Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Welcome the 10th Group!

Friendship Zone was one of the first organisations in Northampton to be involved in a national scheme run by Future Job Fund. The goal of this scheme is to give a work experience for young people aged from 18-25.
Friendship Zone welcomes the 10th group who have already started both the training provided to raise their qualification and the chance of getting more work experience. The Friendship Zone team is proud of employing more than 60 youngsters offering them Project Administration job which includes Promotion and Moderation of the website.
On completion of this program youngsters gain the chance of acquiring knowledge and ideas about Career Builder Tools as well as having deeper in-depth of Microsoft Office 2007.
Lee, 23 from Northampton has few years work experience in retail, working as a customer service associate. During his last position he worked as an invoice processor where his responsibilities were to process invoices and make sure they validate. Project Administrator position is definitely new challenge in Lee’s career and he finds it useful in his professional development. Previously he had no experience working in IT industry. Lee had a chance to live and study in an International School in Japan for small part of his life. Lee spent more than 6 months searching for any job and he handed in his CV to many shops and pubs. He also searched through newspapers at least once a week and spent a lot of time searching on job agency websites online. Lee is still looking for his ideal occupation and believes there is one to suit him.
Marija, 18, comes from Lithuania and has been living and studying in the UK for the past 4 years. She just finished Northampton College and has obtained NVQ Level 1 and Level 2 in Beauty therapy and in September she plans to continue so she can acquire her NVQ Level 3. Marija has a good customer service work experience and has also worked in a warehouse which has given her the insight of warehouse working environment. Marija admits that she has gained new skills at Friendship Zone’s training program, especially in new MS Word and Excel 2007. Marija is glad to have this job and she can precede her education and further career in a chosen profession. She enjoys her job role at Friendship Zone and finds it uncomplicated and wishes to have a job like this as a permanent as it is easy to connect with studies.
For Jessica and Donna, both from Northampton, the training course is not as vital as the job in general. Donna, in the last 3 years was caring for her two step children and her partner. Donna has few years work experience in retail and she enjoys working with people. It took her about 2 years to get back to job. Donna stresses that it is not easy to find a job nowadays albeit part time. I am really grateful for this Future Job Fund run program”. Jessica on the other hand is thinking about fulfilling her dream of getting a qualification in Cake Decoration. She has already found some cheaper shorter Cake Decorating course which could help her more and save her over £400.
Alisha, 19, from Northampton, was unemployed for 4 months and has also studied at Northampton College with, NVQ Level 2 in Hairdressing but after careful consideration she decided to search for administrative position. The duties of Project Administrator role suits Alisha personality and she is glad to get some work experience at Friendship Zone as it will help her build her career further . Alisha likes to work with computers and she enjoys working with people. “No one can learn or gain an experience if they are not given the opportunity. There should be more companies like Friendship Zone which help youngsters to get some practice” according to Alisha.
It can be well noted that Friendship Zone can give valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market. To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Practice and work experience for new Legal Adviser!

Despite the current global situation the demand for qualified professionals is undergoing changes and especially legal professionals of the future needs to have a flexible approach to their chosen career path.
Within the growth and development of the organisation, Friendship Zone is ready to offer work experience to Ayesha Chowdhury who just completed her Bachelor’s studies with LLB (Hons). The team welcomes Ayesha in her job as a Legal Adviser and wishes her endurance and patience working in our quite dynamic and changeable environment.
This is not Ayesha’s first job role. She started her career as sales assistant and worked more than 2 years in Customer Service Company during her studies at University. Though after her studies Ayesha strongly decided to build her legal career and she is glad that Friendship Zone has given her this chance to prove her abilities and skills. In the future Ayesha would like to progress and undertake her legal practice course (LPC) to become a solicitor.
Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.
To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com.

Meet our Web Project Manager!

