North Tyneside Employment & Skills

01/06/2026

🔴Myth: PowerPoint is only useful in the office.

✅Fact: People use PowerPoint in shops, schools, healthcare, training and lots of everyday jobs.

From missing pet posters to party invitations, there are lots of reasons to develop your presentation skills! 💡

This six-week PowerPoint course will teach you how to:
👉Edit and format slides
👉Enhance slide backgrounds
👉Embed video and music in a presentation
👉Apply animation effects

Here’s what one of our learners said about the course…
📢 “I felt unsure at first because I didn’t have much experience with digital presentations. Everything looked complicated and I wasn’t confident about using the tools or creating a good slide. I am more confident now that I completed the course. I understand how the tools work and I can create slides much faster. I can see my progress, and I can now use PowerPoint for work and my personal projects”

Our next Microbytes PowerPoint course starts:
📅 Wednesday 24/06/26
🕘 1:15-4:15pm
📍 Swans CFI, Wallsend

Places are limited so please book ahead of time to avoid disappointment:
📞 0191 643 2288
💻https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ZmprA2gZH6
📧[email protected]

01/06/2026

🌟 Women Into Work Event 🌟
Empowering women. Unlocking opportunities.

✅Live vacancies across multiple sectors
✅Meet employers
✅CV & application support
✅Confidence‑building workshops
✅Training, skills programmes & funding info
✅A warm, supportive space

🤝 Employers Attending
IPS Adhesives • St John Ambulance • CCA Recruitment • Crew Gal • Newcastle Cat & Dog Shelter • St Oswald’s • Percy Hedley • Northumbria Police • Avon • TyneMet
…and more.

💼 Plus: Smart Works
Smart Works is a dynamic UK charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for interview success. 67% of clients secure a job within a month — gaining confidence, independence and a fresh start.

Join us and take a step toward the future you deserve. Register here:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Jp5rjNc0lEO37_EQyVXw_I9zWiaaxt9DgiHzS5zjg9ZUNEFaN0FMQ1hSVUs5T0RFRloyM0pVRFgwRi4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

Every conversation, every connection, every opportunity starts here.



Smart Works Newcastle North Tyneside Council

01/06/2026

We've got an exciting week coming up and it's not too late to register for JOBS ON THE TYNE!

Read more here:

People across the North East are being encouraged to explore career opportunities in North Tynesides expanding green, offshore and engineering sectors at a dedicated jobs event next month.

29/05/2026

💬Talk to our Connect to Work team about Micro Jobs.💬

Why Micro Jobs work for employers

✅ They solve real operational gaps Every business has tasks that get pushed aside. Micro jobs turn these into productive, value adding activities — supported by Connect to Work advisors who ensure the match is right.
✅ They reduce pressure on the wider team by carving out small, routine tasks, you free up staff to focus on higher value work. This improves productivity and reduces burnout.
✅ They are low risk and fully supported Connect to Work provides advisor support, workplace adjustments advice, and ongoing in work support. You’re not doing this alone — we stay involved to make sure it works for both the business and the employee.
✅ They strengthen your Disability Confident commitments. Micro jobs create genuine employment opportunities for people with disabilities — not work experience, not volunteering, but real paid roles that contribute to the organisation.
5. They enhance your reputation as an inclusive employer Residents, partners and customers notice when businesses take inclusion seriously. Micro jobs demonstrate leadership, innovation and social value in action.

Want to know more? Get in touch:
E: [email protected]
T: 0191 643 2288



North East Mayoral Strategic Authority North Tyneside Council Business North Tyneside

28/05/2026

❌Myth: Spreadsheets are only good at work, not at home.

✅Fact: You can use Excel for lots of things at home. Examples include tracking medication, logging exercise and even household budgets.

Our Microbytes Excel course will teach you how to use spreadsheets with confidence.

On the course, you will learn how to:
🟢Create and format a multiple-sheet spreadsheet
🟢Set repeating column headers
🟢Use advanced functions for data analysis
🟢Use linked data in calculations

Here’s what one of our Microbytes Excel learners has to say about the course:
🗨️ “Because the instructions and exercises are very clear, and the help from our tutor is tailored to each learner, it is a very relaxed way of going through the course. No pressure and at your own pace.”

