We started work on the EPP project back in February. This project is commissioned by NCS Trust and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to deliver Enrichment Partnerships Pilot for young people in Tameside. In November 2023, NCS and DofE revealed that they had been chosen to oversee a £2.7 million Enrichment Partnerships Pilot (EPP) for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education (DfE). Fourteen organisations, including PIE, have now been co

This week we asked Munji a few questions about her recent days with Year 6 students at Unity, Blackpool! What are transition days all about? Transition days are supporting the huge leap that young people take from Year 6 to Year 7. For lots of students this will often mean they are going to a much larger school community, some may be leaving their friends and others may be feeling really anxious in the run up to this happening. Transition days give these future Year 7s a chan

Last week we ran our week of Next Steps activities with Co-Op Academy Leeds for the second time! These sessions are run with Year 10 students with the aim to help get them Year 11 ready, and get them focussed on their future targets and ambitions ahead of starting their final year of school. We run them in the summer term so they have the summer holidays to reflect on the sessions and take any action that will be helpful for them when preparing for exams or college and job ap

This week we’re hearing from Munji and all things Beelong Festival! B eelong Festival is an annual event at Chorlton High School, which PIE have been helping to run for the last few years. This year I have had the absolute privilege of working with a small group of students (the organising committee) to plan and execute the festival! E ach session we focused on different aspects of the organisation process. Beginning with branding and brainstorming, we then refined our idea

Last week Beth, Munji and Ciara got to take part in Hyde High Schools activity days which was very fun and rewarding! Beth and Munji delivered sessions to Year 7 and Year 9 pupils focusing on the importance of mental health, wellbeing and managing your feelings. Ciara assisted with these sessions. The session started with asking the pupils if anyone has asked them ‘How are you?’ and if they have asked anyone ‘How are you?’. The same pupils who were asked this question were al