Step Up project at Julian Housing
Getting involved in training, education and other activities can make all the difference in the life of someone who is homeless – helping them learn new skills, develop self-confidence, and improve physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Step Up gives us the confidence to try new things. It’s been an honour to be part of it.
I’m really confident that I have learnt the skills I need to get that job and get my life back on track.
Julian Housing clients
Our training, education, activities and employment project, Step Up, is available to all Julian Housing residents. The project helps residents to make the most of opportunities in education, training and employment, and to take part in leisure activities.
The Step Up programme at Julian Housing includes:
- A variety of internal training courses including numeracy and literacy, preparation for maintaining future tenancies, and other vocational subjects. We can also help clients to take advantage of external courses.
- Help finding voluntary and paid work in the community, with support to write CVs, prepare for interviews, and to access external training courses that help clients get back into employment.
- A wide range of sports and leisure activities such as canoeing, football and rounders. We also have a museum-visiting group, a scrabble group, and regularly hold one-off events – many of which are led by Julian Housing residents.
- An internal grant-awarding scheme – the ‘Personalisation Fund’. This is overseen by residents and distributes small grants to individuals to help them access life-changing education or employment opportunities or physical activities.
Thanks to the personalisation fund, I and my friend Jon were able to purchase some amplification equipment for our guitars. This allowed us to develop ideas about teaching residents in O’Hanlon House how to play guitar as well.
Julian Housing resident
