School life: Calderdale College student shares how she has overcome diffulties

She tells us about her journey and the difficulties she had to overcome: “After dropping out of Huddersfield New College I really struggled to find a job and ended up signing at the job centre. From there, they have recommended undertaking the Prince’s Trust Team Programme at Calderdale College, which sounded like a great opportunity to get back into education.”

The Prince’s Trust Team Programme is a personal development and team building course which enables young people to develop their personal skills through a series of projects and challenges. It’s a perfect opportunity to gain qualifications and experiences to really enhance their CV’s. Beth believes her experience with Calderdale College was a stepping-stone to get her on her desired career path: “I have developed my personal attributes such as my confidence, communication and teamwork; and I gained the qualifications I needed to get into the university. Most exciting thing of all is that I have also managed to secure my-self a work placement!”

Bethany has been asked to come back to college and help out with the next Prince’s Trust Programme. Her plans for the future are to complete a PGCE and teach in either a college or secondary school.

She adds: “With the help of Calderdale College I know I can get there!”