Blog

Welcome to our Skill Mill blog where we will keep you informed of what's going on across all our existing sites and our upcoming future plans.

Apr 13, 2021

Future Parks Accelerator: Cohort News and Views

Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) is a collaboration between the National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and the Ministry of Housing...

Apr 8, 2021

Alliance for Youth Justice in conversation with The Skill Mill

The Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) has published a blog post about their conversation with Andy Peaden from The Skill Mill. You can...

Mar 31, 2021

Upstart Enterprise Newcastle

Team Skill Mill will be attending the virtual Upstart Enterprise event today. Upstart Enterprise brings together start-up programmes for...

Mar 15, 2021

The Skill Mill Rochdale Partners with Cartwheel Arts

The Skill Mill Rochdale has partnered with Cartwheel Arts and are working on a community project in Darnhill estate, Heywood. The project...

Mar 2, 2021

Children & Young People Now Awards

The Skill Mill has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Children & Young People Now (CYPN) Awards. CYPN received an astounding number of...

Feb 24, 2021

Social Finance UK: 'Three insights for using impact bonds to scale social enterprises'.

Thank you to Blair Seiler and Sadiq Mussani, Managers at Social Finance UK, for the original article. Click here to view. August 2020 saw...

Feb 15, 2021

The Skill Mill's 7th Birthday Video

The Skill Mill has turned 7 years old! Unfortunately, we couldn't celebrate with you all in person this year. We've made a special...

Feb 5, 2021

World Cleanup Day 2020: Let’s Do It World Annual Report

The Let's Do It World annual report has been published. Despite the difficult global circumstances, a huge impact was made during the...

Feb 4, 2021

The People's Friend Magazine

Find The Skill Mill in the latest edition of The People's Friend magazine. The magazine is available to buy in most supermarkets and...

Jan 21, 2021

Richard Branson's Blog: Eight social enterprises giving ex-offenders a second chance

Richard Branson's latest blog post lists The Skill Mill as one of eight social enterprises giving ex-offenders a second chance. You can...

Jan 21, 2021

The Skill Mill Newcastle/Urban Green Training Programme

The Skill Mill Newcastle has launched a brand new project, working in partnership with Urban Green Newcastle. Urban Green Newcastle is an...

Jan 20, 2021

The Skill Mill Croydon: Local Community Grant

The Skill Mill Croydon have received a 'Local Community Grant' from Kenley Co-op store. The funding has been used for environmental...

Dec 10, 2020

The Skill Mill is Opening Soon in Northumberland

The Skill Mill will be working in partnership with Northumberland Rivers Trust, after a joint project has been awarded a grant from the...

Dec 4, 2020

The Skill Mill and CEG: Celebrating 5 Years of Partnership Working

The Skill Mill is celebrating 5 years of partnership working with Commercial Estates Group. The partnership started in 2015 at Kirkstall...

Nov 27, 2020

Severn Trent Community Fund

The Skill Mill has been awarded a grant from the Severn Trent Community Fund to support work in Nottingham. The Severn Trent Community...

Nov 12, 2020

IoD Yorkshire and North East: Director of the Year Awards

Davie Parks has been shortlisted as a finalist in The Institute of Directors (IoD) Yorkshire and North East Director of the Year Awards....

Nov 6, 2020

The Skill Mill Newcastle: Partnership with Urban Green

Urban Green Newcastle is an independent charity responsible for the management and upkeep of the city’s 33 parks and 61 allotment sites....

Nov 6, 2020

Canal and River Trust

The Skill Mill has recently partnered with the Canal and River Trust, giving our young people the opportunity to carry out entry level...

Oct 21, 2020

Urban Green win four Green Flag Awards

Read the original blog post from Urban Green by clicking here. Urban Green Newcastle is an independent charity responsible for the...

Oct 20, 2020

The Skill Mill has received a Commendation at the Howard League Community Awards

The Skill Mill has received a Commendation in the Organisation of the Year category at the Howard League for Penal Reform Community...