York
College helping the over
50’s with the WorkAge
Project
York College is leading
on a WorkAge Project,
funded via the European
Social Fund, which promotes
effective age management
strategies to improve
and prolong the working
lives of older workers,
and support employers
to ensure that they attract
and retain the skills,
experience and knowledge
of older employees in
the labour market.
Said Sue Newton-Brown,
Diversity Project Manager
at York College: "Often
people don’t realise
the skills they possess.
The WorkAge project can
help individuals aged
50 and over to make the
most of their attributes
and it can give them
the confidence to apply
their skills in employment,
self employment and volunteering
activities. For example,
many adults oversee projects
in the home, or take
an active role in running
clubs/societies in the
local community. Both
these activities involve
skills that can be applied
in the workplace. The
assessment workshops
provide an opportunity
for people to identify
their skills and as a
consequence help them
to plan the rest of their
working lives."
Jean Charlton, who works
in a Human Resources
department, has found
the project very useful.
She says: "WorkAge has
enabled me to look back
at the skills I have
acquired in life and
in my career and given
me the time to think
about where I take them
in the future."
York College is working
alongside PRIME, Bavidge
Consulting Ltd, Back
to Work Company, Future
Years Forum and Age UK,
with support from Business
Link, to deliver skills
assessment workshops
across West and North
Yorkshire. Programmes
during July and August
2010 will be delivered
in York, Leeds and Harrogate.
Anyone interested in
finding out more about
the the WorkAge project,
which is running until
December 2011, should
call 01904 770234.
Press Release: 23/06/10 |
