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Engaging young people in local projects that help them prepare for the world of work and independent living.
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Young people who participate in NCS local community experiences can take part in projects designed to develop their transferable skills and prepare them for the world of work and independent living. They will also have the opportunity to design and implement social action projects to make a difference in their local communities.
Each community experience is 16 hours long, but each programme is different depending on after-school, weekend and holiday availability, giving plenty of flexibility to fit into young people’s busy lives.
Throughout the programme, young people will have opportunities to develop skills, make new friends and have fun.
These new local community experiences are funded by NCS (National Citizen Service) to support young people across Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.
The experiences are designed to complement the full NCS offering – away from home, online and now in their community – so teenagers engage in local activities that foster skills development, deepen their understanding of the local community and empower them to contribute positively to it’s improvement.
Young people who take part in these experiences will have opportunities to:
Catch22 is delivering the experiences in:
NCS (National Citizen Service) offers a range of experiences for young people aged 16 – 17 supporting them to become world ready and work ready through growing their confidence, independence, and skills; connecting them with people from all walks of life; and empowering them to make a difference in their communities and wider society. NCS wants to create a country of connected, confident and caring citizens where everyone feels at home.
Taking part in NCS experiences at pivotal moments in their lives supports a generation of young people to seize opportunities and face the future with confidence, have an appreciation and tolerance of different views and perspectives, and be more actively engaged in civic life. These are the ingredients of a more socially cohesive society.
800,000 young people have taken part in NCS over the last decade, completing over 18 million hours of community-based social action, and gaining priceless life experiences.
Through these community experiences, NCS Trust is seeking to provide young people with regular activities in their local area, so that they do not need to stay away from home. This gives them more choice and flexibility in how they engage with a year-round NCS offer.
NCS was a great and challenging experience for me – from adapting to a new area to being in the same room with people I don’t really know. But, in the end, it was the best decision I made for myself! I really gained a lot of skills for my future to be a better person and I absolutely love that for myself. 100% would recommend!
Anjuli, NCS participant
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Jay Laven
Operations Manager, Skills
We accept referrals from young people aged 16-17 who live in Greater Manchester (Manchester, Oldham, Stockport, Rochdale, and Tameside) or the West Midlands (Telford and Wrekin, Shopshire and South Staffordshire).
Please register your interest using our contact form, and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.
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We usually have to disclose the complainant’s identity to whoever the complaint is about. This is inevitable where, for example, the accuracy of a person’s record is in dispute. If a complainant doesn’t want information identifying him or her to be disclosed, we will try to respect that. However, it may not be possible to handle a complaint on an anonymous basis.
We will keep personal information contained in complaint files in line with our retention policy. This means that information relating to a complaint will be retained for six years from closure. It will be retained in a secure environment and access to it will be restricted according to the ‘data minimisation’ principle.
For more information, please see the Complaints, Compliments and Feedback policy.
The Data Processor (the organisation that does data processing on behalf of Catch22) is Totally.Tech.
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Catch22 may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or data processors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy notice.
In addition, we may disclose information about you:
Except as provided in this privacy notice, Catch22 will not provide your information to third parties without your consent.
Catch22 will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure, encrypted password and firewall protected servers. As data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
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We may update this privacy notice from time-to-time. Check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
Please contact the Data Protection Officer if you have any queries regarding this Privacy Notice or if you would like to exercise or query any of the following rights afforded to you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
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For further information on your rights, please visit the Individual Rights page on the ICO website.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or of our treatment of your personal data, please email dpo@catch-22.org.uk or write to:
Data Protection Officer
Catch22
27 Pear Tree Street
London
EC1V 3AG
Catch22’s data protection registration number is Z1473239
Catch22 is a national organisation that works across England and Wales delivering services in a variety of settings. These include schools, colleges, social care, victim services, family support, prisons, apprenticeships, and employment support.
We have been around for over 200 years and our focus is about making a difference to people by delivering our 3Ps – having good people around, having a good place to live/study/work, and having good purpose in life. Different services will focus on different aspects but we aim to address those three elements to support people to thrive.
Young people who participate in NCS Local Community Experiences can take part in projects designed to develop their transferable skills and prepare them for the world of work and independent living. They will also have the opportunity to design and implement social action projects to make a difference in their local communities.
Each community experience is 16 hours long, but each programme is different depending on after-school, weekend, and holiday availability, giving plenty of flexibility to fit into young people’s busy lives.
Throughout the programme, young people will have opportunities to develop skills, make new friends, and have fun.
So that we can provide you with a service, we will need to collect some information about you. Some things will be obvious but if you have any queries about any of the information we ask you for or why we need it, then please ask us. The list below covers the key things we will ask for:
We may ask you to give us some more sensitive information (also known as ‘special data’) like your gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and/or any disabilities. We will explain to you why we need this information and you are free to refuse to give it if you do not wish to do so.
We need your information for us to remain in contact with you and to keep accurate records of the support you are receiving from or through NCS.
The two main pieces of law that apply are:
We do have to have a legal basis for processing your information and this is:
The ‘special data’ that we collect has to meet even more of a legal test and our legal basis for collecting this is:
The Information Commissioner’s Office has given further guidance that sets out when these conditions can be used as the legal basis for processing your information and this can be supplied to you if you wish to see it.
The majority of the information we hold comes from you. Additionally though, we will hold information that has come from other organisations that may have referred you to our service with your consent, including:
We will only share information about you to other organisations where we have a record that you have agreed for your details to be passed on to another service to provide you with further or additional support.
We may have to share information if we are legally obliged to do so, for example where we have serious concerns about your safety or that of someone else associated with you. In these cases we would share the relevant information with safeguarding organisations (Social Service, the Police or any other Emergency Service) if you or anyone else is at risk of harm.
We may need to share information with the police where they are conducting an investigation. In these cases, only the information required will be disclosed and will be done in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Your information will be shared with the programme commissioners, the NCS Trust.
Your information will be held for the period of time that your case is ‘live’ with us. We then hold the information for up to 2 years in case you return to the service for further support, and to be able to report to our commissioner on the work that we have carried out.
Sometimes there may be legal reasons we have to retain the information for a specified period of time, and there may also be circumstances where it is appropriate within legal and best practice requirements to retain the information for longer but we will inform you of this.
You will need to be specific about what information you think may be wrong and why, along with what you think we should do to correct it. If you can prove the information is incorrect, we will change it. If we cannot amend your record in the way you would like, we will explain the reason for this. You will be able to see a copy of your amended record.
You have a number rights over your data that we are required by law to uphold. You have the following rights:
If you would like to request a copy of the information we hold about you, please contact DPO@catch-22.org.uk.
If you think the information we hold on you is wrong, please contact DPO@catch-22.org.uk.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or of our treatment of your personal data, email DPO@catch-22.org.uk or write to Data Protection Officer, Catch22, 27 Pear Tree Street, London, EC1V 3AG
If you feel that we have not processed your data correctly and in accordance with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (body that regulates Data Protection). Please visit httsps://ico.org.uk/ or call 0303 123 1113 in order to lodge a complaint with the regulator.
Our core employability programmes equip individuals facing barriers to work with the skills and confidence they need to sustain in work or training.
Our digital skills programmes are designed to provide opportunities for people from excluded groups to get working in digital or tech enabled roles.
Our social action programmes enable young people to come together to meet new people and learn new skills whilst doing something positive for their local community.
