We have multiple paid work opportunities for social housing tenants available now through our Employment Academy!

In addition to 12 months of paid work, we are offering an excellent training package and a dedicated Mentor who will support the successful candidates to develop and progress into sustainable employment at the end of their contracts.

Open to unemployed Cartrefi Conwy tenants:

Role: General Assistant x 4
Location: Conwy County
Hours: 42 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 23/08/2021

Role: Maintenance Assistant x 2
Location: Conwy County
Hours: 42 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 23/08/2021

Open to unemployed ClwydAlyn tenants:

Role: Support Worker
Location: Denbighshire
Hours: 27 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 13/08/2021

Job descriptions and application forms can be found here. If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to give us a call on 01492 588 980 or send an email to employmentacademy@creatingenterprise.org.uk

We are very excited to share with you the news that the Creating Enterprise Summer Roadshow starts this Friday 23 July, with the Creating Futures team taking the Jobs Bus out to Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Dwygyfylchi and Conwy.

The aim of the Roadshow is to connect with Cartrefi Conwy tenants and local people to spread the word about all of the fantastic opportunities available through the Creating Futures Academy, from jobs and volunteering to digital support and family activities. We have got plenty of fun planned to keep the little ones entertained, plus there will be free cupcakes from popular Creating Loyalty business, SJ Bakes and Treats.

Come along for a chat and find out how we can help!

During the summer holidays, the Creating Enterprise Roadshow will also be visiting:

Friday 30 July: Llanrwst , Rhos-on-Sea and Mochdre

Friday 6 August: Llandudno Junction, Llandudno and Deganwy

Friday 27 August: Peulwys, Tan Lan, Old Colwyn and Colwyn Bay

During half-term the Creating Futures team led 3 family nature walks for the parents, guardians and children involved in our Working Families project. The walks took place in Llandudno, Old Colwyn and Rhos-on-Sea, offering the families a choice of locations and settings – from the seaside to the top of Bryn Euryn!

The 3 walks presented an excellent opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet new people and chat informally about how the families can steer the project forward as it grows and evolves.

All of the families who attended the walks received a packed lunch and ice cream token from small businesses who are involved in the Creating Loyalty project, including Rachel’s Café, Gillian’s Kitchen, Vintage Kitchen, Rhos Fynach and the latest addition, Parisella’s Ice Cream Parlour. This was a great chance to support local businesses and raise awareness amongst the families of the amazing offers available to them through the Creating Loyalty app.

For more information on how you can get involved with our family activities in the future, please call us on 01492 588 980 or send an email to employmentacademy@creatingenterprise.org.uk

Eligibility criteria:

• At least 1 person in your household is working & you have at least 1 child
• You live in Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea, Mochdre or Old Colwyn
• You live in social housing or private rented accommodation

Download the ‘Scavenger Hunt’ worksheets we used on our family nature walks for FREE here:

Llandudno

Old Colwyn

Rhos-on-Sea

Our Community Rail Officer, Karen, is excited to share news of a post-Covid recovery fund aimed at local community groups:

“Do you have a great idea to bring people together and help your community recover following a really difficult few months? Conwy Valley and North West Wales Coast Community Rail Partnership have a fund of up to £250 per group available for community groups within the Conwy Valley and along the North West Wales coast to assist you in launching a post-Covid project.”

Interested parties can contact Philip Jones at CVSC for help or advice:

01492 523843

philipjones@cvsc.org.uk

*Eligibility criteria apply:

Any community organisation, charity, CIC or group that has a bank account and is based within 5 miles of a Transport for Wales Station can apply. If the organisation is not based within the given radius but can show how the grant funding will support a community that is, then this is acceptable. Individuals, businesses and statutory bodies cannot apply and neither can national charities unless it is a local branch.

On Thursday 10^th June we were delighted to welcome Minister for Employment, Mims Davies MP, up from Westminster to our Academy in Mochdre to learn more about how Creating Enterprise are offering a unique range of training and employment opportunities.

Davies was keen to hear from Creating Enterprise’s Director of Partnerships, Sharon Jones, and Cartrefi Conwy’s Managing Director, Katie Clubb, about how all of Creating Enterprise’s commercial profits are reinvested into the organisation’s social purpose, which is to support tenants and local people to create better futures for themselves, their families and their communities. Of particular interest were our Employment Academy – which offers unemployed social housing tenants 12 months of paid work alongside a fantastic training and support package – and our involvement in the Government’s Kickstart scheme, which gives young people in receipt of Universal Credit 6 months of paid work experience in a variety of truly exciting roles.

