Digital Tutor at Northern College. Tabletop gamer, gardener, general nerd, and follower of them Super Reds. All opinions my own, especially the incoherent ones.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Joined April 2019
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Save the date! 🗓️ this Saturday 9th of March we pay our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of their union and communities ✊🏼 facebook.com/events/s/david-… @NMineworkers @orgreavejustice @Miners_Strike @DurhamMiners @UniteSharon @UniteEconomy
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“@unitetheunion will do everything in its power to hold politicians feet to the fire over the coming months, especially in an election year. Voters won’t forgive politicians of any party unless they act now to protect steel jobs” @Joehill100 #SaveUKSteel unitelive.org/dark-day-for-s…
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'Food is not a Luxury'
@unitetheunion is working within communities to drive real change. Building a #WorkersEconomy from the ground up, action by action.
#GovanhillPeoplesPantry @MackColours @UniteSharon @UniteScotland
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We are so grateful to have the support of the amazing @fatbeehive, they are such a forward thinking employer and committed to building a diverse workforce. They are giving Code4000 graduates a second chance and those graduates are repaying them in kind. We're so proud of Ben!
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On the back of support from some of our biggest worker branches, already covering 250,000 members, on a programme for the workplace, I have officially accepted the candidacy to be the first women General Secretary of Unite. Thank you #Back2TheWorkplace
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On the 30th June, Code4000 graduate Franky and Programmes Director @DbaseJim will be speaking at an @FSCB_UK event on social mobility. Please come along and join us! Register here: financialservicescultureboar…
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This is such exciting news for Code4000! With the support of such a huge player in the criminal justice field we can expand our award winning programme into more prisons and change more lives through teaching tech! Proud to be a part of @Catch22!
This Autumn, Code4000 will merge with social business @catch22. Together, we will expand our prison coding programmes to use #TechForGood, and further reduce reoffending rates by setting individuals up with crucial #DigitalSkills. Find out more: bit.ly/3wQJUNV
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Code4000 are hiring! Want to come and work for an award winning team and make a real difference to the life-chances of people in prison? Check out our vacancy for a Classroom Facilitator at HMP Holme House - mailchi.mp/code4000/we-are-h…
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We are hiring! Code4000 are looking to recruit a Classroom Facilitator for our Holme House academy. For more information and how to apply, visit code4000.org.
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Amanul is a Code4000 graduate from our Humber Academy. He then joined Code Your Future and graduated in January. Learning to code has had a huge impact on his life and he is now ready for employment in the tech sector! Read more in our monthly round-up. - mailchi.mp/code4000/march-20…
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We're hiring! We need a classroom facilitator for our ground-breaking prison coding academy at
@HMP_Wandsworth in London - apply here before the 15th November code4000.org ping @Dr_Black @RoryStewartUK @ajcdeane @bmbm @NewFutrsNet #techforgood
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More exciting news! Last week saw the inception of the first ever prison-based coding academy in London as the team put the finishing touches to the installation of the brand new Code4000 academy at HMP Wandsworth. With student recruitment due to start soon, we are ready to go!
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We have an exciting announcement to make! Since March, Franky, a Code4000 graduate, has been employed as an apprentice software engineer at Lloyds Banking Group! Today we are proud and thrilled to publish Franky's story - it can be found at code4000.org.
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Our new website is now live, visit us at code4000.org. We're still very much about #teachingtechchanginglives but our new site reflects the many ways we have changed and grown since 2017.
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Thrilled and proud to win the Tech for Good award at the first #TeesTechAwards for our work at Holme House! A huge achievement given the quality of the other brilliant nominees @iTCHYROBOT_UK & @adeogroup. Huge thanks to @Tees_Business and the category sponsors @DominosTeesside.
Our first category in the first ever #TeesTechAwards is sponsored by @DominosTeesside & @mikeracz
And the winner is... @code4000uk
Training @HMPHolmeHouse prisoners in computer coding to help them find employment on release. Congrats!
Finalists @iTCHYROBOT_UK & @adeogroup
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A post on Facebook from a graduate blaming us for his lack of free time due to a determination to build his coding skills and find work as a developer. Teaching a much sought after skill that often becomes an engaging hobby is one thing we’re happy to take the blame for! 👍
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Code4000 see @TLM (The Last Mile) as a highly successful model for combating recidivism, a model that views skills training as only one piece of the reducing re-offending jigsaw, and where support into employment upon release is the key to breaking the cycle of crime.
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This quarter we were disappointed to record our first "unknown" ETE outcomes: we have been unable to contact 3 graduates who left prison during the Covid-19 crisis. Despite this, 83% of our graduates continue to engage in positive activity; 39% in employment in the tech-sector.
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Primarily we teach tech, but we also value and encourage those skills that empower our students to speak their mind. Those with lived experience of prison know the score, what better people to ask to find out what works and what doesn't? #teachingtechchanginglives #citizenship
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We often share statistics to illustrate the impact we have on the lives of our students, but the work we do goes beyond mere numbers. Helping real people in their real lives is at the core of our mission to change those lives through learning to code! #teachingtechchanginglives
