A budding writer has given us chapter and verse on the life and work of Elfrida Rathbone.
	Gaining training a cake walk in Rhyl 4 Nov 2011 Wales Finance Minister Jane Hutt (AM) got a slice of life at a social enterprise where young people gain the ingredients for a successful career.
	Merger announced 3 Nov 2011 Groundbreaking merger will create more life changing opportunities for thousands of the country’s most “hard to reach” young people.
	Natalie delivers midwifery message 2 Nov 2011 A Bury trainee has sprung off in another career direction to make sure babies lives aren’t put at risk.
	Giving them a voice on the box 28 Oct 2011 Rathbone is helping young people to stop being talked about - and start being listened to, instead.
	Flagging up truth on truancy 26 Oct 2011 Soccer mad Leona Ainscough is helping Rathbone to blow the whistle on why young people skip school.
	Georgia has a prayer in the job market 21 Oct 2011 Rathbone has praised a Salvation Army pre-school in West Yorkshire whose mission is to help young people find work.
	Silver award for lining up careers 19 Oct 2011 The way Rathbone Wigan guides young people’s lives has been given a vote of thanks from the careers service and their local MP.
	What are you hanging around for? 12 Oct 2011 Want to go the distance in helping disadvantaged teens? Then take up Rathbone’s marathon challenge and run for the money to help them.
	Success is in the Ayr 12 Oct 2011 Rathbone scooped the prestigious Scotland Training Federation (STF) ‘Success in Partnership’ award for its Choices Pre-16 programme.
	Football programme has them united 10 Oct 2011 Rathbone Glasgow has tackled racism and sent sectarianism for an early bath – with a little help from Scottish soccer legends.
	Taz has apprenticeship mania 7 Oct 2011 She once nursed an interest in working in health care but now an Oldham teenager is finding learning on the job with Rathbone more re-WARD-ing.
	They dig this new course 5 Oct 2011 Young people at Rathbone Aberystwyth are going against the grain – by growing food on their allotments!
	Debunking truancy 30 Sep 2011 Rathbone is conducting a nation-wide survey into why young people skip school – and what can be done to get them back into education.
	Water a way to prove you care 28 Sep 2011 Credit union ScotWest are insuring young mums are dressed best to take the next step in improving their confidence.
	Kate-ring for young people 26 Sep 2011 A Cumbrian company is helping an apprentice move into marketing.
	Fine work lands estate award 21 Sep 2011 The managers of a country house in Ayrshire have been saluted as Rathbone Scotland’s ‘Employer of the Year 2011’.
	She’s the tops at the Scots Achievers 19 Sep 2011 Young mum Khadijatou Toure Jobe has been named a Rathbone Scotland Achiever of the Year 2011.
	Creating an urban jungle 15 Sep 2011 Rathbone is backing a drive to put giraffes, hippos, gorillas, elephants, lions and rhinos on to the streets of Northampton.
	Chipping in to help them find permanent work 13 Sep 2011 Childhood friends Kate Thomson and Chloe Rennie have made the step-up to employment thanks to a Glasgow hair salon
	Find your direction with Pathways 8 Sep 2011 If you’re unsure about the next step to take, then why not try a new programme designed to get you right back on track.
	Riots not in Rebecca’s name 6 Sep 2011 As communities count the cost of the recent riots, one inspirational Rathbone trainee has an important message – “Not all young people are the same!”
	Gaining at the training awards 1 Sep 2011 Rathbone are finalists in three categories of a major award scheme - with two Scottish centres vying for the same title of Employer of the Year.
	Get into gear for this year’s achievers 30 Aug 2011 The Scottish Parliament is making way for some of Rathbone Scotland’s brightest sparks this autumn.
	Join us – it could result in better prospects 23 Aug 2011 Not got the GCSEs you wanted? Well Rathbone is here to help YOU gain the skills and qualifications to move on to college or get a job.
	Cash boost for Belfast 18 Aug 2011 Rathbone has been awarded a grant from The Big Lottery Fund to improve the prospects of young people in Northern Ireland.
	Star billing ahead for Edward 16 Aug 2011 A childhood dream to see one of his ideas turned into an advert prompted a Bury Grammar School Boys (BGSB) student to join Rathbone’s publicity team.
	Booking in with CV skills 11 Aug 2011 Continuing with their tour of Rathbone centres in Greater Manchester, a representative from LateRooms.com checked in to Ashton-under-Lyne to help learners develop their résumés.
	Youth Charities Respond to the Riots 11 Aug 2011 The six charities offer advice to young people regarding the riots.
	Shaking up the opposition 9 Aug 2011 Sports trainees from Rathbone Bury made the short trip to Gigg Lane recently to receive a Rathbone five-a-side trophy from Bury FC stars Efetobore Sodje and Andy Haworth.
