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A SWINDON-BASED business is backing a social enterprise schemes fashion show fundraiser.

A SWINDON social enterprise which helps young people who are at risk of unemployment has appointed a businessman to its board.

A SWINDON social enterprise which helps young people who are at risk of unemployment has appointed a businessman to its board.

TWO Swindon teenagers celebrated receiving offers for their dream jobs after finishing The Platform Projects internship scheme. Charlotte Hinds now works in the hospitality sector for PGL and Daniella Page started work at First City Nursing Services in Swindon. The 18-year-olds highlighted their experience at The Platform Project in Dorcan during their job interviews, which included working on projects relating to online publishing, project management and self-employment. After dropping...

Young people on The Platform Projects intern scheme who are being helped by a Wiltshire Community Foundation grant A SOCIAL enterprise group helping young people on the margins of education and training become more employable has been boosted by a coronavirus fund grant. The Platform Project in Swindon has been awarded £13,300 from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund to help with salary costs. The fund has distributed more than £1.1m through more than...

A SOCIAL enterprise in Swindon that gives young people work experience to improve their skills and help them find employment has taken on two new managing partners. The Platform Project welcomed Alison Adams and Michelle Simpson from Old Town to its team after receiving grant funding from the John Lewis Partnership Community Legacy Fund. Michelle said: “I have followed The Platform Project from its early stages and have been so impressed by the impact and work that it does. "I have a ...

CHARITY founder Fiona Simpson has joined Swindon-based social enterprise The Platform Project to help more young people find work or take their next steps in life. Thanks to the project receiving new funding grants, Fiona is now the latest member of the team, a part-time youth development manager. She has worked with young people in various roles, including co-founding a charitable foundation in 2016. Her new role will support the internship programme, which is where young people aged 1...

A SOCIAL enterprise in Swindon that helps disadvantaged young people improve their career prospects is extending its support to a wider age range.