Konstantins Kaculaks started with Friendship Zone in the middle of June as a Web Project Manager. The team is congratulating him on his new role and wish him good luck in his new role.
Prior to this role Konstantins was employed with a 4ALL organisation in Latvia for 5 years where he worked as Technical Director and Project Manager. Konstantins has a wide knowledge of common office software, installation, web project’s leading, and also web management and design. This involved working on many serious projects such as E-Fax and new Social Networking Website with complicated management functions.
The website of the Friendship Zone is still in it BETA version, the main responsibility for Konstantins is to make the website more user’ friendly. Konstantin`s role is to take the organisation through this period of growth and develop systems to ensure the organisation can withstand the challenges and the pace of change within today’s competitive needs in social networking platform.
Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.
To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com.

Trustees Report (2009 – 2010)

This last year has been a voyage of discovery. We have continued to enjoy the patronage of AEP UK Ltd who provided the majority of the funds we need to develop our services. We were offered an unconditional licence of their product branded as SNAP4Business. This is a while labelled social networking application platform.
We had to drop out the Zonadream concept and focus on the Friendship Zone.
We are still in the same office which offers us more services to provide. Instead of being worried at the halt of the long march of home ownership, we still enjoy our low rent office.
Friendship Zone is still BETA version – a lot of work has been done but still many things needs to be improved and developed. We will therefore develop platforms to facilitate peer to peer networking, learning and partnerships. We also believe that they are the strongest advertisement to the wider public: to inspire more people to join our website, for us to work for social benefit and to draw in help and funds from the population at large. We will also continue to improve the quality and design of our website and support charitable activities, drawing on evaluations of our programmes and research into what works better for community.
Friendship Zone promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams. Our goal is to foster a healthy work environment that allows our employees to achieve a positive work-life balance and we strive to have an atmosphere of respect and open collaboration, creating the conditions wherein which every employee feels valued, empowered, and part of a team.
Friendship Zone is both a social networking site and a place where interested people can apply for grants to help achieve their dreams. At the moment the project of Birthday Dream Party works only in Northampton but in the nearest future it is going to have a national audience thus giving the chance for others nationwide to use this wonderful opportunity. There is a link to see first Birthday Dream Parties in Red Hot restaurant in Sixfields, Northampton: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFriendshipZone#p/u
Youngsters also have the opportunity to be involved in the “Youth Sport Infrastructure Development” program. There are many sport organizations for youngsters who need various kinds of developments (renovation, building etc). The main objective of this development program is to improve or develop sport facilities used by youngsters.
Friendship Zone in collaboration with University of Northampton is offering graduates and postgraduates an opportunity to undergo placements/ experience, with the view of having an advantage of future job prospects.
Friendship Zone works closely with Northampton Volunteer Centre to expand its employment opportunities to people who are interested in volunteering, this in the nutshell help improve the community. The Number of Volunteers continues to rise. Future Job Fund helped us to realise potential of training providing.
The Charity is glad to confirm that it is also opened to disadvantage individuals. We are in the final process of obtaining DISABILITY SYMBOL which would intend help us to recruit more interested youngsters with disability.



Friendship Zone is now also a registered member of UK Online centre. We can take advantage of all the great benefits that membership has to offer, we have access to “the Help
is at Hand pages” a website that has been specifically designed for UK Online centre members.
Environmental is an issue that Friendship Zone takes very seriously and is in collaboration with one of the largest collectors of used printer cartridges in the UK Empty Cartridge. Friendship Zone helps to search for companies which do not recycle their used cartridges and old mobile phones to register them with Empty Cartridge.
Friendship Zone was one of the first organisations in Northampton being involved in a national scheme run by Future Job Fund. Friendship Zone has now supported over 60 talented and inspirational people to become Project Administrators through the national scheme, giving them a chance for a 6 month paid work contract. Friendship Zone gives valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market as well. As our work grows and develops, we learn more about what can be achieved through supporting individuals to deliver social benefit, and about how best to support them. The commitment, energy and innovation shown by our hard work are remarkable. From local community projects to social enterprises delivering transformational change, more experienced youngsters are a new force for good in our society. We have been delighted with the progress made by Future Job Fund, and inspired by the quality and commitment of the people, from all ages and backgrounds, who have stepped forward to become Project Administrators.
Friendship Zone has demonstrated and still demonstrates to the world that hard work and an innovative approach can be the basis for unparalleled success. Notwithstanding the tough involvement in a Charity as a non-profit organization, Friendship Zone has proven that innovative business model based upon a firm belief in its product can outperform bigger competitors.
Fundraising activities are ongoing; we will now seek to expand the numbers of people we can help, by drawing in additional funds whilst continuing to make best use of the Future Job Fund endowment income.
We are looking forward to this next year as our projects mature. We also look forward to be able to report more specifically about the number of individuals and communities that we have been able to support.

