INITIALLY coming through CatZero’s Full Families programme in Hull, 16-year-old Liam Greenham is grabbing every opportunity available to him, having left school following his GCSE’s in the summer. Liam was one of the CatZero participants chosen through interview to receive a 4-week work placement with the Sewell Group, a multi-disciplined organisation with a number of…
FOLLOWING a less formal Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) under 18s visit to Grimsby Peaks Lane Fire Station several weeks ago, the over 18 group recently returned for a more in-depth visit with the team’s ‘White Watch’. The trip was arranged for the group, ages 18-24, after a concern was raised by a YFF participant regarding…
FOLLOWING announcements of its latest initiative in partnership with CatZero back in June, Sewell Group’s Summer Internship Programme comes to an end with huge success. August saw twelve participants from CatZero undertake a month of paid work across Sewell Group businesses, to give them valuable experience in a bid to help them into the job…
WAVED off by the Mayor of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire as they departed Grimsby Dock on July 26, our intrepid Grimsby Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) sailors were back in the company of Mister Mayor as they visited the town’s Fishing Heritage Centre this week. The group have been back on dry land for…
FOLLOWING on from the recent St Katherine Docks meeting with Grimsby MP Lia Nici and the Rt. Hon Therese Coffey, Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), footage showing the visit with the Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) participants promotes CatZero’s work with young people and the long-term unemployed and puts the…
A CENTENARY celebration sail underlined SCMS’s commitment to Humber charity CatZero as the worldwide marine consultants confirm a further 12 months of sponsorship. For the last year, the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors (SCMS) has proudly supported CatZero, an organisation dedicated to making lasting positive change in the lives of families, children,…
IT WAS an exciting morning for the young participants of a YFF sail as Great Grimsby MP Lia Nici, the Mayor of North East Lincolnshire David Hasthorpe and a team from ITV’s Calendar waved them off from the Grimsby dockside as they departed for London. A life-changing opportunity for the young people taking part, the…
THE CatZero 2021 race team is already preparing for its next mission after completing the Round the Island Race on July 3. The final challenge will see the team returning to the Isle of Wight for the Rolex Fastnet race, on Sunday, August 8, which will once again see their sailing skills tested to the…
STAUNCH supporter and former CatZero participant Caz White is taking on an unusual fundraising challenge for the organisation as she prepares to roller skate from Grimsby to Hull in less than 12 hours. With a support team in place, Caz (26) will be leaving Grimsby early on Wednesday morning to skate her way across the…
THE most gruelling challenge of his life, CatZero delivery officer David Andrews finally completed the Southport to Hornsea Transpennine Trail after three tough days of mud, rain, nettle stings and broken pathways. Normally a group fundraiser, a CatZero Coast to Coast Challenge was pencilled in for 2020 but the cycle ride was postponed due to…
