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Project · Noor Workshops

The skills independence really needs.

Practical, structured workshops for young people, open to Noor Homes residents and to young people placed elsewhere.

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Why workshops

Independence is a set of skills, and most young people leaving care have never been taught them.

A young person can hold a tenancy on paper and still lose it within six months because nobody showed them how to budget, cook, handle a letter from the council or walk away from the wrong friendship. Our workshops close that gap.

A young woman reviewing bills at home with a calculator

Who can attend

Our residents, and young people placed elsewhere.

Living with Noor Homes

Included in the placement

The full programme is included as part of their placement, at no extra cost.

Placed elsewhere

Referred by a local authority

Local authorities can send young people from other placements or their own provision for a single workshop, a full programme or a seminar. They don’t need to be placed with Noor to attend.

The programme

Twelve workshops across four themes.

Delivered as single sessions, programmes, seminars or bespoke blocks.

Independent living

4 workshops

  • Life skills

    Keeping a tenancy, bills, appointments, paperwork, travel and looking after a home.

  • Financial numeracy

    Budgeting, bank accounts, debt, benefits and understanding where money actually goes each month.

  • Cooking

    Shopping, planning and cooking real meals on a real budget.

  • Rights and paperwork

    Tenancies, benefits, ID documents, and what a young person is entitled to and responsible for.

Safety and relationships

3 workshops

  • Healthy relationships and boundaries

    Respect, consent, boundaries and how to treat women and girls, delivered directly.

  • Staying safe online

    Scams, fraud, grooming, image sharing and sextortion.

  • Exploitation awareness

    Recognising county lines, criminal and sexual exploitation, and knowing what to do and who to tell.

Personal development

3 workshops

  • Team building

    Communication, trust and working with others: the skills employers and colleges notice.

  • Emotional regulation

    Managing anger and conflict, handling pressure, and the self-control that protects a placement and a tenancy.

  • Health and wellbeing

    Registering with a GP and dentist, appointments and medication, sleep, nutrition and where to go for help.

Moving forward

2 workshops

  • Employability

    CVs, applications, interview practice and workplace expectations, with support into college, training and apprenticeships.

  • ESOL and settling in

    English language support and practical orientation for unaccompanied young people adjusting to life here.

A group of young adults cooking and talking in a kitchen
A young couple choosing groceries in a supermarket
Hands slicing a red pepper on a chopping board
A young man reading a letter at a kitchen table
A young man smiling across a table during an interview

How sessions run

Four formats, built around the group.

Workshops

Small groups, hands-on and practical. Single sessions on one topic.

Programmes

A block across several weeks, where one session isn’t enough to make it stick.

Seminars

Larger groups on one topic, reaching young people across several placements at once.

Bespoke blocks

Built around what a particular group needs, at our sites or a venue of your choosing.
Young adults taking part in an indoor workshop session

Our standards

Delivered by trained Noor staff, under the same safeguarding standards that apply across our homes.

Groups are kept deliberately small, attendance and progress are recorded, and we can report back to the referring social worker or personal adviser on engagement and outcomes.

Boundaries and respect

Respect for women and girls is taught explicitly and reinforced by staff who challenge attitudes when they hear them. Groups are risk-assessed before every session, with single-gender groups where that is the right decision. Any incident of harmful behaviour is treated as a safeguarding matter: recorded, reported and escalated where required, without exception.

Arranging a place

Tell us who it’s for. We’ll do the rest.

If you’re placing a young person elsewhere, or planning for a whole group, start with the details below.
Living with Noor Homes
Nothing to arrange: the programme is part of the placement.
Placed elsewhere
Tell us the young person’s age, needs and the topics you want covered, and we’ll confirm availability and a start date.
A group or cohort
Tell us the numbers, the area and the outcome you want, and we’ll build a block or seminar around it.
Arrange a place

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