The first Group completed ESF Community Trainings at Friendship Zone

The first Group has already completed their ESF Community Training programme which is provided by Friendship Zone in collaboration with European Social Fund to mobilise disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to facilitate their progress towards employment.
Trainings are provided on Saturdays. Every Group attends 6 Saturdays (all day).
Friendship Zone provides trainings which help to improve peoples’ knowledge, put their skills into practice and open new horizons in their professional growth:
• IT package
• Career builder tools and how to be a good employee at working places.
Diana, Lauma, Deniss and Viktors from the first group confirmed that the training at “Friendship Zone” was challenging and not stressful. “With this training I have gained confidence in myself and learnt new things I didn’t know before”, by Diana. After this training they are feel more confident and are ready to go to recruiters and talk about their job opportunities. Before this training none of the students had professional CV and none had written an Application letter before. The students are grateful for this chance to create their first professional career builder tools to be more successful in current competitive job market.
“For me IT training and practice on frequently asked Interview questions were very useful and I am glad I got the chance to attend this training. I wish there would be more training like this as it is really important for the community. Nowadays people are down casted and they feel unwanted, but that should not be the case because obviously community need everyone, it is tough to find the place where you can prove your ability to work and demonstrate your skills and knowledge”, by Deniss.
Each of the students knows the industry they would like to work and they are sure about the work conditions – they wish to work in an environment similar to the one that Friendship Zone has.
The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union and consequently help raise standards of living. Their aim is to help people fulfil their potential by giving them better skills and better job prospects.
The ESF is a key part of the EU's strategy for growth and jobs. It supports the EU's goal of increasing employment by giving unemployed and disadvantaged people the training and support they need to enter jobs which is not easy.
The 2007-2013 England ESF programme is investing £5 billion over seven years of which £2.5 billion is from the ESF and £2.5 billion is national funding.

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Birthday Dream Party of Andrew

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity’s main objective is to help people.
Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects Friendship Zone offers is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!
Read terms and conditions on the website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!
Andrew joined Friendship Zone on January this year. His first impression about the design and page modules of the website was not the best. Though he found many useful things for himself like FREE sms messages, unlimited pictures and videos uploads, radio for different ages and much more. “I don’t remember when I celebrated my last Birthday, must be many years ago. There were always many reasons, why I could not and money was definitely the main issue”. With the help of Friendship Zone Andrew met new friends and his new friends recommended him to apply for FREE Birthday Dream Party. His friends were those who encouraged him and asked to go out finally. Andrew’s Birthday was a great cause to cheer him up.
Few days after visiting restaurant Andrew says “Seven of my closest friends and myself went to Red Hot and spent over 3 hours there. It is not only about the food we all found well prepared, delicious and served, it is more about the time in generally spent around my best friends. Especially these days when I feel down often, it is wonderful just to talk to friends and forget about the problems at least for some hours. Friends are not only for having fun but also for sharing opinion and problems. I am happy to have these great friends I have and would like to thank to Friendship Zone in collaboration with world buffer restaurant red Hot for this great idea to let people spend their Birthday’s this way. It was really good!”
Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!
Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

