I've been unemployed for almost 2 years now and the Job Centre have sent me on a course with BTCV Enterprises; the enterprise arm of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. For the next 13 weeks; well 12 now, I will spend 4 days a week in a work placement and 1 day a week doing Jobsearch with BTCV. I have been placed with Northside Community Centre Ltd and am doing a lot of their administrative work. The centre serves 360 properties on a fairly large council estate to the north of Workington and runs various programmes, including a youth club. They also have a number of halls and rooms that they hire out. I've enjoyed my first week and am looking forward to the rest of my time there. The only shame is that even though a fair percentage of the people that come through BTCV get full-time jobs with their placements I probably won't; mainly because of the fact that I'm working with a charity that will only have limited funds in place. However, I'm enjoying it and my CV will be updated with some current work experience.
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