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Community conversations at Employability Club (“a free resource for Hackney residents, aged 50 and over, who have not retired ... training and drop-in sessions every week, with an emphasis on basic skills and awareness for employment and self-employment”). Our podcasts are field recordings using bu…

Hackney Employability Club


    • Sep 22, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Create Your Future: personal journeys of BAME women in Hackney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017 19:19


    Maxine Collins, Programme Coordinator of Create Your Future in Hackney, leads a conversation about how CYF is helping older BAME women. Other voices belong to Deolinda, Jennifer, Rick and Sandra.Create Your Future on the WWW: http://hcvs.org.uk/create-your-future/We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 22 September 2017.

    Create Your Future: personal journeys of BAME women in Hackney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017 19:19


    Maxine Collins, Programme Coordinator of Create Your Future in Hackney, leads a conversation about how CYF is helping older BAME women. Other voices belong to Deolinda, Jennifer, Rick and Sandra.Create Your Future on the WWW: http://hcvs.org.uk/create-your-future/We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 22 September 2017.

    UnAge: older and younger people developing age-neutral business ideas together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 18:11


    Gini Simpson and Christian Ahlert deliver a progress report on their UnAge project, brilliantly piloted at Hackney Employability Club. Other voices belong to Folu, Joyce, Kate, Ken, Mercy, Rick and Walter.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 14 July 2017.By the way — this is the second, slightly shorter edit of this episode.

    UnAge: older and younger people developing age-neutral business ideas together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 18:11


    Gini Simpson and Christian Ahlert deliver a progress report on their UnAge project, brilliantly piloted at Hackney Employability Club. Other voices belong to Folu, Joyce, Kate, Ken, Mercy, Rick and Walter.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 14 July 2017.By the way — this is the second, slightly shorter edit of this episode.

    Blume – flexible work for older people

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 24:25


    A community conversation led by Alexander Stevenson – with Joyce, Leonard and Rick – about Blume.Life (“Flexible work for older people, Great results for everyone. Over 50? Under 150? Interested in flexible working? Blume is the place for you”) – a community-rooted startup.Web sites mentioned: https://blume.life (Blume).We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 13 July 2017.

    Blume – flexible work for older people

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 24:25


    A community conversation led by Alexander Stevenson – with Joyce, Leonard and Rick – about Blume.Life (“Flexible work for older people, Great results for everyone. Over 50? Under 150? Interested in flexible working? Blume is the place for you”) – a community-rooted startup.Web sites mentioned: https://blume.life (Blume).We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 13 July 2017.

    How to be entrepreneurial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 27:01


    A community conversation with Amar, Joyce, Karen and Rick – about being entrepreneurial, in self-employment or to catch an employer.Web sites mentioned: http://www.drugandalcoholeducationservices.co.uk/ (Drug and Alcohol Education Services), https://www.discogs.com/ (Discogs).We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 29 June 2017.

    How to be entrepreneurial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 27:01


    A community conversation with Amar, Joyce, Karen and Rick – about being entrepreneurial, in self-employment or to catch an employer.Web sites mentioned: http://www.drugandalcoholeducationservices.co.uk/ (Drug and Alcohol Education Services), https://www.discogs.com/ (Discogs).We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 29 June 2017.

    Benefacto – they DO make a difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 30:00


    A community conversation with Stevie Back from Benefacto – and from Employability Club - Rick, Tom, Bintou. We are talking about how Benefacto's employment volunteering scheme has helped older people in Hackney since April 2014.Web link: Benefacto ( http://benefacto.org )We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 15 June 2017.

    Benefacto – they DO make a difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 30:00


    A community conversation with Stevie Back from Benefacto – and from Employability Club - Rick, Tom, Bintou. We are talking about how Benefacto's employment volunteering scheme has helped older people in Hackney since April 2014.Web link: Benefacto ( http://benefacto.org )We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 15 June 2017.

    Zero Hours vs No Hours

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 17:01


    An unscripted community conversation between Lady Esther (a.k.a. Sistah 2C) and Kamye Miessen — who both have personal experience of zero-hours contracts in the UK.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 25 May 2017.

    Zero Hours vs No Hours

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 17:01


    An unscripted community conversation between Lady Esther (a.k.a. Sistah 2C) and Kamye Miessen — who both have personal experience of zero-hours contracts in the UK.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 25 May 2017.

    Is your date of birth on your CV?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2017 30:01


    An unscripted community conversation led by Lady Esther (a.k.a. Sistah 2C). We are talking about our experiences in the job market – and our feelings about those experiences.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 18 May 2017.

    Is your date of birth on your CV?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2017 30:01


    An unscripted community conversation led by Lady Esther (a.k.a. Sistah 2C). We are talking about our experiences in the job market – and our feelings about those experiences.We record in our workspace training room, with working background noise. It's not supposed to sound like a studio. 18 May 2017.

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