More job opportunities – more experienced people for community

17.06.2010
Friendship Zone was one of the first organisations in Northampton to be involved in a national scheme run by Future Job Fund. The goal of this scheme is to give a work experience for young people aged from 18-25.
Meet 6 youngsters all from Northampton who started their job and 6 weeks training course at Friendship Zone: Daniel (21), Elizabeth (21), Ian (22), Jay (22), Patrick (25) and Ross (22).
All youngsters confirm that the job at Friendship Zone is really great experience and would improve their CV’s for next employers. One of Friendship Zone’s aims is to make dreams come true, and also the opportunity to find a good job. This program provides teaching on IT skills, telemarketing, how to make friends, and the prospect of finding employment.
Daniel was unemployed for 8 months. This opportunity was an ultimate chance he was looking for. According to Daniel, he is grateful for this chance to prove himself at Friendship Zone working as a Project Administrator. Before Daniel found this work, he had worked in a few different jobs with different responsibilities.
Elizabeth was looking for a job over half a year to start in a position which she can progress. With her attitude and interest in the job Elizabeth has become a valued member of a company already. She demonstrates high standard, ingenuity and insight of her job role. Friendship Zone is glad to give Elizabeth chance to improve her skills on graphic design using Adobe Photoshop program.
Patrick finished his studies in multimedia HND in University of Northampton and went on to obtain BA Hons in computer games design at Huddersfield University. Also for Patrick it took him half a year to get this work opportunity. Patrick strongly decided to improve his skills and portfolio of work for future employment. Patrick is highly computer literate, well motivated and hardworking individual who has completed many courses and at Friendship Zone he shows his great ability to work in groups performing research and development to improve and develop the social networking platform of Friendship Zone.
Jay was unemployed for more than 3 months until Job Centre Plus offered him the Project Administrator role at Friendship Zone. This is Jay’s first job role and he demonstrates his ability to quick learning and his willingness to adapt to new working conditions.
Ross previously worked in retail for more than 3 years but felt the retail field was not for him. His new role at Friendship Zone gives him great chance to meet new targets and see that IT and social networking platform is the place he feels more comfortable. After few trainings Ross sees that his new job role does not requires many duties but it is good enough to gain some new skills and get new work experience nevertheless. After few lessons Ross discovered the field he would like to build his professional career and he is going to go for it step by step.
Ian finished the third class BA (Hons) in Business Information Systems Top-Up in the University of Northampton. He could not find any job for about 7months and was delighted to know he got a job offer from Friendship Zone. Most of all Ian likes the atmosphere and team of Friendship Zone
It can be well noted that Friendship Zone can give valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market. To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com

Birthday Dream Party of Daniel

01.06.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity’s main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

Daniel just finished a plumbing course at Moulton College. Since then he has found it extremely difficult finding a job. During this time it has been quite stressful but he was sure that finally he was going to find his ideal job. “Although the weight is off my shoulders now and I think that it would be nice to have an event that’s chilled out. When i saw this opportunity I felt it would be a good way to celebrate and relax on my Birthday. Friendship Zone approved my Request for Support and on Wednesday, 21st Matthew, Kevin and I went up to Red Hot in Sixfields to celebrate my 19th Birthday. We had an awesome few hours at the restaurant stuffing our faces. For anyone who has their Birthday coming up I honestly recommend submitting your Birthday story because it is worth it!!”

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFriendshipZone#p/a/u/1/H160Ryexkg4

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Birthday Dream Party of Christine

01.06.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity’s main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams! One of its projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

This is a Good Story of Christine who just turned 21: "I have never celebrated my Birthday outside home. Joining Friendship Zone I found the opportunity to spend time with friends at Red Hot restaurant where I have never been. My Birthday was a really nice occasion to invite my new friends to the restaurant and get to know them better. Besides I didn’t spend any penny as it is offered as Birthday Dream Party for free. It is a great way to spend a Birthday” Christine is grateful to everyone who helped her to have her 21st Birthday as great as it was.

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFriendshipZone

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Birthday Dream Party of Kevin

01.06.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity’s main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

Until Kevin joined the Friendship Zone he had few friends. As birthday was coming up he was focused on spending the day with his new friends he had found from Friendship Zone. The time Kevin spent in the Red Hot was fantastic. He was there for the first time and found the place well designed and the food very delicious. Kevin is going to tell all his friends about this great opportunity and wishes everyone to have a very good day as he had.

