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A film celebrating Weston-super-Mare’s entrepreneurial women was screened at Weston College’s Conference Centre today (April 25).
The project, sponsored by the College, is the brainchild of producer and interviewer Becky Walsh, a former Weston College student, and Justyna Steinkeller, an associate producer and graphic designer.
Becky studied a BTEC in Performing Arts at Weston College and progressed to The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for her stage management training. She then spent 15 years in the West End working as a stage manager on shows such as West Side Story and Blood Brothers. She was also part of the lighting team for UK’s ‘Handover of Hong Kong’ to China in 1997.
She then spent time living across the globe, having gained a reputation both in the personal development field as a self-help author and as a TV and radio presenter, before returning to Weston to bring her knowledge back into the town.
Becky said: “The women interviewed for these documentaries come from various backgrounds but have one thing in common – they have brought inspiration and entrepreneurship to Weston in terms of creativity and care.
“Their stories are heart-warming and inspiring, and create a new chapter in Weston’s history.”
The film tells the stories of:
- Gill Bute, who fought off gangsters to build a company
- Amelia Eikli, who turned her life around after just one year living in the town
- Valerie Donegan, who has spent her life helping the people who have made the streets their home
- Sara Pacey, who organises entertainment events across the area
- Linda Chan, who was a high flyer in the corporate world until she started to lose her sight.
Linda’s luck changed after moving to Weston, when she joined an adult part-time art course at Weston College. She then progressed onto a Level 2 Art and Design Diploma at Weston College and, last year, graduated from UCW with a Contemporary Art and Professional Studies, FdA.
Linda is now an exhibiting artist and her life has been transformed.
Linda said: “I was overwhelmed by how inspirational the first class was and I have never looked back.”
Dr Paul Phillips, CBE, Principal and Chief Executive of Weston College, said: “We are delighted to be supporting this event. Weston College is passionate about supporting the people of Weston and helping our community to grow.”
If you would like to join a full-time course, like Becky, visit our website.
If you are interested in a part-time adult course, like Linda, visit us at the Festival of Learning on Saturday 15th June 11am-3pm at the Winter Gardens and Italian Gardens.
There will be a live Q&A with the team at https://youtu.be/ZOX1CZi41zI
Weston College has won a contract to provide workplace training that meets the needs of individuals, employers and the region.
The College will deliver Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) and Skills Support for Redundancy (SSR) programmes across the West of England until April 2021.
The contract was awarded by Serco, which operates SSW in partnership with a network of high-quality training providers.
SSW supports people who are 16 or over and either employed or self-employed. It provides small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) with the skills required to grow their business.
The initiative is focused on training employees for the following sectors:
- Advanced engineering and aerospace
- Construction
- Creative and digital
- Distribution
- Health and life sciences
- High-tech
- Low carbon
- Professional and financial services
- Retail
- Rural and food economy
- Visitor economy.
Businesses that offer SSW to employees receive a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) to help identify the skills needed to help them grow and innovate. A flexible training packages is then developed, with training taking place in the classroom, workplace and online.
SSR is designed to support individuals affected by redundancy. It provides free training for employees facing redundancy or those that are redundant to help them gain new skills, rebuild their careers or even start their own business.
Dr Paul Phillips CBE, Principal and Chief Executive of the Weston College Group, said: “We are delighted to deliver Skills Support for the Workforce, and Skills Support for Redundancy in the West of England.
“At Weston College, our mission is to create brighter futures creating brighter futures, and by offering this type of training to SMEs across the region, we will certainly be achieving that.”
SSW and SSR, are co-funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, and the European Social Fund.
Over 50 local children from nurseries, primary schools and childminders experienced a range of activities in Grove Park on Thursday (Art in the Park) and went home with a bag of their creations.
Learners from Level 1 to Level 3 Early Years courses planned and presented activities to encourage creativity in the outdoors.
“I started at college last month and this was our first big children’s activity. I really enjoyed it, it’s interesting to see how children use the same equipment and the differences in their creativity.” Grace, Level 3 BTEC Extended National Diploma in Children’s Play Learning and Development (previously from Hans Price Academy).
Gergana from Little Angels Weston said “We want to say a big thank you to all of you for inviting us to the Art event in the Grove Park today. All of the children and staff were so happy to join the event today! It was really well organised and all of us felt very welcome to come and join”
Karen, Early Years Subject Area Manager said “Thank you to the children and staff of Christchurch Primary School and Little Angels Weston. The children who attended the event were well-behaved and enthusiastic in joining in with all the activities. Also, a special thank you to Friends of Grove Park for their support today. Our local community is massively important to Early Years learners at Weston College. We want to get involved in making Weston the best place for children to grow and thrive.
Find out about the early years courses starting here in September at our open evening:
? Thursday 7 November 2019
⏰ 17:30 – 20:00
? Knightstone Campus
? www.weston.ac.uk/event/open-evening-7th-november
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