Project Description
We’re here to support you with any worries you have around money, benefits, jobs and careers. We can signpost you to other specialist agencies who might be able to help. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
“I think the people who work here are wonderful and the job they do is incredibly important. It always feels like a welcoming and safe space here and that helps so much”
Some useful resources:
Information here about money.
Find some information on benefits, debt and money information plus many other topics here .
Confidentiality
All Centre 33 services are confidential, which means that we will not tell anyone, without your permission, that you are in contact with us or what you tell us. That would only change if we thought you or someone else was at risk of serious harm – if we did have to pass that information on, we would always try to talk to you about that first.
“I was made to feel really comfortable when talking to someone. The confidentiality acknowledges any problems I have – even if they seem small/silly.”
Charlie’s Story:
Charlie, aged 20, lived at home and wanted support with exploring benefits, learning a bit more about bank accounts and online banking, revising his CV, job searching effectively and developing the confidence to ‘sell’ his skills to potential employers.
He had felt unable to move forward and make progress for quite a while and it was getting him down.
He was taking antidepressants and wanted to make the move to being more independent from his family home.
What did we do?
At Centre 33 we think it’s important to empower young people to be independent. So we don’t do the work for them, we support them to be able to do the work themselves. We coached him with applying for universal benefit, sorting out his bank account and working on his CV. We also polished some interview skills and enabled him to identify his strengths and see how much he had to offer.
Then what happened?
Charlie’s feedback as we’ve gone along has been really positive. He says he feels more confident with how to approach a number of things. Following his coaching period with Centre 33, he leaves with:
an income he is entitled to that he didn’t have before
awareness of online resources to independently access basic support and guidance on job searching
a CV and covering letter he is confident with and knows how to tweak to suit different roles
the confidence to recognise the skills and experience he can bring to a potential role
improved knowledge of online banking
increased confidence in applying for jobs
‘I now know I can work through a challenging system and come out the other side’