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Jxke4Bl3A

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Friendship Zone continues to give the unique opportunity for youngsters – trainings and contract job for 6 months

15.06.2010
Friendship Zone already employs more than 60 young hopefuls, giving them the chance for a 6 month paid work contract with the organisation. The job role is Project Administrator which includes promoting and moderating the Social Networking website of Friendship Zone. There is also an opportunity to get more confidence in the current competitive job market attending FREE 6 weeks training provided by Friendship Zone which includes teaching on IT skills, telemarketing, how to make friends, and the prospect of finding employment.
Aaron (22) after his studies at Moulton College in 2007 has a wide range of experiences from shop work and warehouse to some building jobs. It took him more than 8 months until Job Centre Plus found him the Project Administrator role at Friendship Zone. Asked about the job at Friendship Zone, Aaron answers “it is a good job to get people around the world, and friends and family using social networking sites to promote and show information about Friendship Zone. And good job means to do the job you like and Friendship Zone gives me a platform I feel confident in and I can improve my skills all the time which is fantastic. I wish all other youngsters will take this wonderful opportunity that Friendship Zone offers can gain this vauable experience.”
Adam (19) having searched thoroughly for jobs through online ,newspapers, and in job centre, as well as family contact and various agencies count himself lucky when Job Centre Plus offered him the chance of a job at Friendship Zone. Adam felt welcomed and has the skills required doing the job and that he would be a good part of the team and would do well in this environment. For Adam this job is great: “I feel I am improving with my IT skills everyday when I am in office, and I am constantly learning new things. The work environment is great and that helps pretty much. All together it is a good job.”
Adrian (20) was without a job for more than 6 months. Adrian is very dedicated to his work and is passionate about the things he does. He wants to chase his goal of oweing his own business. He still does volunteering job walking dogs around the forest. The job at Friendship Zone gives him good work practise and to encourages him acheiving his goal.
Danielle (22) attended a retail course with Learn Today which was run by the Job Centre Plus while she was unemployed which indeed happy her to improve her IT skills.
Danielle (22) worked hard on her previous job roles, doing long hours and many shifts. While she looked for any job opportunity, which took her about 2 years, she attended a course for literacy and numeracy with Learn Today which was also run by the Job Centre Plus. Danielle is grateful for the training at Friendship Zone, and now she is doing a home study course in counselling.
For James (22) it took 17 months to finally get a job. James is glad to work in IT field and learn new skills and use his knowledge working on IT platform. The role of Project Administrator will boost his future career opportunities.
It can be well noted that Friendship Zone can give valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market. To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com

ESF Community Trainings at Friendship Zone – meet the first group!

The first Group has already started to attend the ESF Community Training which is provided by Friendship Zone in collaboration with European Social Fund to mobilise disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to facilitate their progress towards employment.
Trainings are provided on Saturdays. Every Group attends 6 Saturdays one by other full day.
The Friendship Zone provides trainings which help to improve people knowledge, put their skills into practice and open new horizons in their professional growth:
• IT package
• Career builder tools and how to be a good employee at working place.
Lauma, 16 years old from Wellingborough just finished her School and plans full-time studies in Northampton College in September. Meanwhile she is looking for any summer job to get some work experience and earn her first money. Lauma is grateful for this opportunity to gain more skills in current competitive job market. She finds all the trainings of these Saturdays very helpful for her job search.
Diana, 30 also from Wellingborough was on her maternity leave and understands how tough it is be successful candidate on job Interviews today. Diana thinks she found the right place to learn new skills. Her first day in the office gave her emotional uplift – there is definitely an occupation to suit her.
Deniss, 19 years old hopeful from Northampton, is still studying. At the same time he is also looking for summer job to earn extra money for his studies in autumn.
Viktors is encouraged by tutors of Friendship Zone and likes to improve his IT skills. He is 18 years old from Wellingborough and has not been able to find a job for more than 4 months. This training is a great opportunity for him to create his professional CV, learn how to write a good Covering letter and do practice on frequently asked Interview questions.
The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union and so help raise standards of living. It aims to help people fulfil their potential by giving them better skills and better job prospects.
The ESF is a key part of the EU's strategy for growth and jobs. It supports the EU's goal of increasing employment by giving unemployed and disadvantaged people the training and support they need to enter jobs which is not easy.
The 2007-2013 England ESF programme is investing £5 billion over seven years of which £2.5 billion is from the ESF and £2.5 billion is national funding.

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Opportunities for unemployed! Don’t miss your chance!

