Date:
21/01/08
Organisation Name: Culture and Arts in Valleys Authorities (CAVA)
Project Description: The “Creative Bridges Into Work” Project will be
a coherent programme with three distinct elements consisting of: 1. Creative Skills
Programme (P1 T1 & T2; P2 T1 & T2; P3 T1)A strategic and coordinated programme of
imaginative and innovative creative industries learning and training opportunities,
linking with the relevant Skills Development programmes to establish career pathways and
progression routes into employment, support workforce development; complement business
advisory services for the creative and cultural industries; supporting the development of
other skills development initiatives, by building the capacity of the workforce in the
Valleys to better meet the needs of those entering the industry and in order to increase
growth and productivity
levels within the sector. A range of arts and creative industry
activities, led by existing providers and using existing resources, will be offered as a
means of addressing issues of economic inactivity among unemployed adults, encouraging and
enabling them to develop new and transferable skills that will help them gain sustained
employment. The
activities will include:• Creative workshops to identify potential,
build
confidence and develop talent.• Action research - Performance
appraisal
sessions, and training audits with all participating CCI sector businesses, including
public sector managed services (such as LA theatres), the private sector, social
enterprise and development trust
sector, charities and voluntary organisations.• Structured training to
improve creative business practice, technical skills and develop generic business
competencies (eg Finance, Marketing, Press and PR, project
management, entrepreneurship, strategic planning)• Training in how to
coach, mentor and develop emerging talent.• Participation in a seminar
programme delivered by professionals from across the creative industry
sector.• Group projects to develop peer education, collaborative
working
and networking skills• A mentor who has a leadership role within the
creative industry sector.• A series of placements in creative and
cultural
organisations within the region.• An individual action research
project to
develop self-motivation, resilience and entrepreneurship.• Coaching
sessions to support personal and career development. 2. Coordinating Learning for the
C&CI sector (P1 T1 & P1 T2)Training for existing local authority Arts Development
Officers and C&CI sector workers to provide them with the necessary skills to offer
business support for individuals and SMEs within the C&CI sector and signpost to other
advice/support areas – with the aim of establishing a team of (up to 6) officers to work
across the Valleys with: the Jobs Match Team, 14-19 coordinators, Education Business
Partnerships (ESIS) and Children and Young People’s Single Plan Coordinators and any
other relevant officers responsible for signposting young people into work and without the
detailed and specific knowledge of the C&CI sector and the opportunities within it. 3.
Business Support for the C&CI Sector (P2 T2)This Project recognises that much of the
current thinking is that the focus of development work in support of the creative
industries should be on creating or strengthening the conditions that enable a thriving
creative sector to grow and this thinking suggests that this is principally a matter of
general development and business support.Through the establishment of a C&CI Business
Support Officer the Project will supplement and expand the existing support given by
Business Support programmes within the CAVA authorities, offering specialist business
advice and support for existing and emerging creative industries SMEs. Based within one
local authority this specialist senior officer will work closely with Creative and
Cultural Skills, Skillset, the relevant WAG departments and specialist C&CI agencies
e.g. Welsh Music Foundation.
Email Address: Sally.Church@Torfaen.gov.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: The CAVA membership covers the South East
Wales Valleys
area: Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr, Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Organisation Core Business: The local authority arts services within CAVA
deliver a cultural programme in a diverse range of theatres and arts venues and on an
out-reach basis through established Arts Development teams and through partnerships with a
range of established creative and cultural sector organisations. CAVA takes a strategic
planning approach in relation to cultural development, public art development and creative
industries support. In particular RCT CBC have developed and are delivering a Creative and
Cultural Industries (C&CI) Plan. Bridgend CBC has an established Creative Industries
Training Programme. The Valleys Creative Industries Forum (VCIF) was established in 2007
to support the development of the creative and cultural industries across the Valleys.
CAVA authorities work collaboratively on the Valleys Dance and the Valleys Literature
Development Initiatives; with Creu Cymru and Audiences Wales.
Who will be involved in delivering the project: Own staff, Subcontracted
organisation/s, Freelance / self-employed agents.
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Individuals, entrepreneurs, and SMEs
working within any specific sector of the C&CI (in accordance with DCMS definition) in
the SE Wales Valleys; people seeking employment generally (gaining core skills); people
seeking employment in the C&CI – women, disabled people, young people aged 11-25
(inc 14-19) and older people; economically inactive people and mental health service
users; “socially excluded” and “at risk”
groups, employers with high rates of staff absence through stress-related illnesses.
