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04/04/2012
We have created an infographic to show some statistics of our VolunteeringWorks...
22/03/2012
An example of how the third sector working together can make communities more...
05/03/2012
Danielle Cowan would still be on the dole if Kibble hadn’t invested its profits...
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Kibble’s conference, “Why do you do what you do?” was held in partnership with Euroarc at St Mirren’s conference suites. It was organised and catered by the KibbleEvents team, an event-organising...
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04/04/2012
We have created an infographic to show some statistics of our VolunteeringWorks programme.
"Volunteering at Kibble is the best thing I have ever done."
(Volunteer) VolunteeringWorks is a service that aims to bring together the young people in Kibble and the local community, through a range of volunteering opportunities. These opportunities include an Independent Visitors’ Scheme where volunteers may visit and chat with a young person and perhaps share a hobby or interest. “I have found the help of the volunteer invaluable. At times I feel a bit uncomfortable at ‘taking’ and not giving – but I hope the experience and my support is a small pay-off – thank you.”
(Staff Member)
(Volunteer) VolunteeringWorks is a service that aims to bring together the young people in Kibble and the local community, through a range of volunteering opportunities. These opportunities include an Independent Visitors’ Scheme where volunteers may visit and chat with a young person and perhaps share a hobby or interest. “I have found the help of the volunteer invaluable. At times I feel a bit uncomfortable at ‘taking’ and not giving – but I hope the experience and my support is a small pay-off – thank you.”
(Staff Member)
22/03/2012
An example of how the third sector working together can make communities more sustainable and socially cohesive.
05/03/2012
Danielle Cowan would still be on the dole if Kibble hadn’t invested its profits into creating a successful employment training programme. The 20-year-old from Renfrew spent several months with Kibble’s RoadWorks vehicle maintenance social enterprise and that led directly to Danielle being taken on as an apprentice spray painter at a major Audi car dealership, in May, 2011.
Danielle is a perfect example of how not only one individual, but also society profits from a social enterprise investing its profits in extending and improving its services.
RoadWorks is just one of the businesses under the KibbleWorks umbrella - the organisation’s employment training wing - providing work experience to young people up to the age of 24. The series of social enterprise businesses also includes...
09/02/2012
Kibble Education and Care Centre is playing a vital role in helping young people find jobs, according to MP Douglas Alexander.
The Labour front-bencher and Shadow Foreign Secretary recently visited our social enterprise and employment hub, KibbleWorks, to see this work first hand.
Whilst he was here, he met 23-year-old Scott Richardson, who originally joined KibbleWorks working for our construction team, Kibble Construction Ltd (KCL) on a six-month placement in May 2010.
21 months later and Scott is still working with us. Scott’s hard-work, talent and dedication impressed us so much that he was recently given a full-time job as a handyman within our KibbleWorks warehouse.
Douglas Alexander, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South said: “One of the greatest challenges society faces is...
09/02/2012
December 2011 saw another successful Kibble Pantomime taking place in the new Gannochy Trust Centre for Expressive Arts. Young people and staff were transformed into cast and crew, and worked tirelessly to perfect their festive production. You might have been lucky enough to be part of the audience, but have you ever wondered what it was like behind the scenes? Laura Cairns, a drama teacher here at Kibble, kept a video diary during Panto week, and here are the results for you to see. She tells a story of commitment, passion, learning, excitement, confidence, mentoring, and of course, drama (in both senses of the word!).
Throughout January, this video was exclusively available to all those with the Kibble 2012 desk calendar – they accessed it by scanning a QR code. But now the video...
29/11/2011
Young people are being helped to change their lives for the better at a Scots care centre, according to Government inspectors.
A recently-published report has praised the work carried out with young people who have significant social, emotional and behavioural needs by staff at the Paisley-based Kibble Education and Care Centre. Inspectors from the HM Inspectorate of Education visited Kibble and monitored staff and pupils there. The inspectors ranked the way the school met learning needs as ‘excellent’ and said that improvements to performance; learners’ experiences; the curriculum and improvement through self-evaluation was ‘very good’
Their report lists the particular strengths of Kibble as:
• The success the school achieves in improving the lives of young people.
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23/11/2011
Former soldier Ryan French won his biggest battle after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Now the 23-year-old is aiming to beat the scourge of unemployment with a little help from the Kibble Education and Care Centre’s job-training initiative.
Ryan has now been given the all-clear by doctors after he had an operation for testicular cancer last year. Although, he still attends the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre for a monthly blood test to make sure the cancer hasn’t come back
After coming out of the Army having served in Iraq, Ryan, from Castlemilk, in Glasgow still didn’t have a job to go to when he came out of hospital.
But Julie Cain - a Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer, at the Beatson - contacted the Paisley-...
Now the 23-year-old is aiming to beat the scourge of unemployment with a little help from the Kibble Education and Care Centre’s job-training initiative.
Ryan has now been given the all-clear by doctors after he had an operation for testicular cancer last year. Although, he still attends the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre for a monthly blood test to make sure the cancer hasn’t come back
After coming out of the Army having served in Iraq, Ryan, from Castlemilk, in Glasgow still didn’t have a job to go to when he came out of hospital.
But Julie Cain - a Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer, at the Beatson - contacted the Paisley-...
09/11/2011
On 23rd November 2011, Kibble’s Catering Cook Trainer, Carol McMath, will travel to Birmingham to attend this year’s BBC Food and Farming Awards ceremony as a finalist in their Best “Dinner Lady”/Public Caterer category.
Carol works in our Secure Unit kitchen providing three meals a day for its staff and eighteen young people, aged 12 -16, 365 days a year. Carol excels in her daily management of the kitchen and staff training responsibilities and it is testament to her outstanding contribution that she has been nominated for this award.
With over 20 years’ experience working in catering within the NHS, Carol has built up a wealth of knowledge about cooking and is constantly striving for improvement. She enjoys finding and trying new and interesting recipes as well as enhancing...
24/10/2011
Just over a year ago David Armour was unemployed. But now he is in full time employment and his list of achievements includes gaining an SVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery, working towards his SVQ Level 3, and working in a five-star hotel in Abu Dhabi.
In June 2010, David started working for Kibble as part of the KibblePLUS youth training and employment scheme for unemployed 18-24 year-olds. David began working in our Secure Unit kitchen as a Trainee Cook under the watchful eye of Catering Trainer, Carol McMath. Carol could see from the outset that David had a natural ability for catering, noting that he definitely does have a lot of potential.
“David was so shy, but he isn’t like that anymore…he’s just a pleasure to be around” Carol McMath, Oct 2011
As a 16 year-old, David enrolled...
20/10/2011
A year ago Michelle McAughey and Scott Earl were unemployed and picking up their dole money.
But now after getting full-time jobs, they’ve just picked up a national award for their work with the Kibble Education and Care Centre, in Paisley.
Michelle, 22, and 23-year-old Scott completed Kibble’s employment training programme and impressed staff there so much, they were offered full-time jobs as marketing assistants.
Their work promoting Kibble’s Project OsKar recycling project won them the PR Campaign of the Year, at the Scottish Green Awards.
The Kibble programme for unemployed 18 to 24-year-olds – supported by the Future Jobs Fund and Renfrewshire Council – provided training and work experience for young people who found it difficult getting a job.
Kibble is the largest multi-service...