Welcome to the #GEMOnline timetable for September 2021. We have all the normal Job Clubs available along with the ever popular Be Seen, Be Heard with Adam. Alongside the skills sessions we have our wellbeing session, Create Connections, as a nice relaxed way to be able to socialise and learn ways to look after your own mental and physical wellbeing. Please see the timetable for details and the Zoom link to register.

#GEMOnline September Timetable 

Welcome to the timetable for #GEMOnline for June.  Please note some of our regular sessions have changed time, such as Yoga which now takes place on a Monday afternoon - perfect to get your week off to a good start, all ages and abilities welcome. Chair Yoga is also now available on a Wednesday for those who would prefer it.  Alongside the wellbeing sessions there's the usual great programme of employability sessions to develop skills and confidence, and much more.  Check out the full programme using the link below.

#GEMOnline June Timetable 

The May #GEMonline timetable is here and as the country starts to open up again from lockdown, so are lots of job opportunities! Now is the perfect time to make the most of the fantastic sessions from the GEM team and our wonderful partners to really improve your chances of landing your perfect role.

Once you’ve written your CV and covering letter, practised your interview technique and are feeling positive, you’ll need to think about preparing for yourself for interview day. Our session ‘Choosing what to wear for an interview’ will help ladies to understand how the way you dress can convey your best values and boost your confidence by providing useful tips on what colours say about you and what items of clothing and colours work well together.

You might have been thinking during lockdown about starting your own business and being self-employed. Join Jo from Cooperative Futures in her session Working Co-operatively and discover how working co-operatively might help your business idea to come to fruition.

May sees the continuation of the important Kickstart Employer sessions taking place on Friday lunchtimes. You will have the opportunity to meet a range of organisations that are currently offering excellent employment opportunities for young people aged 16-24 through the government’s Kickstart scheme. You’ll learn about the scheme, who the organisation is, what is involved in the placement and how to apply. There will also be information on other current opportunities and a chance to ask questions. All welcome so be sure to register.  

Alongside this, we've got all our usual employability, skill and wellbeing based sessions including our Cheltenham and Gloucester Job Clubs, Job Searching Tips, CV and Cover Letter Workshop, Mock Interviews, Walking in Nature, Cookery Corner and Journaling for Positivity. 

#GEMonline May Timetable

We're excited to announce a new session in our April calendar brought to you by the KickstartTeam. This is a half hour, weekly session, with the first one taking place on Friday 23rd at 12.30pm running every Friday over the next eight weeks. It gives you the opportunity to meet a range of organisations that are currently offering excellent employment opportunities for young people aged 16 - 24 through the governments Kickstart Scheme. You will learn about the scheme, who the organisation is, what is involved in the placement and how to apply. There will also be information on other current opportunities and a chance to ask questions.

There's still time to join any of our other fantastic sessions too like Be Seen, Be Heard taking place on Monday at 11am, designed to help develop greater confidence or self-esteem and overcome self consciousness, or Everything you wanted to know about numbers but were too afraid to ask or you might just want to take a moment to manage your wellbeing with yoga, a walk in nature or a lunchtime stretch 

Don't miss out on something that could help you, be that to take the next step into employment or to feel more positive and confident. Book your places today!

#GEMOnline April timetable UPDATED

We're delighted to bring you another jam packed timetable for April - filled with old favourites, plus some great new sessions to take part in! 

April sees a new, six week session with Adam Be Seen Be Heard, a fantastic course for anyone who is looking to develop greater confidence and/or self-esteem, or overcome self-consciousness and develop a sense of ease in front of others.

Carole our Navigator Developer from GL11 Community Hub continues her English as a Second Language Support Group, to help all ESL learners build their confidence. 

As we start to come out of lockdown (hurrah!) it's the perfect opportunity to reflect on who you think has been courageous during these testing times (it might even be you!) and in doing so, how about joining Amanda in her textile workshop where you can make a Medal of Courage to recognise and honour those who have shown everyday courage.

Now Spring has arrived, you might be thinking about how it would be to work outdoors? Join Julie in her So you want to work outdoors session and find out more about what is available locally including rural crafts, hedge laying, stonewalling, chainsaw and tree work, wildlife surveying and ecological work. 

Alongside this, we've got all our usual employability, skill and wellbeing based sessions including our Cheltenham and Gloucester Job Clubs, Job Searching Tips, CV and Cover Letter Workshop, Mock Interviews, Cookery Corner and Journaling for Positivity. 

As always GEMonline is free, easy to access and open to everyone so please spread the word so we can support as many people as possible during this time.

Click here to access our #GEMonline timetable covering 6th to 30th April: