Get Out More and the Highfield Community Association are now recruiting for Play Futures, a free programme for adults in West Yorkshire who are unemployed and are looking to return to work.  Play Futures is a skills-based programme supporting people towards outdoor careers in the community such as in play work, youth work or outdoor education.  Participants will develop skills in youth work and forest schools and gain key qualifications to support them into work. They will also get to learn alongside professionals on work-based placements and receive one to one job support, guidance and signposting to help them towards work and further training.  The 10-day course runs one day a week between 15 October – 13 December 2024.

Play Futures is a Community Grants project being delivered by Groundwork UK and  funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). In West Yorkshire the West Yorkshire Combined Authority leads the implementation of the Fund as part of the Mayor’s ambition to make West Yorkshire the best place to work, learn and live.

Get Out More’s Managing Director says, “Get Out More CIC and the Highfield Community Association recognise we need more skilled people to come and work in the outdoor education, youth and play sector.  We have created this course to help support more local people towards these jobs.  In our work we meet people who have a keen interest in working with children and young people but don’t know how to get a foot in the door.  This programme will provide trainees with the opportunity to develop skills in a supportive and fun environment. They will be able to put their skills into practice in real life settings, supported by professional practitioners and will leave the programme with some accredited qualifications which are respected in our sector.”

There are 12 places on the programme.  To express an interest contact Get Out More at [email protected] or Tel: 01535 668588