![]() “They fall into a hole they often fall out of the school system,” he said. McIvor said some recruits were “very low” when they began their journey with the programme. now they are managing staff, have transitioned into having a full licence and are thinking about applying for other jobs,” he said. “We have had kids who have come here after leaving school with nothing, no qualifications or credits. It is currently negotiating a hoped-for funding extension with the Ministry of Social Development. Ignite was launched two years ago, with initial funding from the Provincial Growth Fund and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. ![]() He now had his first fulltime job working for a Napier cleaning company.Īnd soon he hopes to be able to drive himself to work as he seeks his driver’s licence after being put through driving training via Ignite. Without the life-changing six-week course he said he believed he would still be lazing around home. They have also taught me a lot about time management. “The moment I joined the group, I could feel my confidence grow,” he said. Vai Brown describes Ignite as the “second chance” he needed to reboot his young life. I would go to bed early in the morning and wake up at around 10am or 11am to go to school.” Before I came here, I always had trouble sleeping. ![]() “I couldn’t find any motivation to get out of the house. ![]() Like others who have gone through the Ignite programme over the past two years, the school system didn’t work for him and he said he was “having troubles at home”. ![]()
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