Newsletter for the Yorkshire and Humber Skills, Employability and Education for the 2012 Games Virtual Network

	In this month's newsletter Barnsley and Newham Kids Have Got What it Takes to Get Enterprising Wakefield College Learners Get Set for London 2012 Yorkshire Competitors Needed for WorldSkills UK 2009/10 Competitions Ask Harry: What’s it like to be a WorldSkills Training Manager? Your Invitation: Watch a Live Skills Competition in York, 4th December Your Opportunity to Host a WorldSkills UK competition 500 Free Disability Inclusion Training Places for Sports Coaches 3rd December: 1,000 days Until the Paralympic Games Yorkshire Youth Inspired to Develop Skills Sport and the Voluntary Sector WorkingTogether on Olympic and Paralympic Legacies Deloitte Business Competition for Higher Education Students - 2,012 Words to Singapore Student Placement Ppportunities at London 2012 Really Useful Partner Website Links Dates for Your Diary Forthcoming Events Get in Touch!

	NEWS
	Barnsley and Newham Kids Have Got What it Takes to Get Enterprising Forty children aged 11 to 14 from schools in Barnsley and Newham came together at Pond’s Forge in Sheffield on Tuesday 10th of November to be the first young people in the country to trial a brand new enterprise challenge. To find out more click here

Back to top	Wakefield College Learners Get Set for London 2012 In September 2009, 18 schools and colleges across the country were named as the founding members of the 2012 Get Set Network. Wakefield College is proud to be the first Further Education College in Yorkshire and the Humber to be included in the Network’s inaugural membership. To find out more click here

	Yorkshire Competitors Needed for WorldSkills UK 2009/10 Competitions UK Skills (the not for profit organisation that manages the delivery of innovative, high profile skills competitions and awards) is on the hunt for talented individuals to take part in this year’s series of WorldSkills UK competitions . To find out more click here

Back to top	Ask Harry: What’s it like to be a WorldSkills Training Manager? Harry Turner is Landscape Manager and Horticultural Lecturer at Askham Bryan College in York. He has been involved with WorldSkills for over 6 years – as a Training Manager and Expert - and has recently come back from WorldSkills 2009 in Calgary. To find out more click here

	Your Opportunity to Host a WorldSkills UK Competition UK Skills have now opened applications for organisations to apply to become national ‘Accredited Host Centres’ for competitions running in 2011. Competition hosts are normally voluntary and are not paid for the use of their facilities. To find out more click here

Back to top	Your invitation: Watch a Live Skills Competition in York, 4th December Askham Bryan College invite you to come and watch a landscape gardening skills competition in action on Friday 4th December. There will be 14 competitors from a range of countries and they will be challenged to build a garden to a high standard and under pressure. . To find out more click here

	500Free Disability Inclusion Training Places for Sports Coaches If you are a coach delivering regular coaching sessions and are committed to providing equal opportunities in sports coaching then apply now for your free Typhoo Sports for All Disability Inclusion Course. To find out more click here

Back to top	3rd December: 1,000 days Until the Paralympic Games The 3rd of December 2009 will mark 1,000 days until the start of the Paralympic Games in London. There will be a range of activities and events to mark this special occasion in Yorkshire just before, during and after the day itself with a week-long celebration including training, volunteering, talent identification and competitions. To find out more click here

	Yorkshire Youth Inspired to Develop Skills SAYLS - The Sheffield Academy of Young Leaders in Sport provides opportunities for talented young sports leaders to develop their skills through participation in mentored leadership of sports events and a supporting taught programme. To find out more click here

Back to top	Sport and the Voluntary Sector Working Together on Olympic and Paralympic Legacies NAVCA – the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action – recently organised an event in York that to raise awareness of regional activity around the Sport England strategy, the third sector in the region and 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Legacy. . To find out more click here

	Deloitte Business Competition for Higher Education Students - 2,012 Words to Singapore The brand new Deloitte Business Competition gives university students the opportunity to make their impact on the London 2012 Games. To find out more click here

Back to top	Student Placement Opportunities at London 2012 Students are being invited to apply for internships within London 2012's Technology team and take advantage of a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a once in a lifetime project.. To find out more click here


	Really Useful Partner Website Links www.skillslegacy.co.uk www.yorkshire-gold.com www.podium.ac.uk getset.london2012.com www.abilityvsability.co.uk


	Dates for Your Diary
	23rd November 2009 PODIUM Workshop for Colleges, Leeds (NB workshop nearly full). Please contact info@podium.ac.uk with your name, job and college no later than Friday 20th November 5pm to reserve your last minute place on this popular workshop.

	3rd December 2009: 1,000 days until the Paralympic Games 3rd-5th March 2010: Legacy Lives 2010 (London)

Back to top	Forthcoming events Please visit this link for further information: http://www.yorkshire-gold.com/events/ For business events information or news from the Yorkshire Gold Business Club please visit: http://www.ygbc.co.uk/events/

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