asphaleia blog

Ready. Set. Go!

Ready. Set. Go! programme begins Wednesday 22nd February at 9.30am at our Learning Centre! It is a 6 day programme over 2 weeks, including a qualification that will boost your CV… AND… a FREE tour of the spectacular Brighton and Hove Albion Amex football stadium! For more information on how to sign up call 01903 [...]

New NEET apprenticeship programme- ‘Access to Apprenticeships’

Last month saw the launch of the Access to Apprenticeship, an innovative new project being offered to unemployed 19-24 year olds living in Worthing and the surrounding areas. The 8 week programme will have a monthly intake and will run for 2 years in partnership with Northbrook College. The NEET Apprenticeship programme aims to help young people [...]

asphaleia open day

The asphaleia learning centre team were delighted to open their doors to the public, prospective students and fellow professionals last week. With over 50 visitors, the day was heralded a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Visitors were given the opportunity to meet learners past and present, take part in sessions and speak to staff.The event [...]

Ready. Set. Go! in December

In December we ran our Ready. Set. Go! programme, open to all 16-18 year olds in the area, to give young people a taste of what goes on at asphaleia. We received a lot of interest and on the 12th we kicked off with a session of indoor wall climbing at the Adur Activity Centre [...]

Christmas with care in Kent

To celebrate the season in December, we made mince pies with the young people and they helped us to cook a traditional Christmas lunch with them. We played pass-the-parcel and gave them their present to put under their Christmas tree until Christmas day. We discussed celebrating Christmas in different cultures, and had a really fun [...]

Christmas celebration with the young people

On Thursday 16th of December the Worthing Care team held a party for the young people at the training centre. The young people arrived to a decked out venue with Christmas decorations and festive music. The Care team organised party games, starting with musical chairs which brought out a competitive streak in both the young people [...]

asphaleia staff celebrate Christmas!

Our staff Christmas party has always been a fantastic occasion for gathering together to have fun! This year was no different when, on the 2nd of December, our much anticipated Christmas event took place. Staff from across the organisation ate, drank and danced together to celebrate the season. Our venue was The Terraces bar in [...]

Christmas decoration making in Worthing houses

On Tuesday 13th December we held a special drop-in for the young people to come and make Christmas decorations for the houses with the Worthing Care team. The table was full of sparkly card, glitter and stencils for the young people to get creative and make decorations for the house. A few of the young people [...]

Mayor celebrates with asphaleia’s Princes Trust team

Further to the recent blog regarding 13 young people’s amazing efforts to revamp Worthing’s Community House, an event was held to highlight their good work last Friday. Councillor Ann Barlow (The Mayor of Worthing) and Tim Loughton joined staff at asphaleia, Worthing Homes and Northbrook College on the 2nd December to celebrate the success of asphaleia’s [...]

asphaleia deliver at Southwick Community Centre

asphaleia are now delivering their FL contract at Southwick Community Centre. We have recently moved from central Shoreham to this lovely venue. “The building itself is very quaint and is set within some really beautiful grounds.” Phati, Literacy & Creative Arts Tutor. Our delivery there has just seen learners finish their Entry 2 Numeracy exams and a [...]