	They’re set on hairdressing 4 Aug 2011 Things are really beginning to gel for Glasgow duo Alexandra McManus and Kayleigh Kane - but now they need employers to chip-in and offer them a taste of the workplace.
	First class tips from the top of the class 2 Aug 2011 Aim to study subjects you value rather than those you’re good at.
	Breakfast epiphanies for Derby businesses 28 Jul 2011 Rathbone Youth Programmes Coordinator Aaron Denton took pride of place at a meeting to convince companies to connect with young people.
	Shaping-up for a career in fitness 26 Jul 2011 Trainees from the North East have been making healthy progress learning the ropes of the fitness business.
	Helping them make the right connections 21 Jul 2011 Hotel specialists LateRooms.com have made an early impact in their quest to teach teenagers how to use the telephone and compose eye-catching communications to win over bosses.
	Here’s the formula to win one of Lewis’ caps 19 Jul 2011 Want to lap-up a former motor racing champion’s headgear? Then accelerate over to Rathbone’s new eBay page.
	A thumping good way to regenerate Derby 15 Jul 2011 Arty trainees are doing their bit to portray their city and its young people in a better light.
	Record shop experience puts youngster back on track 11 Jul 2011 Music mad Michelle Cowan has found the perfect placement to get her into the groove of working.
	Kicking-out despair and tackling divisions 8 Jul 2011 Rathbone Northern Ireland lined-up a soccer tournament to support a suicide awareness group and honour a local footballer.
	LateRooms.com gets a rousing reception 7 Jul 2011 Rathbone has given its ringing endorsement to a new programme to help teenagers use the phone and email more effectively.
	Steering Jodie in the right direction 5 Jul 2011 Rathbone Rochdale is helping a young woman decide whether to accelerate into car mechanics or cut it in hair and beauty.
	Choices programme shoots to prominence 28 Jun 2011 Scotland’s leading body for sharing educational best practice has developed a film all about Rathbone Ayrshire.
	Still time to take the pledge 27 Jun 2011 Wiganers have just a few days to make a public stand for teenagers – before learners from Rathbone link-up with the town’s new Mayor.
	Danielle Barratt’s right at home with Rathbone 20 Jun 2011 A would-be coach and water polo starlet is kicking-on with her career thanks to our base in the heart of Manchester.
	Take a leaf out of Lateefa’s book 17 Jun 2011 A wonderful Walsall woman is aiming to, “push it back into the bully’s faces” by teaching schoolchildren a thing or two about being disabled.
	Grammar sinks fundraising efforts into kitchen 14 Jun 2011 Students at Bury Grammar School Boys raised a healthy portion of cash to build a kitchen at Rathbone Bury – and then discovered they had a lot in common with those they helped.
	The sweet smell of success 14 Jun 2011 Rathbone Cymru has ensured that a would-be aromatherapist is well-heeled and been given all the essential support she needs to succeed.
	Vodafone mobilises volunteers 9 Jun 2011 Rathbone Hackney picked-up £60,000 worth of funding in just ONE DAY - thanks to the help of a team of experts from one of the world’s leading communications companies.
	Helping Jessica nail down a future 7 Jun 2011 With a little bit of varnish, a Coventry beautician is helping to repair the tarnished image of teenagers - and build bridges with older folks.
	A panoramic view on unemployment 3 Jun 2011 The BBC’s flagship prime-time documentary programme has taken a look at how to get people off benefits and into work – with a little help from Rathbone Rhyl.
	Why branching out into wood-work makes sense 1 Jun 2011 Learners on Rathbone Coventry’s Enhance Work Experience programme have twigged that by helping others - you can watch your own career prospects blossom.
	Furnish us with your pledge 27 May 2011 MP Lisa Nandy has joined forces with Rathbone to encourage Wiganers to make their town their first in the country to promise to stop demonising teens.
	A window on the world of work 24 May 2011 Rathbone Chorley’s LEAP programme has helped would-be welder and part-time window cleaner Alex Benyon to get a bucketful of skills and qualifications.
	Net yourself a place on our programme 20 May 2011 Rathbone is helping to cure a national shortage of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) apprentices by launching a new website to recruit more work based learners.
	Streets ahead in her job search 17 May 2011 Ashton learner Becky Moore once served soap star Sue Nicholls when working as a trainee hairdresser. But now she is making waves with Rathbone and wants to return to work – in IT!
	All the ingredients to overcome joblessness? 12 May 2011 Read Rathbone’s response to Government proposals to boost apprenticeships and get “vulnerable young people into work.”
