Lift Unity City

Exciting opportunity alert for a School Facilities Manager (Caretaker) at Lift Schools! 🚀
This permanent full-time role offers a salary of £29,542 - £32,046, great benefits including a pension scheme, and a wonderful work environment.
Apply before October 16, 2026, to take your career to the next level ⭐️

Link: https://careers.liftschools.org/jobs/school-facilities-manager-caretaker-middlesbrough-cleveland-united-kingdom

Join Middlesbrough College for their upcoming SEN Welcome Event! 
Designed specifically for learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), this event gives you the opportunity to explore the campus in a calm, supportive environment ahead of starting college. Held during half-term when the campus is much quieter, it’s the perfect chance to build confidence and ask any questions without the extra bustle.

📍 Where: Middlesbrough College Main Building, Dock Street, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AD
📅 When: Thursday, 29th October 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Your future starts here! ⭐️

We look forward to attending the Year 10 KS4: The Next Chapter Evening on Wednesday 4th November at 3:45pm. ✨
It’s a great opportunity to get valuable insights, collect revision materials, and meet with the year team and curriculum leaders. See you there! ✨💜

There’s still time to book into the open event of the year! 🧡

Thinking about a career in engineering? Come along to NETA Training to explore their workshops, meet the tutors, and find the course that’s right for you.

Get your application in early and you’ll receive priority enrolment. This year, our courses filled up super quickly, so don’t leave it until the last minute.

📍 NETA Training, Pennine Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees.
📅 Wednesday, 30th September.
🕔 5pm - 7pm

Book your place now - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998954268026?aff=oddtdtcreator

🌍 Celebrating European Day of Languages this Tuesday, 29th September! Join us for two exciting activities:
1️⃣ Lunchtime Food Quiz in the VIP Area: Test your global taste buds and guess where each dish comes from!
2️⃣ Menu Competition: Choose a country, create a custom menu showcasing its best cuisine (with pictures and words), and enter to win a prize! 🏆

Life can be tough, but you don’t have to go through it alone. 💜

Whether you’re facing money or housing worries, health and wellbeing challenges, or looking to get back into training and work, The Junction is here to support you and your family every step of the way—at your pace and without judgment.

Join us at one of our Family Focus Weekly Drop-ins:
📍 Mondays (12:30pm - 2:30pm): Abingdon Family Hub
📍 Tuesdays (9:15am - 10:30am): North Ormesby Community Hub
📍 Wednesdays (5:00pm - 7:00pm): Virtual / Phone appointments (Book in advance)
📍 Thursdays (9:30am - 11:30am): West Middlesbrough Family Hub

✨ Free refreshments are available!

🎨 Calling all young artists! Who will join your Spook Squad? 👻🎃

It’s time to get creative for the Spook Squad Drawing Competition! Open to Year 7 and Year 8 students. 
Whether it’s hairy spiders, flapping bats, rattling skeletons, witches’ cats, or bugs on toast - spooky can be silly, strange, magical, creepy, or completely made up! 🕷️🦇🧙‍♀️

🏆 Exciting Prizes to be Won:
For Clubs/Schools: The club with the best set of drawings wins an amazing £1,000 for our school, plus a complimentary copy of the book featuring the kids’ work! 
For Children: The favourite Spook Squad drawing in each book will become the book’s title and front cover! 10 overall winners will receive a creativity prize bundle. Plus, every entrant gets a sticker strip, and published artists receive a certificate! 
📍 How to enter: Pick up your entry forms and get more information from Mrs Westbrook in the library.
🗓️ Closing Date: Friday, 23rd October.

This week, our LUC Character Trait of the week is Gratitude!🙏
 
Students can show gratitude through direct actions like saying thank you, writing notes, creating art, or helping out classmates and volunteering in the community. ✨
🎟️ Weekly Character Trait Draw: Raffle tickets are awarded during learning sessions and social times. Fridays feature a character draw with 20 x £5 Greggs vouchers up for grabs!💜

Looking to meet fellow neurodivergent adults in a friendly, welcoming environment? ✨
Join the auTEEStic Peer Support Group for a safe space to connect, share experiences, and build confidence! 
📍 Where: ASDA Café, Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees / Middlesbrough
🗓️ When: Monday Evenings
⏰ Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
👥 Who: Neurodivergent Adults (18+)
💳 Cost: FREE to attend 

Come along to make new friends and chat with people who understand! 
🌐 Website: auteestic.me
📲 Instagram: Auteestic Teesside

✨Capturing the moments at Praise Fest with Lift Unity City✨
We are so very proud of our amazing students, showing us their incredible work and having the chance to win some wonderful prizes. 💜