Dv8 Training is opening its doors for recruitment

Dv8 Training, based in Walthamstow, is the brainchild of Alexis Michaelides who worked as a professional promoter for his company Dv8 Entertainments. In 2000 Alexis was approached by a community worker in Leyton to use his experience in promotion to develop a course for young people from the local housing estates, teaching them all aspects of event promotion through to staging their own event.

In the decade that Dv8 training has been in operation they have supported over 2000 young people, with former Dv8 students gaining employment across the media sector at employers such as MTV, Myspace and Adidas as well as creating opportunities for students to perform alongside recognized artists such as N-Dubz, Devlin, Chipmunk and new pop RnB trio, Code Red (which includes two former Dv8 students). Alexis enthuses: “This is the reason that I want to go to work every day. The experience and services that DV8 provides is unique and we are very successful in supporting young people. When you hear about the success stories, it’s a great feeling.”

Pointing to the recent government figures which show more than 15% of young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), DV8 is determined to reach out to as many of these young people as possible.

Bukola Dagiloke benefited greatly from DV8 Training and has gone on to create her own company, Be 360 Design, as well as becoming a tutor on the Dv8 Training programme. She says: “Teaching design skills to the young people at DV8 is very rewarding. It’s great to see them develop their ideas and show them how to represent them visually. It’s great to see the students developing and making their dreams become a reality.

“DV8 offers a supportive, small scale environment with specialist resources and a very practical approach to learning. This suits many young people who are NEETs and provides them with a first step to achieve again, develop their creativity and map out their future.”

Despite the economic climate, Alexis is determined to expand DV8 Training so that many more young people in London can benefit from the organisation. “There are plans to develop a DV8 base in south east London. The other short-term goal is to try and achieve grade one status at our next Ofsted inspection. This will be the stamp of approval to credit all of the great work that goes on at DV8,” he says.

Come down and register on the 31st January.

The Outset
2 Grange Road
Walthamstow
E17 8AH

Tel: 020 8509 6070
Email: ian@dv8training.co.uk
All info and to register at www.dv8training.com/newcourses