04.06.2010

The first Group has already started to attend the ESF Community Training which is provided by Friendship Zone in collaboration with European Social Fund to mobilise disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to facilitate their progress towards employment.
The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union and so help raise standards of living. It aims to help people fulfil their potential by giving them better skills and better job prospects.
The ESF is a key part of the EU's strategy for growth and jobs. It supports the EU's goal of increasing employment by giving unemployed and disadvantaged people the training and support they need to enter into the job market with an advantage.
The 2007-2013 England ESF programme is investing £5 billion over seven years of which £2.5 billion is from the ESF and £2.5 billion is national funding.
By the end of November 2009, over 1,026,000 participants had joined the programme. It is already having an impact on the lives of disadvantage people in the labour market, helping 67,000 unemployed or inactive participants into jobs and about 91,000 participants have gained basic skills or qualifications.
The priorities in the 2007 to 2013 ESF programme are designed to focus on specific activities and to ensure that it reaches people in most need of support. There are two main priorities in England:
• Priority 1 is 'Extending employment opportunities'. It supports projects to tackle the barriers to work faced by unemployed and disadvantaged people. About £1.5 billion of ESF money is available for this priority in 2007-2013
• Priority 2 is 'Developing a skilled and adaptable workforce'. It supports projects to train people who do not have basic skills and qualifications needed in the workplace. About £823 million of ESF money is available for this priority in 2007-2013.
The Friendship Zone provides trainings which help to improve people knowledge, put their skills into practice and open new horizons in their professional growth:
• IT package
• Career builder tools

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Thursday, 27 May 2010

Unique opportunities for employees – earn money and learn new skills

12.05.2010

It is usually assumed that charities pester everyone for support and to give time and money. Friendship Zone is new charity which is unique as no other employing already more than 50 young hopefuls in Northampton, giving them a chance for a 6 month paid work contract with the organisation. The job role is Project Administrator which includes promoting and moderating the Social Networking website of Friendship Zone. The Charity provides 6 months contract job which includes also 6 weeks teaching on IT skills, telemarketing, how to make friends, and the prospect of finding employment.

Christian Jeyes (22) finished his studies at University of Northampton. It took him more than 6 months until he found the Project Administrator role at Friendship Zone. During these 6 months Christian spent his time actively looking at job sites daily, attending Meridian business/employment course, continuing improving and practicing his skills at home. He also learnt new skills such as sign language and German.

Christine Wright (21) was responsible for a yard of hunting horses’ daily care and exercise at her previous job. While she looked for a job, Christine learned Today routes into retail course. Christine found her current job after one year job hunting. This is Christine’s third week at Friendship Zone and she is glad to improve her IT skills as well as learning more about how to socialise with friends online and what to keep in mind when searching for her future jobs.

Christopher Tite (23) was without job for more than 5 months. Previously Christopher worked as a cook for many years; he also worked at St. Andrews for 2 years as a rehabilitation assistant. He feels his time at Friendship Zone will give him a unique opportunity, because the role of Project Administrator includes not only job but also some training which will be very useful in his permanent job searching process.

Marcel Dionne Greer (23) is happy to improve his IT skills and to share his knowledge in this field making organisation’s work more efficient.

Sophie O’Connor (19) attended a retail course with Learn Today which is run by the jobcentre plus while she was unemployed. It took Sophie almost until she was offered the Project Administrator position. Sophie felt very relieved and happier now that she had finally been offered a job. About the job at Friendship Zone Sophie feels it is a good way of communicating with new people who she now can consider them as friends.

For Stuart Clayson (19) it took him a year to finally get a job. And he is grateful for this chance to get a 6 months contract job. Below are some few reasons:
- During his time with the Charity he will have the chance to understand the role of Project Administrator and whether to carry on in this field. Even if that is not the case than it will be a great chance to learn new skills or improve his existent knowledge;
- It is a unique opportunity to work and learn at the same time. After this job you get a Certificate to indicate that an IT course has been completed, enhanced the knowledge of how to find job, how to make friends and Telemarketing courses. This will definitely improve one’s CV.
- Working together with others, you can realise how good a team player you really are or whether you prefer to work in a group or alone.

