Proactive Young People is a not-for-profit community organisation, which supports young people and adults aged 11-25 into employment.
The organisation was established in 2020 by Directors, Nicholas Brosnan and Samantha Fitzgerald, who have worked in the sector together since 2008.
The pair decided to launch their own company to meet a demand from secondary schools, and now operate in Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and Leicestershire.
To aid the company’s growth they needed a new website to replace their unsuitable existing site and applied to The Wigley Community Fund for help – receiving a £1,020 grant.
Director, Nicholas Brosnan said, ‘We have always wanted to help younger people, and timing-wise, when Covid came around, we identified the fact there was a lot who would not get opportunities. We had a holding page set up, but it is a static page and it wasn’t very user-friendly. Now, we will have an actual website for young people to access our support and this will also help providers as the website will give information on what we do. We are really thankful to Wigley and hopefully this will help more people to know about our work.’
The website can be viewed at www.proactiveyoungpeoplecic.co.uk.