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Work Ready Programme – DECEMBER

Work Ready Programme – December 2025

Fresh Futures is pleased to offer a free two-day Work Ready Programme this summer at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield. Designed to support individuals in building confidence, improving wellbeing, and preparing for employment, the programme takes a holistic and person-centred approach.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Confidence-building activities
  • Creative and interactive wellbeing workshops
  • CV writing, job application guidance, and interview preparation
  • Ongoing one-to-one support for up to six months
  • Monthly check-ins and access to potential work placements
  • Continued access to follow-up workshops

The programme is ideal for those looking to re-enter the workforce, explore new opportunities, or improve their personal and professional skills in a supportive environment.

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a place, please contact:
Email: [email protected]

Work Ready Programme – NOVEMBER

Work Ready Programme – November 2025

Fresh Futures is pleased to offer a free two-day Work Ready Programme this summer at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield. Designed to support individuals in building confidence, improving wellbeing, and preparing for employment, the programme takes a holistic and person-centred approach.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Confidence-building activities
  • Creative and interactive wellbeing workshops
  • CV writing, job application guidance, and interview preparation
  • Ongoing one-to-one support for up to six months
  • Monthly check-ins and access to potential work placements
  • Continued access to follow-up workshops

The programme is ideal for those looking to re-enter the workforce, explore new opportunities, or improve their personal and professional skills in a supportive environment.

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a place, please contact:
Email: [email protected]

Work Ready Programme OCTOBER 2025

Work Ready Programme – October 2025

Fresh Futures is pleased to offer a free two-day Work Ready Programme this summer at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield. Designed to support individuals in building confidence, improving wellbeing, and preparing for employment, the programme takes a holistic and person-centred approach.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Confidence-building activities
  • Creative and interactive wellbeing workshops
  • CV writing, job application guidance, and interview preparation
  • Ongoing one-to-one support for up to six months
  • Monthly check-ins and access to potential work placements
  • Continued access to follow-up workshops

The programme is ideal for those looking to re-enter the workforce, explore new opportunities, or improve their personal and professional skills in a supportive environment.

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a place, please contact:
Email: [email protected]

Work Ready Programme – SEPTEMBER

Work Ready Programme – September 2025

Fresh Futures is pleased to offer a free two-day Work Ready Programme this summer at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield. Designed to support individuals in building confidence, improving wellbeing, and preparing for employment, the programme takes a holistic and person-centred approach.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Confidence-building activities
  • Creative and interactive wellbeing workshops
  • CV writing, job application guidance, and interview preparation
  • Ongoing one-to-one support for up to six months
  • Monthly check-ins and access to potential work placements
  • Continued access to follow-up workshops

The programme is ideal for those looking to re-enter the workforce, explore new opportunities, or improve their personal and professional skills in a supportive environment.

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a place, please contact:
Email: [email protected]

Work Ready Programme AUGUST

Work Ready Programme – August 2025

Fresh Futures is pleased to offer a free two-day Work Ready Programme this summer at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield. Designed to support individuals in building confidence, improving wellbeing, and preparing for employment, the programme takes a holistic and person-centred approach.

Participants will benefit from:

  • Confidence-building activities
  • Creative and interactive wellbeing workshops
  • CV writing, job application guidance, and interview preparation
  • Ongoing one-to-one support for up to six months
  • Monthly check-ins and access to potential work placements
  • Continued access to follow-up workshops

The programme is ideal for those looking to re-enter the workforce, explore new opportunities, or improve their personal and professional skills in a supportive environment.

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a place, please contact:
Email: [email protected]

Empowering Futures: How Fresh Futures’ Employability Program Helped Libbie Build Her Dream Career

Posted on by Lynne Haigh

Finding a fulfilling career can be daunting, especially when lacking confidence and direction. For Libbie, a beauty enthusiast with a passion for beauty therapy, the path forward wasn’t clear. Unsure of how to turn her interest into a career, she turned to Fresh Futures’ Employability Program.

With their guidance, Libbie transformed her passion into a thriving business, Pampered Perfection. Libbie first heard about Fresh Futures’ program through her family. She was unsure of her future, expecting to end up on a different path entirely.

Although she initially expected a formal, classroom-style experience, she was delighted to find an open and friendly environment where her confidence began to grow.

One of Libbie’s biggest initial challenges was overcoming her social anxiety. Nervous around new people and hesitant to speak up, she discovered that the program’s supportive mentors and peers helped her feel more comfortable.