Samantha Chadburn and Lynne Moore from Colwyn Bay Jobcentre Plus highlighted the excellent working relationship between the team at Creating Enterprise, DWP staff and local employers, which is breaking down barriers and ensuring that individuals have all the guidance and support they need, whether they are looking for their first job or returning to work following a period of unemployment.

The Minister was also given an opportunity to talk with Cartrefi Conwy tenant, Jared, who is currently working with our Painting team as an Employment Academy Assistant. Jared spoke about how “nerve-racking” it was to return to work after being a stay-at-home parent for 19 years, but how the fact that there is “always someone on the end of the phone to help” has given him the confidence to settle into his role and develop skills which have set him on an unexpected but exciting new career path.

Minister for Employment, Mims Davies MP, said:

“It was fantastic to meet the Creating Enterprise and Cartrefi Conwy teams to hear about the truly innovative training and work opportunities they are creating for local people, including via the Kickstart Scheme.

“From Colwyn Bay to Carmarthen, right across Wales our Plan for Jobs is boosting skills and job prospects as we push to build back better.”

See our Employment Academy vacancies here.

See our Kickstart opportunities here.

We have multiple paid work opportunities for social housing tenants available now through our Employment Academy!

We are proud to be working in partnership with Cartrefi Conwy, ClwydAlyn Housing Association and NWPS Construction to offer tenants 12 months of paid work plus an excellent training package and a dedicated Mentor who will support the successful candidates to develop and progress into sustainable employment at the end of their contracts.

Open to any unemployed social housing tenant:

Role: Labourer
Location: Rhyl
Hours: 42.5 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 21/06/2021
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Open to unemployed Cartrefi Conwy tenants:

Role: Community Caretaker
Location: Conwy County
Hours: 32 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 21/06/2021

Role: Independent Living Assistant x 2
Location: Conwy County
Hours: 16.5 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 21/06/2021

Role: ‘Independent Me’ Assistant
Location: Conwy County
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 05/07/2021

Open to unemployed ClwydAlyn tenants:

Role: Trainee Groundworker x 2
Location: Anglesey – Wrexham
Hours: 40 per week
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Closing Date: 28/06/2021

Job descriptions and application forms can be found here. If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to give us a call on 01492 588 980 or send an email to employmentacademy@creatingenterprise.org.uk

Congratulations to our Community Rail Officer, Karen, and all at Conwy Valley Railway Partnership on having been certified as an accredited Community Rail Partnership by the Department for Transport. This achievement recognises and celebrates the wonderful work the Partnership is doing to promote sustainable, healthy and accessible travel throughout Conwy and to bring our communities together through exciting new projects and activities.

Find out more about the Conwy Valley Railway Partnership here.

The Creating Futures team are thrilled to share with you our highlights from what was a challenging but extremely rewarding year.

We hope that they serve as a reminder of our passion for and commitment to helping our communities to develop and thrive, whether that’s through supporting individuals into employment, volunteering or training, improving access to local products and services, or breaking down barriers to digital inclusion.

Creating Enterprise are currently working in partnership with NWPS Construction to offer a Labourer role in Rhyl. As this is an Employment Academy vacancy based outside of Conwy, it is open to any unemployed social housing tenant. This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity which – in addition to a full-time contract for 12 months – offers an excellent training package and a dedicated Mentor who will support the successful candidate to develop and progress into sustainable employment at the end of their contract.

You can find out more about Creating Enterprise’s unique Employment Academy here.

You can find the full job description and application form for the Labourer role here. Our Job Search Co-ordinators will be happy to support any applicant with completing the form.

Last week 54 local families who are involved in our Working Families project received packs filled to the brim with sports equipment in time to make the most of the improving weather over the Easter weekend. The packs – made possible by funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and StreetGames – contained everything the families will need to enter the project’s latest competition, which challenges them to use the items to create an obstacle course that gets the whole family involved. We have already received some excellent feedback about the packs, with one parent writing: ‘What a fantastic sports pack!!!’ We are very excited to see photos and videos of all the fun the families are guaranteed to have together.