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: South East Wales Valleys
What might the outputs(activity measures): The provisional outputs are:
the number of: people trained; training events delivered; C&CI SMEs supported;
C&CI start-up businesses supported; C&CI jobs safeguarded; C&CI studio spaces
and exhibition spaces established and developed; participating C&CI businesses;
participating individuals, plus proportion completing the programme; participants
attending short courses and seminar programmes. Further details will be added after
discussion at VCIF, with Business Support Officers and the Connecting South Wales Forum
– the Six Valleys Consortium, as the Project has the potential to cover all of the South
East Wales Valleys
What might be the results of the project: Number of beneficiaries going
on to further education, training or better employment; Number of cultural
apprenticeships; Arts and Creative Industry jobs created in communities directly; Arts and
Creative Industry jobs created in communities indirectly; People gaining employment in the
C&CI; Increased growth in the creative sector in the SE Wales Valleys; Closer working
with the Universities to ensure that there is support available for graduates to move into
this sector; Increased number of employees with formal qualifications; More, better
quality jobs within the CCI sector in SE Wales; Investments made by SMEs, stimulating
private sector investment; Establishment of a Creative Valleys Agency – independent
organisation set up as a Community Interest Company (a new model recently developed
through legislation) to provide a strategic partnership, project development, professional
support, creative business incubation, flexible funding support. The role will include:
advising on application processes, commission training, representation and other similar
functions. Further details will be added after further discussion at the VCIF, with
Business Support Officers, Connecting South Wales Forum – the Six Valleys Consortium, as
the Project has the potential to cover all of the South East Wales Valleys.
What would its impact be: Safeguarding C&CI sector jobs; Creation of
net new C&CI sector jobs; Growth in and consolidation of the C&CI sector in South
Wales, contributing to the social, cultural and economic regeneration of the South East
Wales Valleys; Improved C&CI Business Support provision including a Strategic
Investment Fund – ranging from grants, guarantees, low cost loans and other financial
instruments; Development of the Knowledge Based sector; Evolution of business and social
networks where a number of creative businesses are in proximity will contribute greatly
both to individual business success and to generating an attractiveness which draws more
practitioners into a virtuous spiral of growth in the commercial, voluntary not-for-profit
sectors; The development of Cultural Quarters within the SE Wales Valleys area –
encouragement of clustering by the creation of managed workspace and business incubation
appropriate to the creative sector; Improved employment prospects and improved
employability for local people; Improved perception of the Valleys as an attractive place
to live, work and do business; Growth in the local economy;Less working hours lost to
stress-related absences, more movement of people on sickness benefit back into employment,
potential increase in numbers employed in the creative industries in the SE Wales Valleys
area.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: TBC - not yet known as
the Project has the potential to cover all of the South Wales Valleys area and detailed
discussions have yet to be held within CAVA, at
the VCIF and with Business Support Officers
Estimated Cost:
Where might the match funding come from: WAG C1st, South East Wales
Valleys local authority Arts Services, Arts Council of Wales, creative industry
organisations, voluntary and private sector, Local Health Boards.
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Date: 16/01/08
Organisation Name: Tredegar Development Trust
Project Description: Provide an inital level of training, volunteering,
work experience, accreditation and qualifications to young people and adults (aged 11-65)
who are either excluded from mainstream education, training or employment. Providing
further skills to the employed, and increasing prospects for those already in employment.
This informal environment will provide an open door policy for those that are eligible.
Advice, guidance and referral for those that need it.
Training will be given in multimedia, the arts, youth development, youth work, ICT, Sound
Recording, First Aid, Food Hygeine, Project Management.
Accreditation will be available from OCN to NVQ standards. Individual action plans and one
to one supervision will be provided, with progression support inot further training or
education, return to school, college or work placements or jobs.
Email Address: katy@catapult.org.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, RCT,
Caerphilly, Torfaen.
Organisation Core Business: Community Development
Who will be involved in delivering the project: Tredegar Development
Trust, Careers Wales, Shelter Cymru, Other learning provider partners
Who will be the end beneficiaries: excluded young people and aged 11-65
resident in Blaenau Gwent, Carephilly, Torfaen, RCT, Merthyr Tydfil
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly,
Torfaen, RCT, Merthyr Tydfil,
What might the outputs(activity measures): ESF 1T1&2, 2 T1&2,
3T1, 3, T2, 3T3
What might be the results of the project: Improved social inclusion and
employment - return to mainstream education or training or work and employment progression
What would its impact be: Regeneration of ex coalfields and steel
production communities.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: 3 year project initially
covering five county borough Councils.
Estimated Cost: £950,000.
Where might the match funding come from: Communities First, Big Lottery,
Private Match funding, WEFO
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Date: 01/12/07
Organisation Name: RISE Partnership
Project Description: The Project recognises the need to research and
develop strategies to enable both pre- and post-16 individuals and groups, to access
learning and qualifications. A key feature will be the development of Study Skills
Toolkits at appropriate levels from level 1 – 5. The Toolkits will be developed and
produced, for use in all areas of training.
