Programmes for Employment

Are you looking to re-skill or up-skill?

Are you at risk of redundancy or in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance/Employment and Support Allowance?

We can help!

New Skills, New Lives is K College’s initiative to train individuals to become more employable. The College has recently merged, enhancing our offer of courses, allowing us to provide a range of programmes, from our five campuses in Ashford, Dover , Folkestone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. We also deliver programmes in outreach centres across Kent .

K College can help you with a package of FREE support

This training is focused to prepare you for real employment opportunities within the local labour market. To be eligible, you must:

• be aged 18+

• be living within the Kent and Medway region

• be in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance /Employment and Support Allowance or

• be at risk of redundancy

For more information on how we can help you enhance your employment opportunities.

Contact us online at:

www.kcollege.ac.uk/about-us/partner-projects

Via email at:

projectdelivery@kcollege.ac.uk

Or telephone:

Deborah Simister

Project Co-ordinator (Unemployed)

01732 374089

Jane Silve

Project Officer (Redundancy)

01732 370050

A Town Unearthed: Folkestone Before 1500 (ATU) is an HLF funded community project run jointly by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Christ Church University and Folkestone People’s History centre. We aim to uncover, record and communicate the significant ancient history and archaeology of the Folkestone area to local and national audiences.

We are currently recruiting volunteers for the following posts. All posts will be supervised and number of hours per week is negotiable. Training opportunities may also be available.

 Web editor and co-ordinator
 Proof reader
 Support for web-content (history, archaeology, oral history, news and events)
 Communications and outreach co-ordinator(regional and national)
 Communications and outreach co-ordinator(local)
 Archivist (for our small but growing collection of books, CDs and other records)
 Visual Archivist (for our collection of photographic and other images)
 Events co-ordinator (including travelling ATU stall)
 Photographer
 Administrator - Volunteer membership, records and materials

You may also want to take part in Research, ‘Meeting the Past’: Community Events and Education or Archaeology Volunteer Groups. These meet regularly and offer opportunity to take part in activities, trips and training.

If you feel that you have relevant experience and would be interested in being a part of this exciting community archaeology project or for further information about the individual posts, please contact Hannah Lewis, Project Manager by email townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk.

If you’re a creative person working in any sphere of the arts and interested in exploring the theory and practice of community arts work, have you considered an MA? This two-year, practical and adaptable MA programme could provide the impetus you’re looking for. It’s part-time and comprises varied and flexible modes of study so you can fit it around your own work needs. Being based in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter
and closely linked to a major, internationally-recognised regeneration project will help you to develop your links with other creative people working in the locality, as well as providing you with plenty of inspiration for your Case Study material.

For more information go to:
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/postgraduate/courses/community_arts.asp

Jane Seaman
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator
University Centre Folkestone
Mill Bay
Folkestone
Kent CT20 1JG

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Historic documents containing centuries-old information on Kentish towns have been made available for the first time on the internet.

Developed by technology experts at the National Archives, the interactive Domesday Book contains all the data collected as part of William the Conqueror’s great survey of England in 1086.

Visitors to the website can input their postcode and discover the original names and landowners of some of Kent’s biggest towns, including Meddestone (Maidstone), Fulchestan (Folkestone) and Favreshant (Faversham). They can also purchase individual pages of the Latin book, along with an English translation, for £2 a time.

In addition, the new resource has been tied in with the UK History Photo Finder, which enables visitors to view more than 14,000 photographs taken by J Dixon Scott in the 1920s and 1940s.

“The site enables us to experiment with innovative features that can open up our records in new ways to a wider audience,” said technology director David Thomas.

“The Domesday Book is unique. There’s nothing else like it in the world from that date. It’s one of our oldest records, but thanks to technology we’ve made all of its rich history available to anyone online.

“It provides a detailed survey for most of the country and tells us a lot about the landlord structure and feudal laws, as well as local ecology, farming, woodland and so on.”

While not all of Kent’s towns and villages are mentioned in the Domesday Book, those which are help provide a unique insight into the most influential people of the day.

For example, a quick search for Deal - referred to as both Addelam and Delam in 1086 - reveals land was owned by the likes of Ansektil, the archdeacon, and Aethelsige, abbot of St Augustine.

Mr Thomas said: “There’s a strong interest in local history and now we can access a big part of it at the touch of a button. We can also refine our searches if we want to find out all the places with Viking names, all the places named after animals and so on. Making the book available online brings it to many more people and makes it much more accessible.”

Meanwhile, the accompanying photographs by J Dixon Scott were captured during the course of his tours of the UK.

He took thousands of snapshots of landscapes, towns and people, building a portrait of British life in the inter-war years. The vast collection includes many pictures taken of historic landmarks in Kent, including Chatham Dockyard, the Bishop’s Palace in Maidstone, and Canterbury’s Westgate.

Visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/labs.

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Domesday-Book_s-Kent-records-are-placed-online-newsinkent41232.aspx