Helm Young Parents' Employment (HYPE) project

Helm Young Parents' Employment (HYPE) project is the first project of its kind in the city which aims to give young parents, and in particular young mothers, the daily support and individual help they need to make the difficult transition towards getting back into work or moving into full-time training.

		Young Parent
		Stacey is 16 years old and pregnant and no longer attends school. She started attending HYPE, the young parents employment project to meet other young parents and in particular has started attending the Growwell cooking sessions provided for young parents twice a week at the Dundee Centre. She is also working through the Food Hygiene qualification and enjoys taking part in the beauty therapy and exercise sessions that are also included in the timetable. After the baby is born she plans to return to take part in the St Andrew's Family Support sessions and also HYPE until she is ready to return to college or employment.

Currently the project, which runs in the afternoons at the Dundee centre caters to the needs of 16-24 year olds. The participants are given very personal support and encouraged to work towards SQA qualifications, Food Hygene, IT and other employability, vocational and core skills as well as independent living skills like budgeting and cooking that will make their lives easier in the future as working parents. A crèche is currently run Monday to Thursday afternoons with the support of the St Andrew's Project and Working for Families Dundee.

This training scheme now in its third year continues to attract large numbers of young parents and has strong links with other agencies.

HYPE Newsletter

January 2010 (PDF 144k)

HYPE now in its Third Year Link Worker: New position brings work of two charities closer Weekly Exercise Session Helm Supports new NHS Tayside Growwell Launch New Beauty Salon

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