One of the 3 strategic goals of Better Connect is to Inspire Change. This involves promoting social inclusion as an essential part of creating vibrant, productive and prosperous communities.
We aim to inspire change in 3 ways:
ESF Community Grants
ESF Community Grants are part of the European Social Fund (ESF) programme and the aim of the fund is to help unemployed people progress towards employment through access to learning and training opportunities. The programme is managed across the York and North Yorkshire by Better Connect. Selby District AVS is a delivery organisation based
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Carers Plus
Each year Carers Trust organises Young Carers Awareness Day. The purpose of the day is to raise public awareness of the challenges faced by young people because of their caring role, and to campaign for greater support for young carers and their needs. There are a number of our delivery partners who support young
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LGBT+
I’ve got the honour of sharing a bit of modern queer history and also talking a little about where we’ve got to today. There is a long and important history of the struggles the queer community have faced and fought over decades past. In New York, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, which was one
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Disability
Purple Patch
Thursday 3 December is the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Introduced in 1992, the IDPD aims to promote the rights and well-being of disabled people across society. This year’s theme is ‘Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World’. We hope you’re able to take part. We want
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Mental Health
Wellbeing Resources
We’ve been focusing on mental health and wellbeing this week after celebrating World Mental Health Day last weekend. Joe works for us as ATI Programmes Co-ordinator and had some thoughts about the importance of appropriate policies at work and the impact on staff wellbeing. “Working at Better Connect, it feels like our wellbeing is genuinely
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Careers
Meet the Team
As part of our recruitment campaign, we will be sharing daily interviews with staff members where they explain a bit about who they are, what they do at Better Connect and what they enjoy the most about their job roles. Todays interview is with.. Hannah Introduce yourself! Hi my name is Hannah! I have worked
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Careers
Meet the Team
As part of our recruitment campaign, we will be sharing daily interviews with staff members where they explain a bit about who they are, what they do and what they enjoy the most about their job roles. Introduce yourself! Hi, I’m Helen. I have worked at Better Connect since February 2019 Why did you want
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Careers
Meet the Team
As part of our recruitment campaign, we will be sharing daily interviews with staff members where they explain a bit about who they are, what they do at YCL and what they enjoy the most about their job roles. Today is.. Lucie! Introduce yourself! Hello, my name is Lucie and I am the Finance Manager