Adviza has launched a new programme to upskill employees within small and medium-sized businesses in Buckinghamshire. The offer includes vouchers of £150 for small and medium sized businesses in Buckinghamshire to contribute towards the cost of workplace training. Buckinghamshire Skills Brokerage is delivered by Adviza in partnership with Buckinghamshire Business First and co-funded by the...

A network of educators, local enterprise and business partners, led by Adviza, has launched a major initiative to attract, recruit and upskill the talent that Berkshire’s employers desperately need to remain innovative and competitive. 

Called WOOP (Worlds of Opportunity), the programme promotes opportunities, seeks talent and helps to ensure that education and training programmes keep pace with...

On Friday 10th March, Against the Grain welcomed Rob Wilson, MP for Reading East to its new workshop in Acre Road, Reading, to meet the team and learn about its work with young people.

Rob took time out from his busy schedule to talk to one of Against the Grain’s trainees, George...

We are delighted to announce that Adviza has won an award from the Career Development Institute. Maninder Hayre, Assistant Delivery Director, was announced as the Careers Service Manager of the Year at last night's UK Career Development Awards Dinner, a black tie event held at the Hilton Hotel in Leeds.   

Maninder was nominated for the award due to her inspirational...

With National Apprenticeship week right around the corner let’s take a look at why Apprenticeships create brilliant opportunities for young people, adults and employers.

Apprenticeships were once seen as a last resort option for students that didn’t make the mark but that’s no longer true! They provide people of all ages with an excellent...

Adviza is delighted to announce it has maintained its position in the recently released Sunday Times100 not-for-profit organisations to work for, for a 7th year in a row.  The Best Not-for-Profit list features the public sector bodies, charities and housing associations with the highest level of overall employee engagement.

Katharine Horler, CEO of...

Re-engaging 14 and 15-year-old students who are at risk of leaving school without further education, employment or training placements can be a tough task.  But an innovative social enterprise project called Energise is proving that intensive and structured support delivered at the right time reduces the risks and turns lives around.

Energise is...

According to a recent report by Price Waterhouse Cooper, 17% of 16-24 year olds are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).  Youth Worker Stephen Todd says negative portrayals by the media of gloomy prospects for young people is hitting them hard.  Stephen understands the pressures young people face, not only does he work with...

Against the Grain, Adviza's social enterprise upcycling furniture in Reading, is delighted to announce it has been awarded a £10,000 grant from Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF).  The much needed funding will be used to continue the current trainees’ 18-month training programme which includes tuition from experts and to pay for on-going costs for supplies...

Following on from last year’s well received Inspiration Conferences, our 2016 events have once again been a great success. Held in Abingdon and Swindon, the conferences were attended by 95 careers co-ordinators, teachers and careeers leads from schools across the Thames Valley.

National keynote speakers provided inspiration on the theme of employer engagement and best...