Better Learners Better Workers (BLBW) is an employer-driven education programme helping young people develop knowledge, skills & behaviours to succeed in the workplace.
Working with over 29 schools, academies and colleges across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
Developing key skills that employers, partners and research across the Sheffield City Region have told us young people need to succeed at school, at work and in later life.
Working with over 29 secondary schools, academies and colleges across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
Young people develop and record key employment skills in a certified Skills Passport.
Case study: Arts & Culture Sector Visit at Sheffield Theatres
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Case study: Better Learners Better Workers NHS Programme at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Yvonne Byrne is Community Engagement Manager at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Believed to be the largest of the NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals provide over 900,000 appointments and operations each year, as well as clinical education for medical students from the University of Sheffield.
Case study: Meet Business Champion Colin Muncie
A former director in the steel industry, both in the UK and the US, Colin Muncie is now retired and engaged in range of voluntary work. In 2018, he started as a Business Champion and industry partner for the Cutlers’ Better Learners Better Workers programme, working with both King Edward…
Case study: Francesca Clarke, Former NHS/Healthcare Ambassador
Francesca Clarke participated in the Better Learners Better Workers healthcare programme working with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. She now works at the Northern General Hospital after completing the programme and then taking on a Level 2 Business Administration Apprenticeship with the hospital which led to her current role as…
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BLBW Ambassadors show their teamwork in a scaffolding challenge
Year 10 Ambassadors on the Better Learners Better Workers (BLBW) scheme took part recently in a scaffolding challenge run by Haydn Tomlinson from Keepmoat Homes! Workshops like this showcase the programme’s ability to impact on student behaviours, outcomes and achievements.…
Engineering Ambassadors showcase skills at Get up to Speed with STEM event
Ambassadors on the Better Learners Better Workers programme (BLBW) showcased the engaging and exciting things the programme offers at the ninth annual Get up to Speed with STEM event. The event took place at Magna Science Adventure Centre on the…
Skills achievements of Barnsley and Sheffield teenagers recognised at prestigious Awards ceremony
Over 130 Year 11 students from Sheffield and Barnsley schools were recognised for their achievements on an employment skills programme at a prestigious awards ceremony hosted at the Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, on 27 February. The students, who had all completed…
South Yorkshire teens give up a day’s holiday to build their work skills
At the start of half-term holiday, over 90 teenagers from across South Yorkshire gathered at the Lifewise Centre near Rotherham to take part in a day of activities to build their job-ready skills. The ‘Skills Matter Day’ was organised by…
