SWANLEY AND NORTHERN PARISHES JOB CLUB No 1 - STARTING

Slow start to the Job Club but since the spur of announcing it to many, we began to canter to the real start line. On course and several hurdles have been jumped to the end of the beginning and the start of the real work. There are several hurdles still to be jumped but have trotted round them and will come back to them on the second lap.
Secured one venue for two afternoons a week and a second venue is likely to be confirmed shortly.

"What is a job club?" has been asked on many occasions since the 1 December 2010 - the virtual beginning. I have visited three and seen descriptions of many more - on-line articles.

My conclusions are as follows:

• a regular informal gathering members, ie those looking for employment or wanting to start up a new business;
• a set of principles for the operation of the club's activities;
• a ethos of mutual assistance between members
• a supported network of individual volunteers and community organisations;
• a set of agreed principles for working the job club;
• an underlying desire of every member to leave the job club's membership!

No doubt the my conclusions will be modified and expanded as the Job Club starts to gallop!