Making It in Barnsley

Hi, and welcome to Barnsley Learning Services’ interactive resource:

‘Making it in Barnsley’

This informative, multi media tool aims to give you, the user, the opportunity to explore some of the exiting new advances in Barnsley’s re-development and modernisation program. The package also looks at some of the districts most determined young entrepreneurs as well as successful, well established businesses, who through dedication and hard work have made an important impact on local, national and international industry.

Barnsley has a passionate and determined vision of its future, a future it wants you to be part of. The potential for young adults within Education and Industry has never been greater.

The website is divided into a number of navigable modules which are explained in more detail below. Each page contains a links section which will allow you to further your research in any particular area of interest. Links within the body of the webpage are highlighted in blue text and scroll bars are used for navigation within each page.

The ‘Making It In Barnsley’ video is the key resource on the website. It represents a dynamic and exciting, investigation into the innovations, developments and success stories in Education and Industry throughout the Barnsley District.

The programme follows the exploits of two local students as they examine the multitude of options available to them at Year 10 and beyond. Their 'magical mystery tour' of the borough explores established businesses, new young entrepreneurs, advances in education and training, before finally bringing them to future developments within the heart of the town.

The video runs for 26 minutes and is supplied on DVD with a menu option for subtitles. Alternatively it is downloadable on the website either as a ‘complete’ low resolution version or as four separate high resolution sequences that cover the Introduction, Business, Education/Training and future developments. Click on the appropriate icon to view video sequence. All files are windows media files (*.wmv) and require Windows Media Player for playback.

Many of the people, business and educational establishments featured in ‘Making It In Barnsley’ have a case study dedicated to them. The studies are designed to provide a more detailed view of the subject and are supported by the relevant .pdf documents and brochures as well as links to the appropriate websites.

The video case studies which are featured on the DVD, CD-Rom and website, come in one of two forms:

Interviews, a number of subjects have an extended, in depth interview not featured in the programme and
Picture Bites, an extended silent sequence providing a more widespread visual representation of working environments. Picture bites are supported by text information which appears at the bottom of the screen.

All logos and links, when clicked, will navigate the user to the case study's official website or when not applicable, to another suitable location.

Most of the businesses featured in the project are affiliated with, and have used the facilities provided by, the organisations listed here. Each section contains a brief description of the resources and services supplied by each of these business development and support agencies

This section is supported by links and logos which will navigate you to official websites, when clicked, or when not applicable to another suitable site.

Most of the education and training providers featured in the project are affiliated with, and have used the services provided by, the organisations listed here. Each section contains a brief description of the facilities, information and support supplied by each of these education and training development agencies.

This section is supported by links and logos which will navigate you to official websites, when clicked, or when not applicable to another suitable site.

Apart from the many 'business-minded' people who have 'Made It In Barnsley', there are a lot of people in other fields who proudly fly the Barnsley flag. This section of the website pays tribute to some of the celebrities, young and old, hailing from this fair town. From sportsmen to politicians and musicians to entertainers, Barnsley has a rich heritage of talented people.

If you feel that you can add to any of the content already on the site, or even if you think you know of a person who deserves to be mentioned, please do not hesitate to use the forum page of the website to contact us.

Available only on the dynamic web version of this site and not available on the cd, the 'forum' page is a good way of communicating with other members of the 'Making It In Barnsley' community. It is also here where new ideas can be suggested for amendments to this very website, for instance the people page.

Available only on the dynamic web version of this site and not available on the cd, the 'links' page is a handy page that holds every link on the entire site in one, easy to navigate list. If you saw an interesting link, but can't remember which page it was on, the 'links' page is the place to start.