Free Youth Enterprise & Communications Confidence Sessions

TenForward is being funded by the Ministry of Youth Development to provide 600 targeted young people aged 16-24 with 20 free sessions of our Youth Enterprise Workshops over the next 2.5 years. The topics include entrepreneurship skills, work-ready skills, social communications confidence, gaming themes, and we incorporate Te Kete Aronui resources into our content.

You can attend any 20 sessions of your choice. We also welcome groups who wish to attend, eg homeschool groups, or school groups. Get in touch to discuss how we can make this work for you.

How it works:
- fill in the registration on our website
- 60 young people per term will be offered a placement in this programme
- you can choose any 20 sessions of your choice anytime, with two sessions offered every week day (9:30-12pm, 12:30-3pm) and weekend sessions (4-6:30pm)
- the sessions can be repeats, eg if you like the entrepreneurship skills, or Dungeons & Dragons sessions, you can keep coming back to build on your project
- There is no charge. This is a genuine funding opportunity to help young people improve work-ready enterprise skills, and achieve increased wellbeing, capability and resilience, skills and meaningful social connections
- All our sessions end with some social gaming to encourage positive teamwork with the new group of friends

Targeted groups:
Are you aged 16-24 years, have low to moderate needs, and identify with any of these demographics? Then you qualify for our programme!
Neurodivergent, social/learning/behavioural differences etc
Rainbow Youth
Young Women
Maori Youth
Pasifika Youth
Migrant Families

Bookings:
Once you have been accepted into the programme, you can book into any sessions you like. Most sessions are held once a week, but whenever we have available gaps, we will add in bonus sessions, so keep an eye out!

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Topics
Beginner Entrepreneurship
Presentation Skills for Video Audience Engagement
How to write a CV & Cover Letter
Craft Enterprise: Pixel Art Creative Session
Content Creation Structure for Writing & Videos
Esports Enterprise Training
Understanding Employment Contracts & Process

Communications Confidence Topics
Impromptu Speaking Skills
Job Interview Practice
Dungeons & Dragons Campaign
D&D Model Painting
R16 Social Gaming Meetup
Rainbow Youth Social Gaming Meetup
Music Gaming Skills