A big thank you to our resident artist
Thank you to Emma Denby for working with out interns this year. We’ll shortly be unveiling the final piece that’s now up in our Chill Out Space at Carlton House. Read more about Emma here.
MPORTANT UPDATE: SEND Transport Industrial Action
We have received an official update from the Local Authority regarding the upcoming potential strikes affecting Home to College transport for our Interns. We have sent this letter out via email to all parents and carers, which you can find here Please check this letter for the latest information on how the Council plans to manage transport…
Dyslexia Awareness Week: Let’s make our content inclusive!
I’m five foot one and “growing up” my Nan always used to tell me that good things come in small packages. So in my second week at Lighthouse Futures Trust when I sit down at my desk to write something for LinkedIn about Dyslexia Awareness Week I ask myself what on earth am I doing?…
Top Tips for getting an EHCP
Here are our SENDCo’s top tips for getting an EHCP. Parents OR school can apply for an EHCP. If your school won’t apply, put in an application yourself and school will then be legally required to provide their evidence and information. Doctors cannot apply. Get your evidence ready. Collect anything and everything you can do…
Festival of Light
It’s Diwali this week, and as I was mulling over what to write for this week’s #LFTWednesdays I realised that this is a great opportunity to explore the ‘Lighthouse’ in Lighthouse Futures Trust. It’s one of the things you keep asking us to talk about: who are we and what do we do? I remember watching…
Top Tips for Beating Interview Nerves
Everyone gets nervous about interviews. Feeling nervous is a natural feeling that everyone gets in certain situations. And that means beating nerves is hard work and preparing yourself affectively can make a huge difference. So, for this week’s #LFTWednesdays we’ve asked our Supported Employment Coach to give us her top five tips for beating interview nerves:…
26th March 2025 – Reverse Job Fair
Some of the supported interns that were at the event have only been with us since September, and some of them, back then, would not have said ‘Boo’ to the proverbial goose. Yet here they were, sat next to their peers chatting away about what they do at their work placement, what their key skills…
Class of 2025: Supported Internship Graduation
Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate our Supported Interns graduating at Leeds Civic Hall. We all had a lovely afternoon, and thank our Trustees and Councillor Hayden for also attending and for all their kind words. Photographs can be found here: Class of 2025 Graduation Photographs – Lighthouse Futures Trust