YOUNG people are being encouraged to sign up to the Prince’s Trust programme to boost their confidence and learn new skills.
The 12-week development programme, aimed at 16 to 25-year-olds, is made up of everything from fun and challenging team-building exercises to community based projects that aim to make a difference to local areas.
The programme, delivered by South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, starts again later this month.
John Daley, from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Over three months, we give youngsters the opportunity to really push themselves, learn new skills and have fun in the process.
“They give back to the community through local based projects, which they help to decide, and work hard to really make a difference and improve an area through that work.
“While they will learn many practical and employable skills along the way, often what we see the most is a huge increase in the confidence of those who take part, which is fantastic.
“Prince’s Trust really does help people develop and over recent years we’ve picked up numerous awards, including two for community projects and one known as a Rising Star award, which is given to the person who has shown the most progress and development across the course each year.”
The next course in Barnsley starts on Monday, January 29. To find out more about the programme, and to get a taster of what it would be like before signing up, there are a number of open days taking place over the next few weeks, which people are encouraged to attend.
They will be held at Broadway fire station in Barnsley on Monday, Wednesday and January 15 and 23 and at Dearne Community Fire Station, Manvers, on January 16, 17 and 18 for the Dearne course.
There will be sessions on each open day from 10-12pm and from 1-3pm on the above days.
To be part of the next programme text YES BARNSLEY to 07769 887249 or email princestrust@syfire.gov.uk.
