FST Main Office
Location: Greenwich, London

bulletAbout the project

We are moving out to new offices at Unit 9 Kingside Business Park, Ruston Road, Woolwich, London SE18 5BX.

FST Main Office is the organisation’s administrative centre providing financial, administrative, business development, communications and marketing and HR support to our 14 projects across the country. The centre also gives people with mental health problems and other disadvantages the chance to develop their skills and take on the responsibilities of working life. We provide work placements and training in business admin, finance, office skills, marketing and promotion and basic IT.  

We also deliver the Next Steps programme which provides extra support for people to gain qualifications and move on into employment or further training. We support workforce members by organising follow on external placements, helping with applications, CVs and interview techniques and providing a work reference.

bulletWork placements

FST Main Office provides a number of work and training opportunities in the following sectors:

  • Business administration.
  • Finance.
  • Office skills.
  • Marketing and promotion.
  • IT.

What I got out of FST Main Office

“I hadn’t touched a computer before I came here but because you learn on the job, and not just an hour a week on a training course, you learn quicker. FST gave me the confidence. The beauty of FST is that you are doing real work so you feel like you are needed and that’s a big part of it for me. They treat you like an adult.” June

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bulletWork-related skills and qualifications

Our work placements provide on-the job training. Each worker has a personal development plan which tracks their progress towards becoming ready to move on to paid employment, alternative voluntary work or further education.

A work placement at FST Main Office gives workforce members the opportunity to acquire the following skills:

General

The basic skills required by employers such as timekeeping, ability to work in a team and a positive attitude towards work.

Office administration

All aspects of office administration including computer skills, data inputting, following office procedures etc.

Financial administration such as working with invoices, petty cash, processing cheques, paying suppliers, ordering supplies etc.

Marketing and promotion

Mailshots and other promotional campaigns including mail merge, working with databases, information management.

Employment development

Interviewing techniques, research, liaising with third parties.

Qualifications available

FST Main Office runs the Next Steps Programme, an initiative funded by London Development Agency (LDA) which gives workforce members the opportunity to study for qualifications as part of their work experience. The qualifications range from entry level up to NVQ 2, in IT, English, Maths and Customer Care and are nationally recognised by Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR). Next Steps also gives you access to a job club and ‘one-to-one’ support to improve your CV and interview technique. The great thing about learning in this way is that it gives people a chance to put into practice what they have learnt.

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bulletReferrals

  • Self-referral or carers.
  • GPs.
  • Community mental health teams.
  • Employment agencies.
  • Voluntary organisations.
  • Probation Service.

bulletOur funders

FST Main Office would like to thank the London Borough of Greenwich and the London Development Agency for their continuing and generous support.

bulletContact us

FST Main Office
Unit 9 Kingside Business Park,
Ruston Road,
Woolwich,
London SE18 5BX.

Phone: 020 8855 7386
Fax: 020 8855 7386
Email: Please use our enquiry form

Visitor information

By bus: 51, 53, 96, 122, 161, 177, 180, 380, 422, 469, 472.
By rail: Woolwich Arsenal
By car: Nearest car parks are at Waterfront Leisure Centre and Sainsbury’s, off Monk Street.

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