They will take account of learning preferences and styles.
The Toolkits will be developed in formats to suit the setting in which they are being
used. Training will be put in place for the use of these Toolkits for both tutors and
learners. The toolkits will take account of environmental and sustainability issues with
regard to production, and promote environmentally friendly methods of study.
The Project will improve the confidence of learners, the retention and progression rates
within individual organisations. It will provide information on accessing further support
if necessary.
The Project will form a stepping stone to success and a foundation for building
communities where individuals are equipped to safeguard employment and be prepared to take
advantage of new opportunities.
The Project will pay specific attention to potential NEETS, the economically inactive,
ESOL provision, young people at risk, offenders and ex-offenders, and individuals who
would not traditionally access Higher Education or undertake work-based learning.
The project will train mentors in the workplace, community and educational establishments
in order to facilitate upskilling throughout our society.
It will look to enable the economically inactive to access the knowledge economy and enter
sustainable employment. It will look to enable the employed to take advantage of new
opportunities in the workplace in order to maximise the security of their employment.
The project will work to remove barriers to employment, education and training through
partnership working and self empowerment. It will support the work of agencies involved in
education, training employment and health in order to improve the qualifications and
employability of citizens in the Three Counties.
Email Address: wayne.thomas@newport.ac.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen,
Organisation Core Business: Education, Training and Regeneration.
Who will be involved in delivering the project: RISE partners including 5
local authorities, TUC, WEA, GAVO, Coleg Gwent, Ystrad Mynach College, Careers Wales
Gwent, UWN, UniGlam, OU, CUV(P), NIACE Dysgu Cymru Job Centre Plus, TVA,
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Pre and post 16 people in the
Convergence Programme area Caerphilly, Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent, including organisations
and professionals who work with these individuals, groups and communities. The project
will cross all Priorities and Themes.
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly,
Torfaen
What might the outputs(activity measures): A decrease in long term
economic activity; an increase in the level of qualifications; fewer NEETS; increased
security of employment.
What might be the results of the project: Increased levels of literacy
and numeracy, an area which attracts new business; a workforce which is equipped to adapt
to new challenges; communities where learning is valued and supported; and a well trained
tutor and mentor base to ensure continuous improvement in skills levels. A wide area where
there is a common approach to study skills, where students can move to new levels of study
with the support necessary to inspire success.
What would its impact be: To provide the support tool to promote learning
retention, success and progression. To promote the region as a place where its people are
being supported to access the knowledge economy and fill skills gaps.
The Toolkit will be available to all learners in the region.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Over five years, the
Project will work to provide the study skills support in all educational settings at all
levels in partnership with learning providers in all sectors.
Estimated Cost: 5 Million plus over five years?
Where might the match funding come from: Core budgets of Government
Departments including Job Centre Plus, grant income, volunteers, in-kind, etc.?
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Date: 29/11/07
Organisation Name: RISE Partnership
Project Description: The RISE Partnership has been involved in basic
skills and ESOL since its inception. The Five Counties Basic Skills Network has been
established as a result of that involvement. It has developed a culture of sharing and
provided the opportunity to develop joint initiatives in the past. It would welcome the
opportunity to develop further joined up working opportunities.
The Project will work with pre- and post-16 groups and individuals to provide appropriate
learning opportunities and to raise aspirations in all life areas through raising their
basic skills. It will equip citizens to build a society which promotes environmental
sustainability, and to provide equality of opportunity for all.
The Project will look to provide intergenerational opportunities for learners and
opportunities for learners to experience vocational tasters incorporating contextualised
basic skills.
There is a lack of funding for training both Basic Skills tutors, ESOL tutors and
volunteers. The partnership will provide training opportunities which are strategic, free
and accessible. RISE will seek to develop the Network, in order to make the work in the
area of basic skills a beacon for collaborative work. This will be undertaken in order to
improve the employability and life chances for the people of South East Wales, in
collaboration with existing networks in adjoining areas. It will train mentors in the
workplace, community and educational establishment in order to facilitate upskilling
throughout our society. It will look to enable the economically inactive to access the
knowledge economy and enter sustainable employment. It will work with employers and unions
to enable the employed to take advantage of new opportunities in the workplace.
The Project will provide opportunities to remove barriers to employment, education and
training through partnership working and self empowerment.
It will look to support the work of agencies involved in education, training, employment,
and health in order to improve the basic skills and employability of citizens in the Three
Counties.
