Intent:

The  Grow Your Ambition programme was part of the provision for college students in the Portsmouth Area, and this cohort was specifically targeting students from the Aspire and Achieve programme at City of Portsmouth College, Sixth Form Campus.

The aim of this programme was to help students to develop key employability and life skills to help them with their future career progressions.

Implementation:

These aims were achieved through a series of workshops including budgeting, time management, cooking, writing CVs and networking. Each workshop allowed the young people to assess their individual strengths, try something new and develop their skills ready for their next steps.

Impact:

Students said:

“It’s inspired me to organise my own events and practice different entrepreneurial skills. It has also helped me figure out roughly what steps I want to take next”.

“It’s inspired me to volunteer more and expand my skills ”.

The students on the programme organised 5 different fundraisers including raffles, craft sales and scavenger hunts, raising over £450 for different charities. This gave the other students in the college the opportunity to find out more and support local charities, as well as find out more about the GYA programme.