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Words for Work improves communication skills for young people

13 Sep 2011

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Words for Work has again improved young people's communication skills through the 10-week programme. The final year of the pilot project worked with 13 schools across England and 18 local and regional businesses.

The evaluation shows that 70% of young people who participated believe they have improved their speaking and listening skills, 93% of the adult volunteers who worked closely with the pupils believe the young people are better communicators and 88% of teachers involved stated that Words for Work impacted directly on pupils' skills.

Read the Executive Summary and the full Evaluation Report.

Tags: Business and corporate partners, Evaluations, Schools & teaching, Words for Work

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