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CXL puts Families First

With young people’s attitudes to education and employment formed at an early age by family role models, social business CXL has launched an innovative pilot in the Shadsworth and Whitebirk areas of Blackburn, which aims to break the unemployment cycle that can exist in families, leading to young people becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).

Lancaster and Morecambe businesses “missing out” say recruitment experts

Lancaster and Morecambe businesses are missing out by not employing young people, according to Lancashire recruitment experts CXL.

CXL scoops top customer service award

CXL’s Business and Meeting Centre has won a prestigious regional award for its first class service to customers.

Cash Boost for East Lancs Employers

Businesses in East Lancashire are set to benefit from nearly £1m to help them survive and thrive through the economic downturn.

CXL charity fundraising smashes all targets

Staff at CXL have smashed their own target by raising an amazing £3249.21 in support of their sponsored charity Nightsafe.

Blackpool MP views innovative education retention package

Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden dropped in on a seminar showcasing an online careers package that’s been developed to identify and support students who are at risk of dropping out of college.

Partnership approach gets Ofsted thumbs-up

1 November 2008

An innovative partnership approach between CXL and a Liverpool based training company has been praised as “outstanding” by Ofsted.  

The partnership with Sysco Business Skills Academy enables CXL to provide quality placements for social work students and is part of a wider project to help students from universities across the North West to find placements in non-traditional social work settings.

More than 25 students across Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester are currently on placement through the scheme, with negotiations currently underway to introduce long term back-to-back placements with the new Young People’s Service and to develop a partnership with Chester University.

In a report produced after an Ofsted inspection in the Summer, the approach was praised for its “outstanding” support for learners and “excellent practical pastoral care and expert interventions”.

“Support is very well planned and high responsive to learners’ individual needs” the report continued. “Learners benefit from particularly thorough information, advice and guidance before they start their training…Tutorial support is strong and monitored effectively”.

“This is excellent news and a great endorsement of the partnership work that has gone into the project” said Co-ordinator James Stead-Clark.