Step Up

Inspire Suffolk’s Step Up courses aim to provide young people (16-24 years*) the opportunity to gain industry related training and qualifications required as a stepping stone into employment. 

The courses include relevant training and qualifications which will make you more employable for your desired sector of work. These may include manual handling training, CSCS cards for construction and health and safety qualifications. These will differ depending on the course that is running.

Step Up into Construction: 1 st April – Ipswich (19 – 24 years)**

Contact Tony on [email protected] or 07715 817229 to enquire

Our Step Up Construction course will provide you with an opportunity to gain industry-related skills and work experience supporting your first steps into employment in Construction. You will work towards the foundations for gaining your CSCS Card including a Level 1 Award in Health & Safety in a Construction Environment qualification. Your CSCS Card will be provided on successful completion of coursework and test, at no cost to you.

*Age brackets can differ for some courses dependant on funding

**Learners must be aged 19 or older on 31^st August 2018 for this particular Construction course, and a citizen of a country within the EEA or a person with right of abode in the UK who has been an ordinarily resident in the EEA continuously for at least the previous three years on the first day of learning. Exceptions to the residency rule may apply in specific circumstances, please contact the office for further details.

You can sign up for any of our courses with our team please contact us on [email protected] or text or call 07590 983294 or 01473 353 194 who will be happy to help all young people complete our sign up form.

• For Step Up into Construction starting on 1st April 2019: Contact Tony on [email protected] or 07715 817229

If you have a young person that you would like to refer to Inspire Suffolk, please get in touch and we will be able to guide them onto the best option for them.

Our Step Up courses run over 2 weeks and young people will be required to attend Monday – Friday (excluding public holidays). A normal day runs from 9:30 –15:30pm.

Qualifications and training differ depending on the Step Up course that we are running. Previously, our courses have allowed students to gain qualifications and training they require to get onto their desired career path including CSCS card training and Health & Safety qualifications to name a few.

We have previously hosted Step Up courses in Health & Social Care, Construction, Hospitality, Retail, Sport with companies including Vertas, MSC, and TA Hotel Collection with many more to come.

If there is a specific sector that you would like to see our Step Up courses run in, please get in touch and register your interest with our team on [email protected] or text or call 07590 983294 or 01473 353 194.

No, this programme will not affect any benefits that you receive.

We’re always looking for organisations who can support our young people with valuable work experiences and skills during our personal development programmes, including Step Up.

Opportunities include partnering with us to run a Step Up in partnership with your organisation, providing work experience, offering to run mock interviews, hosting work related sessions, providing or supporting work related training, guided tours of your offices or site, providing work opportunities for young people when they finish programme and more.

Please get in touch on [email protected] or text or call 07590 983294 or 01473 353 194 if you can help us in any way!

We would like to thank the New Anglia LEP for supporting our Step Up courses through their Community Challenge fund managed by Suffolk Community Foundation.  These courses are also funded by the Education & Skills Funding Agency through Suffolk County Council.