Learning and Earning More choices More chances
At KibbleWorks, young people at risk
of falling into the MC2 category (young
people requiring More Choices - More
Chances, formerly described as NEET - not
in employment, education or training)
are given an opportunity to work and
learn within a commercially-viable and
sustainable social enterprise. Most of the
KibbleWorks is our enterprise and employment hub, where young
enterprises are semi-skilled and labour
people work and train alongside an adult who is running a commercially
intensive. While the majority of the
viable and sustainable social business. The enterprises offer a range
young people we work with are initially
limited in their ability, application or
of solutions to meet the critical training and employment needs of
social skills, we have discovered that many
care leavers and provide an alternative to custody for young people
‘mature through’ to more skilled work and
requiring intensive supervision.
consistent application. Young people gain
real-life work experience in a portfolio of
Young care leavers have been identified as a group most likely to be
enterprises including:-
unemployed, imprisoned, at risk from substance abuse, self harm and
depression. Planned transition programmes with effective continuing
• Warehousing and Distribution
personal support in the period after leaving care, plus improved access
• Recycling
to employment, education and training have been identified as the key
• Joinery
components to promote inclusion of this disadvantaged group. • Landscape Gardening
• Metal Fabrication
The majority of young people at Kibble are placed in supported
• Catering
accommodation or return to their families when they reach school
• Mail Fulfilment
leaving age. We recognise this as a point of crisis when the support
• Picture Framing
they have been given is suddenly removed and the relationships
• Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
that have been nurtured are abruptly withdrawn. Traditional youth
• Administration
training projects have had limited success, and our experience
• Promotional Materials
has shown that young people do better either on a one to one
traditional apprenticeship model or in a very small group. This is also
• Forklift Training
a more appropriate setting for young people requiring intensive
• Music Composition
supervision.
• Internet Radio
• Tiling
Our Enterprise Development Team provides
dedicated management, administration, Philanthropy
funding development, marketing and sales
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support. KibbleWorks is financed by a blended
income stream comprising sales revenue from
enterprises, fees from placements, grants
from trusts, foundations and companies,
training and business development grants
and occasional individual philanthropy.
Doing Good by Doing Good
KibbleWorks Warehouse, our largest social enterprise, works in
The continuing innovation and development partnership with Green-Works, Pack- It and In Kind Direct, demonstrating
of new businesses would not be possible our commitment to the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle).
without support from our funders. Our vision
for our KibbleWorks activities is that they
will operate as a hub to develop and attract
social entrepreneurship, provide a cluster
of benefits and outcomes for the local and
wider community, and ultimately furnish
young people at risk with the practical skills
and aspirations to maintain and sustain
employment. Or, to put it another way, their
future is working.
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