The launch of “Rise & Serve”

19th February 2026

We are very proud to have launched “Rise & Serve”. Now 4 weeks in we have a wonderful cohort of young people, young people who are not in education or learning but all are committed to and want to work. Over 8 weeks we will work on a bunch of life skills whilst at the same time introduce them to some basic hospitality skills. At the end of the 8 weeks we are putting on a special event with a select group of people invited.

The programme is supported by Alumni members of the HJN; Lawrence Lumb, Sam Holding and Adam Atkinson. There involvement keeps it real as they not only are sharing their skills they are acting as young models.

The programme is funded by the UK Gov backed Trailblazer Community Grant, managed by Better Connect.