Last LifeSkills Teach workshop of the term with Lewis Girls' School year 7s - exploring our personal strengths! Some gorgeous quotes on the window which I just had to share ❤ BITC Cymru

What an absolutely lush LifeSkills Teach communication workshop with Foundation Learning CAVC yesterday!! 🤩 We talked about barriers to good communication and saw learners challenge themselves by standing up and speaking in front of the group 👏🎤 BITC Cymru

Our LifeSkills Teach team is in Pentrehafod School & Cardiff and Vale College | Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro over the next couple of days looking at topics such transferable skills + planning for financial independence. The @YourLifeSkills prog gives young people skills & confidence to enter the #WorldOfWork 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓barclayslifeskills.com

Another lush LifeSkills Teach workshop at Foundation Learning CAVC talking about transferable skills! 😁👏 Loved everyone’s drawings!! 🎨 BITC Cymru

This made my day!! ☀️ So awesome to see ⁦Cardiff and Vale College | Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro⁩ students using ⁦LifeSkills Teach⁩ resources for their lessons outside of our workshops together👏 Students were so keen to show me their wellbeing coping strategies ❤️

Very proud of Pentrehafod School year 9 students today taking part in @FirstGiveAS First Give final #charity #Socialactivism

Today our Lewis Girls' School Year 7s started their own “bank”, named the accounts and chose their own account! The “Stitch” account won! 😅 Huge thank you to our fantastic LifeSkills Teach volunteer Ian, who gave a great career talk and drew the account logos! ✨ BITC Cymru

Huge thanks to our LifeSkills Teach volunteer Kerry today!! Our Lewis Girls' School Year 7s absolutely loved learning about bank branches, accounts, and life working for Barclays 😊 They even wrote us this lovely note 🥹 BITC Cymru

What does confidence look like? 🤩 When do you struggle to feel confident? 🥺 Today we’ve been talking about building confidence with year 8 at Lliswerry High! BITC Cymru LifeSkills Teach

Is debt a good thing or bad? 🤷‍♀️ Had an absolutely fab time today with ACT Training Ltd Barry, talking about understanding and managing debt! 💳 So impressed with all of the amazing savings advice from students - they remembered so much! 😱 LifeSkills Teach BITC Cymru

Some more pics from our fabulous workshops on building confidence with ⁦Lliswerry High⁩ year 8s 🥰 Even writing down the things that make you nervous can be scary- so impressed by how open students have been sharing their fears! ⁦LifeSkills Teach⁩ ⁦BITC Cymru⁩

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How do you answer the tricky questions in a job interview? 😵‍💫 Today we’ve been teaching ⁦Newport High School⁩ year 12s our best tips! ✨ ⁦⁦LifeSkills Teach⁩ ⁦BITC Cymru⁩

We’re onto our second set of ⁦LifeSkills Teach⁩ workshops with ⁦Lliswerry High⁩ year 8s, learning about personal strengths for employment! ✨ Amazing to see how keen students were to learn about different career paths whilst considering their GCSE options! 🤩 ⁦

🧵 'If we look at the figures in Wales, the average cost of fulltime childcare is £246/week. Women's average weekly pay is around £424/week. So the cost of childcare is nearly 60% the cost of women's weekly pay.' #WelshFinancialBudget

Business in the Community are recruiting a Programme Manager for delivery of Barclays Lifeskills in South Wales. Great opportunity for the right person! app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree…

Such a lovely group of students to work with! 🥰

What makes you feel nervous? 😳 Ysgol Bae Baglan⁩ year 8s were absolutely fabulous today in our building confidence ⁦LifeSkills Teach⁩ workshops! ✨🙌