Help The Prospects Trust win £1000 for Christmas 2022!
Smiliest Server Award scooped by Prospects Trust Unwrapped Staff on behalf of the Co-workers
In Ely’s beautiful riverside Maltings at what is now the East Cambs annual glitterati calendar event of the year, The Ely Heroes Awards, our very sun shiny smiley Gem represented the whole team of Unwrapped and won the prestigious Smiliest Server of the Year award. Supported by Shop Manager Clare and fellow Retail Support Worker Mandy, Gem shone like the absolute gem she is (and maybe shook with nerves) as she was presented with the Ely Hero award on Friday 23rd September 2022. Gem wanted to accept the award on behalf of all of the amazing Co-workers (people with additional needs) she works alongside at Prospects Trust Unwrapped, in the heart of Ely. Gem works Monday to Wednesday, helping Co-workers serve customers the doorstep wedged toasties, flaky vegan sausage rolls and cappuccino smiles Unwrapped is now famous for in our super city of Ely. Gem is also known to belt into song, get Co-workers dancing on the shop floor and always brings a bit of pizzazz to a Monday morning. If you haven’t seen Ely’s Smiliest Server in action we suggest you get refilling and refuelling at Prospects Unwrapped today!
Farmer Mark formally represented The Prospects Trust at the event from turning Hero to Judge for this year’s awards. Back in 2019 Mark scooped Colleague of the Year and this year he had the humbling task of interviewing all the candidates in the Caring Companion category. Mark has been a dedicated member of social care for most of his working life and he was delighted to meet inspirational figures making the care sector even more caring.
The Prospects Trust wishes to thank all of the people, organisations and businesses who continue to make Ely Heroes Awards the most beautiful experience for our local super people and a huge congratulations to everyone nominated in this years awards.
Unwrap Your Potential in Retail this Autumn!
Course 1 – Retail Unwrapped – 6 week course from 12 Sept 2022
Cambridgeshire Skills Course Code: CSX3D102
Starting: Monday 12 September 2022
Duration: 6 sessions over 6 week(s)
Time: 10:00
Location: Lighthouse Ely
Cost: See Description.
For over 19s looking to step into retail
How to Enrol
Description
This (informal/accredited) course will start to build your confidence and introduce you to some of the skills and knowledge you will learn on the Award in Retail. You will learn to set personal learning goals, plan for progression in learning and work and refresh your skills ready for accredited learning.
To join this course you will need to be working in either a paid or voluntary job. You can apply to work with Prospects Unwrapped as part of this course package. For more information and to apply for a placement with Prospects Unwrapped please see:
https://prospectstrust.org.uk/prospects-trust-unwrapped/
You can still apply for this course if you have your own work placement.
Entry Requirements
There are no requirements for the course.
What will this course cover?
Your tutor will help you to set your own, individual learning goals that will support you towards achieving your qualification/course aims.
During the course you will cover:
– Set your own personal learning goals
– Plan for your own progression in learning and work
– Improve your communication and team working skills
– Start developing your skills for work in a retail environment
What could I do next?
You could progress to the Award in Retail.
You could also progress to an accredited IT, English or Maths course or onto another course which will help you advance in both the work environment and lifestyle.
TO ENROL FOR THIS COURSE:
Please click the How to Enrol button above
Or, call our friendly and dedicated Admissions Team on 01353 613013
Time and duration
Start Date: 12 September 2022
Start Time: 10:00
Day: Monday Morning
First Lesson Duration: 05:00
Total Weeks: 6
Location
Lighthouse Ely
13 Lynn Road
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4EG
Course 2 Prospects Unwrapped – Award in Business and Retail – 10 Week Course from October 2022
Cambridgeshire Skills Course Code: CSX3D101
Starting: Monday 31 October 2022
Duration: 12 sessions over 12 week(s)
Time: 10:00
Location: Lighthouse Ely
Cost: See Description.
Description
This informal course will start to build your confidence and introduce you to some of the skills and knowledge you will learn on the Award in Retail. You will learn to set personal learning goals, plan for progression in learning and work and refresh your skills ready for accredited learning. To join this course, you will need to be working in either a paid or voluntary job. You can apply to work with Prospects Unwrapped as part of this course package. For more information and to apply for a placement with Prospects Unwrapped please see:
https://prospectstrust.org.uk/prospects-trust-unwrapped/
You can still apply for this course if you have your own work placement.