	Cyclists insure project isn’t short of cash 10 May 2011 Rathbone youth work apprentice Samuel Bray is cycling over 100 MILES so that teens in Tameside can experience the countryside for the first time in their lives.
	A taste of the work place – at last 5 May 2011 After THREE YEARS of waiting around for work, Jim Pickering is now waiting on tables at Rathbone Rhyl’s new Taste Academy and getting all the ingredients he needs to carve out a career.
	Novices get into the caring habit 3 May 2011 A team of young people from Rathbone Perth has been nurturing nature close to the site of a 14th century abbey.
	An enterprising appointment 28 Apr 2011 Rathbone Deputy Chief Executive Alison Tumilty has been selected to sit on the board of a business partnership designed to get Manchester up and going.
	Funds flooding in after Flash dash 26 Apr 2011 Chief Executive Dr Richard Williams ran a country mile (and then several more) to raise over £400 for Rathbone.
	Don’t pass up chance to convert to apprenticeship 21 Apr 2011 He is usually UNDER a bonnet but French rugby player turned car mechanic Faisal Shah is taking time out to give apprenticeships the big UP.
	St Peter’s - the place to find your calling 18 Apr 2011 Veteran MP and leading Labour Party light Margaret Beckett believes Rathbone Derby’s new centre could be where YOU “find that niche, that work that is so satisfying.”
	Volunteers show plenty of medal 13 Apr 2011 Rathbone picked Huddersfield’s Cotton Club as the venue for its final vflex celebration.
	Tons of top tips from Tipton 8 Apr 2011 Childcare pair Nadia and Pamela Begum are taking time out of their training to help Rathbone recruit apprentices from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.
	Mum’s the word with the Kainé Management gang 4 Apr 2011 Le’Vanna George-Farrell is one of five teen parents to take their first steps back into the world of work thanks to a newly-born Leicester programme.
	Hop along to the Frog and Bucket 1 Apr 2011 Rathbone is hoping to give the people of Manchester a right ribbetting laugh at one of Britain’s top comedy pads.
	Derby give despair the needle 29 Mar 2011 Being a DJ can teach you an array of new skills. So says Chay Linnett who is backing a new scheme to turn teenage lives around at the turn-tables.
	Digging for victory 25 Mar 2011 Flowering horticulturist, maths enthusiast and model student Claire Ashton could be about to add the title, “beauty queen” to her growing list of achievements.
	It beats just filling in time 23 Mar 2011 Get your teeth into apprenticeship – that’s the advice from former dental nurse turned Rathbone receptionist, Sana Ibrahim.
	Amina means to promote apprenticeships 18 Mar 2011 A child care student from Oldham is hoping to persuade more young people from black and Asian communities to take their first steps into work based learning.
	Mechanics peddle training on the job 16 Mar 2011 Gear up for an apprenticeship and watch your career zoom.
	Hatters top of the bill at bank launch 11 Mar 2011 Song-writing duo Gemma Pass and Mark McGlynn made sure that an event to roll-out a new Barclays programme was a notable success.
	Bray-ve tales inspire Tameside teens 8 Mar 2011 A Rathbone Apprentice Youth Worker is using his experiences of being homeless to help other young people facing family crisis.
	Help train Paul Bain 4 Mar 2011 Rathbone is on the hunt for a school to enable an amazing, trail-blazing male child carer to complete his qualifications.
	How Gavin became the mane man 2 Mar 2011 Working with horses and starting a couple of courses have helped North Wales man Gavin Wyn Parry to make hay in the job market.
	Pile up the pennies by completing Flash dash 28 Feb 2011 Rathbone is inviting those on its side to take to the country and raise readies by completing a ten kilometre trek.
	More on learning difficulties 25 Feb 2011 What is dyslexia? Who is Asperger? And is tourette’s really just about uncontrollable swearing?
	Allen holds the key to successful fundraiser 22 Feb 2011 Manhattan’s favourite neurotic comic had his audience rolling in the aisles - and the cash rolling into Rathbone’s pockets - at Britain’s oldest cinema in Birmingham.
	Turning somersaults to help young people in Wales 18 Feb 2011 Crumlin lad Jack Rogers has traded in homelessness and unemployment for a settled life and a career in construction.
	Why Rathbone is music to his ears 14 Feb 2011 Oldham teenager Josh Neale has tuned-up his skills and made notable progress thanks to a work placement arranged by our Opening Doors team.
	Sharpen up your chances with an apprenticeship 9 Feb 2011 Dewsbury child carer Laura Linsky has a tip for teenagers – pencil-in some work based learning and it might just lead to a job.
	It all hinged on Opening Doors for Bolton chippy 4 Feb 2011 A new Rathbone programme has enabled a would-be carpenter to get a handle on the work place and step up to an apprenticeship.
