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Changing young people's lives

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Wednesday 16 December 2015

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Meet Joel. At the age of six, Joel Fields, 18, from Birmingham, and his four brothers and sisters were put into foster care. But, thanks to The Prince's Trust, he was able to turn his life around. Find out how you can help people like Joel progress in their lives.  For 10 years Joel was moved from one foster home to another. Then, at 17, he was put into Independent Living accommodation, which helps young people without any family support to learn to look after themselves.

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Sleeping rough for The Prince's Trust

By , Tuesday 13 October 2015

7 brave NCFE colleagues swapped their home comforts for sleeping rough outdoors on Friday night to raise money for The Prince’s Trust. Our fearless staff braved the cold October weather and slept overnight in the open air at Quorum Business Park in order to raise vital funds for, and awareness of, The Prince’s Trust. The sponsored sleep rough night was just one of the activities within a wider fundraising challenge, as NCFE’s Shine team are taking part in the Million Makers entrepreneurial fundraising challenge. The challenge requires teams to make £10,000 from an initial £1,500. All proceeds go straight to The Prince’s Trust charity.

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NCFE Million Makers challenge

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Wednesday 05 August 2015

Lindsay Plumpton

NCFE’s aspiring leaders are participating in the Million Makers challenge after a successful pitch to a Dragons’ Den panel, who commended the team for their “passion, enthusiasm, expertise and determination.” The competition, run by the Prince’s Trust and supported by Capita, is an “entrepreneurial fundraising challenge” where teams must make £10,000 from £1,500 in seed funding, with all proceeds going to charity. The scheme, set up in 2008, has raised over £5 million for charity to date.

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A few brave men…

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Thursday 15 November 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

Several of our brave (or stupid!) male colleagues here at NCFE are taking part in a series of extreme physical challenges this weekend in aid of Help the Heroes. The ‘Tough Mudder’ event consists of 12 miles of mud, ice baths, electrical shocks, climbing walls, monkey bars, hay bales and more! They've tried to get some training in over the last few weeks in preparation but we’re not sure if this will adequately prepare them for the ice, shocks and numerous muscle strains they're about to willingly bring upon themselves!You can see some footage here to get a flavour of what they've let themselves in for…

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