Entry Requirements
There are no requirements for the course.
What will this course cover?
Your tutor will help you to set your own, individual learning goals that will support you towards achieving your qualification/course aims.
During the course you will cover:
– Work in a real working environment
– Learn how to keep yourself and other people safe at work and work with food safely
– Improve your communication and team working skills
– You may have the opportunity to work towards a Food Safety Certificate
What could I do next?
You could apply for an introductory retail job. The job would be likely to be supervised with a low level of responsibility and could involve you working in a team and on your own.
You could progress to an accredited IT, English or Maths course or onto another course which will help you advance in both the work environment and lifestyle.
TO ENROL FOR THIS COURSE:
Please click the How to Enrol button above
Or, call our friendly and dedicated Admissions Team on 01353 613013
Time and duration
Start Date: 31 October 2022
Start Time: 10:00
Day: Monday Morning
First Lesson Duration: 05:00
Total Weeks: 12
Location
Lighthouse Ely
13 Lynn Road
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4EG
WE-HIDE IN THE RE-WILD WOOD
Join our Crowd and donate to kick start our re-wilding community Hide-away today: https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/the-hide-away-at-snakehall-farm
We have started to GO WILD with nature here at Snakehall Farm! Established in 1989, our Organic Care farm nestled in the Cambridgeshire Countryside has always been a haven; a place where people, plants and opportunities bloom together. Supporting over 75 people with additional needs on a busy working farm, every season brings new challenges and opportunities but everyday in everyway our people connect with nature (and mud lots of mud). In 2022 we started re-wilding a small triangle field of our farm site, the soil quality not being fabulous for organic growing but still a beautiful corner of our small 18 acre Snakehall Farm. With saplings and hedges already planted our next phase is to create a community hub, “we-hide” which will form as a visitor centre, a Co-worker activity base and a way to keep our project interactive as it develops. Over the next five years our Re-wild Community Wood will grow and with your support we can create a shelter, information point and new training space open to all.
Imagine a field of green, bugs and bees too, can you see it? Imagine cool woods, crunching underfoot with a bounce of a hare. Imagine space to breathe, drink in the nature, free to roam. Imagine opportunities for Nature Rangers; people with additional needs learning to protect and grow the natural environment so important for all of our futures. Don’t imagine, act now and help us develop a small corner of Cambridgeshire to do nature right!
Unwrapping a WOW Wednesday
Everyday at Unwrapped is a learning day – today our Co-workers have excelled in the kitchen and bested the beans as a barista pro. When you shop at Prospects Unwrapped you pay it forward in real rewards.
And at the end of a busy day Jack’s job list sums it all up perfectly…..
A New Space for Therapeutic Horticulture at Snakehall Farm this Autumn
We are building something new at Snakehall Farm.
We are creating The Orchard – a new complex needs safe space for therapeutic horticulture for Co-workers with profound or multiple disabilities. Working on a 1:1 or small group provision, The Orchard will nurture in nature while creating small work based activities linked to wider growing plan of Snakehall Farm.
We are recruiting for a Therapeutic Horticulture Lead to help shape this new provision and we have lots of interest in new placement starters from September 2022. If you are interested in the role to help shape our Complex Needs provision on Snakehall Farm please check out our vacancies page. If you are interested in a supported placement in The Orchards or want to know more about how we grow opportunities for people with additional needs take a look at our Placements Information or call the office on 01638741551 for more details or to arrange a farm tour.
We are fundraising to complete this project over the summer. We have received funding from many donors and are seeking additional capital grants and donations. You can donate online on our Project Page https://localgiving.org/charity/prospectstrust/project/TherapeuticHorticultureOrchard/ If you are interested in supporting the capital development of this and other projects at The Prospects Trust please contact Maz Baker on 01638741551 to discuss in more detail.
Where the Wild Things Can Grow: Re-wilding at Snakehall Farm 2022
Snakehall Farm has always been a haven for all things green but this year we have a grand plan to go super green. No not just growing more beans, sprouts or salad.
This year we are going to grow wild!