Microbytes Excel next starts:
📅 Wednesday 24/06/26
🕘 9:30am-12:30pm
📍 Swans CFI, Wallsend

Places are limited so please book ahead of time to avoid disappointment:
📞 0191 643 2288
💻https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ZmprA2gZH6
📧[email protected]

28/05/2026

Your next step starts here

Looking for work, thinking about a change, or just need someone in your corner?

Our Working Well team can help you find the right opportunities, develop new skills and take the next step with confidence.

📩 [email protected]



North East Mayoral Strategic Authority North Tyneside Council

27/05/2026

❓Did you know that Microsoft PowerPoint was first released in 1987? That means it will be 40 years old next year!

📊Over 500 million people use PowerPoint to make presentations 🚀If you have ever wanted to up your presentation game, Microbytes is designed for you.

Over the six-week PowerPoint course, you’ll learn how to:
⚙️Edit and format slides
⚙️Enhance slide backgrounds
⚙️Embed video and music in a presentation
⚙️Apply animation effects

🔎Your work will be checked with your tutor, but there won’t be any exams. Feedback will be given so you can make sure you’re on the right track. 🌱

Our next Microbytes PowerPoint course takes place:
📅 Friday 12/06/26
🕘 1:15-4:15pm
📍 YMCA, North Shields

Places are limited so please book ahead of time to avoid disappointment:
📞 0191 643 2288
💻https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ZmprA2gZH6
📧[email protected]

27/05/2026

🌊 Jobs on the Tyne – Meet the employers shaping our river’s future 🌊

We’re bringing together some of the most exciting and innovative employers operating along the River Tyne — and they’re ready to meet you.

Join us at Wallsend Library to explore real job opportunities, training routes and career pathways with organisations who are powering the region’s offshore, engineering and green‑tech industries.

👷‍♂️ Meet employers including:

• Smulders – offshore wind & steel fabrication
• WD Close – welding, engineering & manufacturing specialists
• Shepherd Offshore – major employer on the Tyne
• Green Tec Recruitment – green energy & sustainability roles
• Kinewell – cutting‑edge renewable technology
• Walker Subsea – subsea engineering & offshore services

📅 5 June 2026
🕚 11am – 1.30pm
📍 Wallsend Library, NE28 8JR

If you’re looking for your next step, a new direction, or a career in one of the North East’s most exciting sectors — this is the event for you.

👉 Register here:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Jp5rjNc0lEO37_EQyVXw_I9zWiaaxt9DgiHzS5zjg9ZUQTBVVVJTNFpLQlIzWkhPT0RKMEdNWkdOTy4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl



Email: [email protected]

North Tyneside Council North East Mayoral Strategic Authority Walker Subsea Engineering Ltd

26/05/2026

🔎There are lots of tools in Microsoft Word. You can change how text looks, use text-to-speech and even translation. Most people use only a very small fraction of these tools and don’t get the most out of them.

🤝Come to our Microbytes Word course and we'll help you use Word with more confidence.

Our Microbytes Word course covers topics such as:
✅Editing and formatting text and layouts
✅Image enhancement
✅Mail Merge
✅Creating, editing and formatting tables
✅Applying watermarks

🗨️A Microbytes learner told us that he was very proud that he did some new tasks without any help. And he was only halfway through the course! 💫Why not see what you can do?

Our next Microbytes Word course takes place:
📅 Tuesday 09/06/26
🕘 9:30am-12:30pm
📍 White Swan Centre, Killingworth

Places are limited so please book ahead of time to avoid disappointment:
📞 0191 643 2288
💻https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ZmprA2gZH6
📧[email protected]

26/05/2026

Make your own track!

🎧 Aged 16-25 and want to make your own music?

Konnect Audio are bringing hands‑on digital music sessions to Working Well — and you’re invited.

Try out music tech, looping, recording, percussion and build a track from scratch with support from real producers.

No experience needed. Just book on, get creative and have fun.

📩 Book your place: https://forms.office.com/e/3h0m7jiknM

Email: [email protected]