By the end, she had built both friendships and professional connections. “The program gave me so much more confidence,” she recalls.

As she explored career options, Libbie’s passion for working in the beauty industry resurfaced. She received guidance through research assignments, networking sessions, and industry insights from the Fresh Futures team, who helped her see her dream as achievable.

“The best part was having someone to guide me on what to look for and how to get there. I wouldn’t be where I am now without them,” she says.

With this newfound confidence, Libbie took the leap. She began advertising beauty services from home, eventually moving into a professional salon setup in Marsden to meet growing demand.

Today, Libbie owns Pampered Perfection, a beauty business specializing in eyelash extensions and eyebrow treatments, with a loyal clientele and stellar reviews.

A collage of six images, showcasing a treatment room with a black bed, a neon blue sign that says dream surrounded by foliage, a treatment room with a black bed with blue LED lighting, a table with a plant and reed diffuser, shelves with reed diffusers and treatment equipment and the final picture has a white desk again with treatment equipment on.
The interior of Pampered Perfection

Libbie encourages young adults to consider the Employability Program: “If you’re introverted like I was, just go for it. The informal environment makes it easy to build confidence and could completely change how you see yourself.”

For those inspired by Libbie’s journey, follow her business on social media:

• Instagram: @pampered_perfection_

• Facebook: @PamperedPerfection

A side-by-side 'Before' and 'After' comparison of an eyebrow transformation. The 'Before' image at the top shows a person's eyebrow area with sparse, light-colored brows. The 'After' image at the bottom showcases the same eyebrow area with fuller, well-defined, and neatly shaped eyebrow. The background has a textured silver-grey design, and the words 'Before' and 'After' are written in stylish black cursive font in the respective corners of each image.
One of the treatments at Pampered Perfection
A close-up, angled view of a person's eye, showcasing freshly done eyelash extensions and well-groomed eyebrows. The eyelashes appear long, voluminous, and slightly curled, enhancing the eye's appearance. The eyebrow is neatly shaped with natural-looking hairs. The image is taken at an angle that emphasizes the eye's features.
One of the clients at Pampered Projection

Fresh Futures launches new Employability Programme for 18 – 26 year olds 

Posted on by Lynne Haigh

The youth unemployment rate has increased, and young people experience many barriers when looking for a job. From their work with young adults, Fresh Futures have learnt low confidence and self-esteem, social anxiety, emotional issues and mental health challenges prevent young people from accessing work.

Fresh Futures have developed their innovative Employability Programme to help young people get employment ready and equip them with the skills, experience and understanding to feel confident applying for jobs.

Over the course of one week, the Programme will empower young people to build their skill set and feel confident about searching for job opportunities.

The mornings will focus on building core employability skills, e.g., CV writing, interview techniques and how to research for jobs. Fresh Futures will also provide a free lunch to each young adult attending the Programme.

In the afternoons, the focus will shift towards working with the young people to provide useful experiences to overcome the barriers they face on their journey into employment. This might include trips out, visiting guest speakers or learning new, creative skills such as photography or video editing.

After completing the Programme, the young people will be given the opportunity to undertake 10 hours of voluntary work within an employer from across Kirklees to help build their experience and bolster their CV. Placements will be tailored to young adults’ personal career goals for the future.

Christine Rhodes, Community Connections Services Manager, says: “This new programme is an exciting opportunity for young people to gain valuable knowledge about how to access employment as well as gaining experience of the workplace. We’re keen to offer placements for young people in a variety of different industries across Kirklees and if this is something your business could accommodate, we’d urge you to get in touch today to find out more.”

Fresh Futures have a wealth of experience working with different organisations across the region to support young people through a range of projects. Over the last four months, they have been working with Youth Social to produce a podcast series promoting the benefits of youth volunteering. You can listen to Omar, the Sustainability Volunteer and Freya, a Young Adult Volunteer at Fresh Futures on Episode 5, Part 2. Daisy Whitby, the Volunteer Support Officer at Fresh Futures, also features on Episode 6, where she shares her insights on the volunteering opportunities Fresh Futures offers young adults.

These podcasts are now available on all the main podcast platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts – Search ‘Youth Social Podcast’, or click the following links:

Apple & Spotify

If you’re struggling to find a career path, or don’t know how to progress into employment, Fresh Futures can help you!

Contact the Community Connections team to find out more about Fresh Futures’ Employability Programme email [email protected] or call 01484 415465.