go girl code + create recruitment process

The recruitment process has been happening over the past few months now, recruiting and engaging girl’s and young women to start this years go girl code + create project 2017!

I have been fortunate enough to meet some inspiring and inspirational young women from Oxford and surrounding areas.

We currently have 12 girls and young women keen to get started and join go girl.

Ashmita, Paula and I met the lovely JJ last week who is incredibly creative and talented- we had a great catch up with her and she will definitely have a lot to offer the project.

Me & Paige met Jade and Ebonnee in Oxford City Centre this week. We treated the girls to sandwiches and cakes and got to know them a little better. The girls expressed their interests in go girl and said they are really looking forward to getting started, meeting new people and experiencing something completely different in terms of a computer programme just for girls!

I met Sophie this week too

1:1 sessions carried out with a milkshake……of course! 🙂

I have been meeting each of the girls 1:1 each week to get to know them and introduce them to go girl, getting to know their expectations and what they are hoping to achieve from engaging with the programme.

The girls and the team are very much looking forward to meeting one another next week- Wednesday 3rd May for the ‘Kick Off ‘ session getting to know one another, more about the project and introducing them to the beginning of the go girl code + create programme.

Watch this space………

GO GIRL XMAS TREAT

The Go Girls and staff enjoyed an afternoon lunch together at Pizza Hut in Oxford followed by a trip to the Oxford Play House to watch Aladdin- it was great to end the Go Girl sesions in such a positive way.

Wishing the Go Girls and staff a good festive break and looking forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!! 🙂

 

Go Girls go to Ace

Today the group of young women from Go Girl took part in a women’s only taster day at Ace training in Kidlington Oxford.

The girls took part in brick laying and carpentry

 

 

GO GIRL GO TO ACE TASTER DAY

The Go Girls were invited to participate in a taster day at Ace training, this is a specialist construction training center based in Kidlington Oxford.

The aim of the taster day was to give girls and young women the opportunity to take part in learning new skills such as brick laying and carpentry which is predominantly male orientated.

Women have made great advances in the world of work. The employment rate for women continues to rise and today there are more women in work than ever before (now accounting for just under half of the workforce). But, in construction – still one of the largest employers in the UK – progress has been abysmally slow. Women account for only 11 per cent of the construction workforce and just 1 per cent of workers on site. Furthermore, the gender pay gap in construction is still wider than in other industries. The sector can neither justify nor countenance remaining a ‘no-go area’ for women. In order to fill the skills gap it will have to recruit and retain more women, and not just in support roles. Women must be central to the modernisation of the construction industries. Paul Hackett, director of the Smith Institute

The group of girls said they had really enjoyed this experience and said they thought it would be boring to begin with- one of the girls has completed an apprenticeship application form to join the sessions in the new year. She particularly would like to do the apprenticeship in carpentry 🙂

“Brick laying was really cool, i enjoyed it”- Sabbah Bakhtiar

“I though it would be boring but i enjoyed it today”- Frances Goodgame

“I loved it! Cant way to go back- i really enjoyed the carpentry”- Jess Wharton

Go Girl’s do 24 hour sponsored walk

The Go Girls will be taking part in a 24 hour sponsored walk in partnership with The Children heard and seen charity.

Start date: Sunday the 20th of December 2015 at 10am until 10am on Monday the 21st. we will all be meeting at the East Oxford Early Intervention Hub to start our adventure.

The group will begin our journey starting in the Cowley area heading towards Oxford City Centre- we will be walking across most of Oxford- Fingers crossed for no rain!!!

If you would like to join in our walk/part of the walk or sponsor this great cause the please click the link: ow.ly/V49IT or get in touch with Mel Jewell 07789493588

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