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Ibiza meets Caerphilly – Social Enterprise of The Month
Social Enterprise GR Cleaning Services are playing hosts to two students from Ibiza as part of the Erasmus programme. Aitor Venteo Maya 23 and Ivan Verdra Jiminez 21 from the Secondary Education Institution IES Sa Blanca Dona in Ibiza are enjoying a 2 month work placement in Bedwas Caerphilly. Whilst here they will benefit from being based in a business as part of their Business Administration qualification and of course an opportunity to practice their English. GR Cleaning Services has been working with Coleg Cymoedd Nantgarw for over 6 years hosting students from Ibiza. They have also hosted work placements from other partner organisations. As a Social Enterprise – GR Cleaning Services has always been keen to offer work placements and work experience as part of social aims and objectives. GR Cleaning Services is a Caerphilly based Social Enterprise, established in 2009. Their aim is to provide a professional, high quality, valued-cleaning and facilities management service in an honest and socially responsible way. All their profits are ploughed back to ensure the continued employment of staff from within the local community. All the staff are members of the Social Enterprise so have say on how the company develops. They provide domestic, office and industrial site cleaning at outstanding affordable rates, some of their clients include Wales Co-operative, ISG and Encon. Istvan Racz Business Development Manager for GR Cleaning Services said: We are very proud of the fact that we are a Social Enterprise and invest in our staff providing them with employment and training opportunities. All our staff are members of the…
Not in Education, training or employment and aged between 16 to 24 years old
GoConnect have collaborated with RecRock to deliver an innovative range of enterprise and employability programmes. The free programmes will consist of a variety of workshops and activities designed to improve young people’s confidence and give them an insight into career paths and opportunities that they may otherwise not be aware of. They will be held at our base over at The Welsh Innovation Centre (Welsh ICE) in Caerphilly so the young people will be at the heart of a thriving business community which itself will enhance the learning experience and enjoyment of the sessions. Each programme will last for two weeks – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (10 – 3) and will include the following: Confidence building, Music/Media projects, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship workshops, CV building, Interview skills as well as the chance to actually undertake a real job role working on a number of micro-businesses that we have created. Programme 1 Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 3rd March Programme 2 Tuesday 8th March – Thursday 17th March Programme 3 Tuesday 22nd March – Thursday 31st March Contact : alun@goconnectwales.org.uk or phone on 02920 140041 for further information