We have secured £10,000 from Together for our Planet (Lottery Funding), we have an active Community Crowdfunder with Aviva and we have plan to transform our 7.5 acre field into a community green space with a difference. We are re-wilding, tree planting, bug spotting and carbon offsetting with our new project.
You can donate to our £3,000 Crowdfunder up until 29th June 2022, this will show you how close we are to reaching our target:
You can easily scan to donate to our Crowdfunder here:
We need lots of help! If you can donate your time, your skills, your tools or even plant hire we want to hear from you. Perhaps you can sponsor some larger trees or just want to offset your own carbon by helping us create a green space for the planet in a corner of Cambridgeshire.
We are going to continue to tend to the saplings in this field, add more hedges and plant bigger trees.
We are going to add wildflower meadows and a community meeting space in the heart of the field of green dreams.
We are going to add accessible pathways and mowed nature trails around the site.
We will dig two scrapes to help promote the biodiversity, with a pond dipping platform and seats to just drink in the fresh air.
Please get in touch if you are able to support our field of dreams and help us grow wild.
Three Unfit Farriers are Snakehall Superheroes
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
Well its not Superman…………………….
Its our Snakehall Farm SuperMEN – the three Unfit Farriers who decided over their Christmas celebrations to set themselves a challenge and run the Cambridgeshire Half…….for The Prospects Trust Polytunnel Partners Appeal…..in Lycra with a difference!
Meet Joe Rose, Robert Rush and Billy Mulqueen our superhero fundraising stars who have raised over £1,800 by running their first half Marathon. You can still donate online or just perhaps get farm fit yourself by watching Batman and Robin do a little pre event warm up here
Prospects Trust’s Enterprise Kitchen is about to MAKE SOME NOISE!
Our Enterprise Kitchen at Snakehall Farm is going to transform Learning Disability Work Based support one vegan roll at a time thanks to a grant from Global Make Some Noise this springtime.
The Prospects Trust is a very lucky recipient of both a project and a core grant from Global Make Some Noise, which is going to help develop work based learning and catering kitchen skills development for young people with additional needs and/or autism.
Global’s Make Some Noise, the official charity of the Media & Entertainment group Global, has distributed grants to 60 small charities and projects across the UK following its determined fundraising efforts in 2021. Thanks to the incredible generosity of listeners across Global’s radio brands – Capital, Heart, LBC, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X, Capital XTRA and Gold, The Prospects Trust located in Cambridgeshire has received £45,000 from Global’s Make Some Noise to support its vital work to provide meaningful work and support to people with additional needs.
The money granted to The Prospects Trust will fund the development of The Enterprise Kitchen a training kitchen at Snakehall Farm, creating 1 part time job and providing new placement opportunities for people with additional needs and enable life-changing benefits to families and individuals in the local community. It will also cover the cost of a programme of community and volunteer events hosted at Snakehall Farm throughout 2022.
Maz Baker, Strategic Development Manager at The Prospects Trust said “The past two years our rural local charity has had to really dig deep to survive to thrive, with all the challenges thrown at our care farm by the pandemic, this boost from Global’s Make Some Noise, is going to get us back on track, transforming lives differently and growing opportunity for our Co-workers, people with additional needs. Spring has sprung at Snakehall Farm thanks to this grant”.
Now in its eighth year of service, Global’s Make Some Noise has supported over 400 local charities whose remarkable work has helped a total of 150,000 people across the UK. The money raised has paid for food banks, befriending projects for the elderly and isolated, cancer wellbeing programmes, domestic abuse refuges, employment training and physical therapy for people with disabilities.
Emma Bradley, Director of Global Goodness at Global said: “It’s been an incredibly tough couple of years for everyone. With the cost of living continuing to increase many more people will turn to local groups for help, putting extra strain on their resources. So we’re pleased to be able to help small charities at the centre of communities and will continue to raise money and awareness for their vital work.”
For more information about supported placements in our Enterprise Kitchen visit our Placement Information page or call our Charity HQ on 01638741551.
Our Enterprise Kitchen crew are taking Wholesale Orders for cakes, bakes, preserves and chutneys made onsite at Snakehall Farm in our 5* catering hub, for more information please email us at Unwrapped[@]prospectstrust.org.uk or pop into Prospects Trust Unwrapped, Ely Monday to Saturday.
