North Shields Children's Youth Employability and Financial Literacy Programme

Employability / July 13th, 2026

North Shields Children's Youth Employability and Financial Literacy Programme

Over the past few months, Year 6 pupils from Christ Church C of E Primary School have taken part in Building Self Belief CIO’s ‘North Shields Children’s Youth Employability and Financial Literacy Programme. Throughout the programme, the children explored their strengths, learned about branding and marketing, discovered different career pathways, developed essential employability skills and took part in a financial literacy workshop delivered by Newcastle Building Society.They then put their learning into action by creating their own ‘Financial Literacy Guide’ to help other young people build positive money habits. This video celebrates their journey, achievements and the confidence they have gained along the way. A huge thank you to Newcastle Building Society and Community Foundation North East for making this programme possible.

Heritage / January 28th, 2025

Voices of Consett - Kris Kennedy

Kris Kennedy, has lived and worked in Consett all of his life, living in Constance Street and currently working at Consett Golf Club. As part of our Consett Heritage project, read his Consett Heritage story here.

Wellbeing / December 4th, 2023

Our Awards / December 4th, 2023

Huge Thank You to Sunderland Counselling Service for Building Self Belief’s Award

I was delighted to be a guest at Sunderland Counselling Services AGM on 30th November 2023 and help them celebrate their 40th anniversary. As CEO of Building Self-Belief, it was a great opportunity to see the timeline of how SCS has developed and evolved over the past 40 years.

Wellbeing / December 16th, 2018

Employability / December 16th, 2018

Building Self-Belief in Teenage Boys' Programme

We had a brilliant experience working with these young people. We worked with them by building up their confidence by encouraging them to talk. We took them to the theatre, a restaurant and to the high ropes. They all learnt a great deal about each other and themselves.