	Ensuring you’re not green about gangs 2 Feb 2011 Rathbone intern Charlie Stack attended a conference organised by Children & Young People Now magazine on why children join gangs.
	Egg-on this attempt to raise bread 31 Jan 2011 Learners at Bury are aiming to build a kitchen in their centre – after a survey showed that 76% couldn’t afford the time or the expense of having a proper breakfast.
	Time to learn lessons on gangs 26 Jan 2011 Rathbone Director Paul Fletcher will tell a national conference that children as young as NINE should be taught about the dangers of joining gangs.
	Help us to learn about these difficulties 24 Jan 2011 Rathbone needs YOUR support to discover how the public views those with special educational needs.
	Top class support for teenage mums 21 Jan 2011 A unique programme run out of Rathbone’s centre in Glasgow is helping some of the city’s most vulnerable young mothers to stand on their own two feet.
	Motherwell strike gold after conquering big Ben 18 Jan 2011 Peak performers from Rathbone Lanarkshire raised over £700 for their centre after traversing one of the toughest treks in the Trossachs.
	Good - for all young people 14 Jan 2011 A public relations undergraduate is discovering that Rathbone offers life-changing support to the qualified as well as the disadvantaged.
	Future Jobs Fund five socket to them 12 Jan 2011 A quintet of South Manchester teens has switched-on to a brighter future thanks to a partnership between Rathbone, Connexions and the UK’s leading electrical retailer, Currys.
	George in town to receive national award 7 Jan 2011 A tutor from Rathbone Derby has just returned from London having become one of the first teachers in Britain to be awarded with the QTLS qualification.
	Why Tesco chose to help us 4 Jan 2011 Rathbone’s centre in Manchester has been presented with a generous donation from a new store opening in their city centre.
	Marking another year of achievement 21 Dec 2010 Kelly Marks is one of the young people who have progressed with Rathbone in 2010. Read Kelly and other young people’s inspirational stories.
	Fundraising suits our Santas 17 Dec 2010 There was no Kirb-ing the enthusiasm of our team from Knowsley recently as they went dashing through the snow to raise some readies for Rathbone.
	New Deal ensures Gordon isn’t left on the shelf 15 Dec 2010 A Rathbone Cymru Flexible New Deal customer from North Wales has been recognised for his dedication by his new employer.
	Devoid of understanding for the unemployed 13 Dec 2010 A new survey released by Rathbone shows that compassion for the jobless is in short supply.
	Counting Down to Christmas 8 Dec 2010 The advent of a giant calendar has lit up the pre-yuletide celebrations at the Rathbone centre in Musselburgh near Edinburgh.
	Banking on a better future thanks to Barrow 6 Dec 2010 Rathbone weighed-in with all the help Ellie Livingston needed to gain qualifications and find full-time work.
	Rathbone Centre Opening times over Christmas 29 Nov 2010 Rathbone centres will be closed over the Christmas period. Check the dates here
	Mayor meets those Rathbone has helped 26 Nov 2010 The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Policing and Criminal Justice Minister, Nick Herbert MP, visited a pioneering young offenders unit that boasts one of the lowest rates of re-offending in the UK.
	Rathbone does Children in Need 24 Nov 2010 Staff and trainees at Chorley have been doing their bit for one of the nation’s favourite campaigns.
	These meddling kids made all the difference 23 Nov 2010 Bury duo Chelsea Goddard and Chelsea Corcoran are certainly clued-up about how to raise money for charity – because they helped collect over £200 for Children in Need.
	Enter the Chorley Fu fighters 19 Nov 2010 LEAP trainees Antonia Sullivan and Coner Birkin are mastering a martial art in order to sharpen up their minds - as well as their bodies.
	A portrait of Jayde the gem 16 Nov 2010 A South Manchester 16-year-old has proved there’s still life in her – after excelling in classes at an artist’s studio.
	Meet the Marks brother 12 Nov 2010 He’s the welcoming face at Rathbone Northampton’s new base and is keeping learning in the family.
	Laura’s right at home with the old folks 9 Nov 2010 A Lanarkshire lass got the best 18th birthday present she could ever have wished for when she landed a placement caring for the elderly.
	Why Natasha White is tickled pink 5 Nov 2010 A would-be air stewardess from Wigan has watched her career take-off with Rathbone.
	Help this lot to go places 3 Nov 2010 It has a growing reputation for cultivating tomorrow’s child carers. But a lack of paid-for apprenticeship opportunities is stunting the progress of learners at Rathbone Carlisle.
	Clock the progress they’ve made 1 Nov 2010 Best mates from the Black Country are waking-up to a future as child carers.