It can be well noted that Friendship Zone can give valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market. To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com

Birthday Dream Party of Juris

07.05.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity’s main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

Few years ago when Juris visited Copenhagen he was motivated by the expressions on the faces of Copenhagen’s people. They looked cheerful and seemed appreciated. As he has a big family and being a bread winner it seemed he struggled a lot to fulfil his responsibilities, even though he fulfilled his dream and became a teacher. Juris has been working as a teacher for the past 25 years.. His dream was to spend his Birthday somewhere away from the office together with colleagues and students.

A fragment of Juris’ Good Story after the celebration of Birthday Dream Party: "Definitely Red Hot restaurant and Friendship Zone know how to throw a Birthday party! I wanted to drop you a line and let you know how much fun we had at your place yesterday. The lunch was spectacular and the staff of Red Hot was brilliant. It was a very nice day I spent together with my students and colleagues. Everyone discovered Red Hot in a different way.."

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O5JRW6cpcs

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Friendship Zone continues to grow immensely

06.05.2010

The charity Friendship Zone was one of the first organisations in Northampton to be lucky enough to be involved in a national scheme run by Future Job Fund. Today Friendship Zone employs already more than 50 young hopefuls in Northampton, giving them a chance for a 6 month paid work contract with the charity. The job role is Project Administrator which includes promoting and moderating the Social Networking website of Friendship Zone.

This is the sixth group already, which uses this fantastic opportunity to work and learn together at the same time. There are hurdles to overcome when youngsters are searching for the right job. For example, work experience. One of Friendship Zone’s aims is to make dreams come true, and also the opportunity to find a good job. This program provides teaching on IT skills, telemarketing, how to make friends, and the prospect of finding employment. Friendship Zone sees big potential to these youngsters.

Kevin Hill (23) has 6 years of work experience in volunteer work which he really enjoyed. Due to many concurrences he lost his previous job, it took Kevin 8 months searching for a job until he was told about Friendship-Zone. He finds this job really interesting and easy to do. At the same time Kevin brings to the Charity many great ideas how to make the website more attractive, especially thinking about the safety online.

Daniel Jones (19) has some work experience and he knows that in future he would like to work in MOTs service. He is grateful for this job opportunity though, because of the improvement of his knowledge and skills in ICT. Even that it is only for 6 months, Daniel finds his role at Friendship Zone very helpful and he sees he can help the organisation with his ideas to make it better. “I really like the way this system works which makes me work harder because I actually enjoy what the job involves.”

Gemma Poulton (18) and Jodie Shaw (19) – it took about 12 months to find this job for both of them. Previously Gemma had no job experience, but Jodie worked in Telemarketing. Girls enjoy working at Friendship Zone so they can improve their IT skills on computers and especially social networking so this is the perfect job for both of them.

Matthew Burton (20) is the first employee of Friendship Zone who is trying to start his own business. He is running a recording studio and works both as music producer and musician. Friendship Zone uses his soundtracks in video clips of Birthday Dream Party project on YouTube this way helping Matthew to promote his business. See more at http://www.youtube.com/user/materich and http://www.myspace.com/materichproductions. Matthew took a 10 week (music software) course whilst he was looking for a permanent job. “This job definitely allows me to open up to a lot more social networking websites; it’s also a very flexible schedule”, by Matthew.

Ben Ward, 21 years old never worked in this kind of environment before and he says that he really enjoys it very much. Ben wishes to encourage other youngsters to apply for the job at friendship-zone because it is a good experience and it help them with training for other jobs as well.

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

It can be well noted that Friendship Zone can give valuable training to unemployed youngsters to achieving better opportunities in the current and future job market. To apply for this opportunity please visit Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible. For more information on Friendship Zone please visit www.friendship-zone.com

Monday, 12 April 2010

An exciting opportunity for Gift Vouchers!!!!

