Planting Seeds Apprenticeship

Planting Seeds Apprenticeship

What is Planting Seeds Apprenticeship?

Planting Seeds is a professional development programme that provides paid apprenticeships for local adolescents aged 16+.

Group picture at Freedom skatepark

Learning hard-skills

Planting Seeds provides hard, employable skills for young adults in fields such as:

  • Carpentry
  • Concrete shaping
  • Bricklaying
  • Photography
  • Videography
  • Editing
  • Project Management
  • Entrepreneurship

PSA explained

Theory:



The Planting Seeds Apprenticeship Programme was developed in 2020 in order to complement CJF’s life-skills programming for children with professional development opportunities for beneficiaries nearing adulthood

Target group:



Aimed at local adolescents and young adults aged 16 and up in need of employable, hard skills for career development and direction

Benefits:



Provides experience, skills and formal certification in a trade or field for which the beneficiary is truly passionate about.

Reports

Jamaica

2020 | PSA - Construction
CJF builder teaching skatepark construction to a local

Stories

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Jan 6, 2022 · 1 min read

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Clown in Action x CJF: Planting Seeds for 2022!



Clown in Action is a Community Interest Company and movement started by Clown Skateboards. Born out of the hearts of UK skateboarding, they focus on making practical commitments to organisations and individuals across the world, seeing them through, and realising the outcomes of these shared collective actions.

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Dec 13, 2021 · 3 min read

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Planting Seeds in Cerrito de la Virgen



My name is Jhikson Norman Taru Akamine Garcia. I was born on January 7, 2000, in Trujillo, northern Peru. When I was fourteen, my older neighbour gave me his board and I started skating. That unquestionably changed the course of my life.

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Sep 18, 2020 · 4 min read

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A space and time: Local Planting Seeds Apprentice Kayla Wheeler on building Kingston's first skatepark


I was nervous, battling second thoughts of even going. What if I dislike the work? What if I can’t do what’s required? Life can be beautiful even if you don't feel completely comfortable, I tell myself ...

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Feb 13, 2020 · 3 min read

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Planting Seeds Apprenticeship


The Planting Seeds Apprenticeship Programme will provide hands-on training to disadvantaged young adults in job-specific, entrepreneurial and digital skills in the form of paid apprenticeships. Targeted skill areas include ...

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