31.03.2010
Friendship Zone, in collaboration with http://www.vouchers4charity.org.uk/ which is working with major retail outlets such as Peacocks, Bhs, Tesco, Next, New look, American Golf, Mark & Spencer and many others in the UK is giving members of the Friendship Zone an opportunity of winning gift vouchers. This is a chance to give you an extra treat; these vouchers could boost your spending power and ultimately bring back some smiles. Gift vouchers can only be won if you are successful in our FREE online quiz where you will have to answer some questions. Find below the various type of vouchers and requirements to unable you participate.
Prizes: question of the week - £5.00 gift voucher, question of the month - £10.00 gift voucher and question of the year - £40.00 gift voucher! Terms and conditions apply.

Friendship Zone is a social networking website with unique difference. Our Charity promotes friendship and helps people to achieve their dreams.

Please visit our website www.friendship-zone.com for more information.

Birthday Dream Party of Terry

30.03.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and help people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

Terry has been out of work for the last 11 months and hasn’t been able to go out much with his friends. His dream was to have his 20th Birthday somewhere away from home.

A fragment of Terry’s Good Story after the celebration of Birthday Dream Party: "When I saw that my request for support had been accepted I was over the moon. I wasted no time in gathering 9 people to go with, and of cause it included my family. We all had a really nice time, the food was lovely. I had chips, rice and lemon chicken and for desert I had some chocolate ice cream. Red hot is a wonderful place and I would definitely recommend to all my friends to go there and try the food."

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0i9rXfnf30

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Birthday Dream Party of Dana

30.03.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and help people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

Dana sent a Request for Support and she got an opportunity to celebrate her Birthday. This was what she said: “My life story will be a book worth reading and a lot of my friends are looking forward to reading it someday. I have always been engaged in many activities – permanent job, studies, photography, analyzing a lot of things about aviation industry, working as a wedding planner and organizer and writing my first book about weddings. It has been a rollercoaster for me and I have hardly had time to enjoy myself. Sometimes it’s tough to find the difference between the words WANT and WISH. There are many things in life, which I really WANT to achieve and I hope to work as hard as I can to meet my goals. It has always been my dream to celebrate my Birthday out from home. For the past 10 years I have not celebrated my Birthday at all. There were many reasons behind this. Friendship Zone has presented me with my wish – I can now celebrate my Birthday and have a lot of fun from it, different environment, people to serve me, delicious food and my closest people around me – my dream has been realized, at long last.”

This is what Dana said after celebration of her Birthday at Red Hot: "The atmosphere in this restaurant is fantastic and foods are incredible delicious. I adore Japanese cuisine, so I enjoyed it very much! I recommend everyone to visit Red Hot to taste all the nice food available there, I’ve never felt so special, as god-awfully corny as that sounds."

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV6aAn-Bi1s

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.

Birthday Dream Party of Jamie

30.03.2010

When someone is asked what charities are about, the most likely responses will be that charities are organizations with the motive of helping people. Every charity main objective is to help people.

Friendly charity located in Northampton “Friendship Zone” promotes friendship and help people to achieve their dreams! One of the projects is called “Birthday Dream Party” and everyone can apply for a FREE Birthday Dream Party!

Jamie sent Request for Support to celebrate his Birthday: “I have not had a birthday party since I was about 6 years old and I would like to have a really good birthday party that is affordable. But I have been unable to do so because I have very little money and cannot come up with an adequate amount to throw a great party.”
Read terms and conditions on the Charity’s website and follow all the steps to be able celebrate your Birthday Dream Party with your relatives and/or friends for FREE!

A fragment of Jamie’s Good Story after the celebration of Birthday Dream Party: "I was so glad when I saw that my Request for Support was accepted. So the first thing that I did was to ask a few of my family and friends if they would like to come to my Birthday dream party and they all accepted my invitation. We sat down at a table that was big enough for all of us, it was great we were all together and everyone enjoyed the food. There were all kinds of food for everyone and we all had a great time. I really enjoyed myself; it was great to spend time with my family and friends!"

See the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qhtRwHK7Q

Everybody has dreams and the Charity “Friendship Zone” can help in achieving them. Take your chance today, apply on www.friendship-zone.com and wait for approval!

Friendship Zone is a social networking website which members can apply for various programs online is which grants are given to help people achieve their dreams. This charity is unique like no other, as 100% of the revenue is reinvested back into the community.