The Project will develop new contextualised courses in partnership with learners,
providers and employers to ensure that there are good quality resources, relevant to need
and that take into account new technology and training needs. We will train people within
a variety of settings to identify basic skills needs and support individuals in their
learning journey to maximise their potential. The Project will work to ensure quality of
delivery and access for all.
Email Address: wayne.thomas@newport.ac.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen,
Organisation Core Business: Education, Training and Regeneration.
Who will be involved in delivering the project: TUC, WEA, GAVO, TVA,
Coleg Gwent, Careers Wales Gwent FE, HE, TUC, Ability Net, Job Centre Plus and other
partners
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Pre and post 16 people in the
Convergence Programme area, including organisations and professionals who work with these
individuals, groups and communities. The project will cross all Priorities and Themes.
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly,
Torfaen,
What might the outputs(activity measures): Increase in participation in
Education, Training, Employment and Capacity Building
What might be the results of the project: An increase in learners, skill
levels, qualifications attained, volunteering, employability.
What would its impact be: To provide the skills to access employment,
education and or training. An improvement in multi agency approaches to improving the life
chances of citizens.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: There is tremendous need
in these Three Counties and the scale of the project will be sufficient to significantly
impact the scale of need identified by Basic Skills Cymru
Estimated Cost: £20m over five years
Where might the match funding come from: Core budgets of Government
Departments including Job Centre Plus, volunteers, Lottery, Partner overhead rate, etc.
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Date: 29/11/07
Organisation Name: RISE Partnership
Project Description: The RISE Partnership came into being as the result
of an identified need to empower the learner in whatever setting they may learn, and to be
a vehicle to use their voices to influence lifelong learning provision. The Partnership
has established the largest learning network in the United Kingdom which is increasingly
providing a learning brokerage role in planning the learning to up- skill the citizens of
the region to meet the needs of the knowledge economy.
Having established the principle of learner representation and learner advocacy the next
step is to provide an ongoing, impartial facilitation for the network of support and
training for the learner’s voice, and meeting learner’s needs. This network will seek
to support and enhance the work already initiated by the RISE Partnership, expanding
capacity, addressing identified gaps in support and integrating the work of the WEA (with
its Community Learning Representatives), the TUC (and its Union Learning Representatives),
NIACE Dysgu Cymru, the voluntary sector and community development workers, FE, HE and RISE
Learning Advocates.
The project will embrace the Making the Connections agenda by further empowering existing
structures to forge a greater cohesion in their models and approaches, to commission and
pay for training that is identified to enhance the programmes already on offer. It will
use accredited and non-accredited learning and training to engage learners, and extend its
structures into non-unionised workplaces.
The project will provide tailored learning support for education, training and skills
development. This will result in improved engagement, retention, progression and
achievement levels that will assist in addressing Welsh Assembly Government targets.
It will work with partners such as Job Centre Plus, Careers Wales, Ability Net and other
supporting agencies to recruit, support and promote the acquisition of new skills which
will enhance Learner Advocacy in many settings including the range of paraprofessionals
working across the field of learning and regeneration. They will have the ability and
skills to reach out within their communities/workplaces to support citizens of all ages
including the most hard to reach such as NEETS, non learners, the economically inactive
and low skilled enabling them to leave the welfare system and participate in education and
training for employment and workplace up-skilling.
Email Address: wayne.thomas@newport.ac.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen,
Organisation Core Business:
Education, Training and Regeneration.
Who will be involved in delivering the project: TUC, WEA, GAVO, TVA,
Coleg Gwent, Careers Wales Gwent, WICC, FE, HE, TUC, Ability Net, Job Centre Plus and
other partners
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Pre and post 16 people in both
Convergence and Competitive Programme areas, including organisations and professionals who
work with these individuals, groups and communities. The project will cross both Programme
areas and all Priorities and Themes.
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly,
Torfaen,
What might the outputs(activity measures): Increase in participation in
Education, Training, Employment and Capacity Building.
What might be the results of the project: An increase in learners, skill
levels, qualifications attained, volunteering, employability.
What would its impact be: To provide routes into employment and improving
workforce skills sets.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Over 5 years 25k
additional learners assisted, 500 new volunteers/paraprofessionals, 1000 trainers trained.
Estimated Cost: These are being developed with partners; however, initial
estimates indicate 3.6m per annum for the duration of the project.
Where might the match funding come from: Core budgets of Government
Departments including Job Centre Plus, volunteers, Lottery, Partner overhead rate, etc.
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Date: 23/11/07
Organisation Name: Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations (GAVO)
Project Description: The Project will provide a comprehensive Community
Apprenticeship programme of paid employment while following an accredited learning pathway
and work experience placements.
Unlike ‘traditional’ apprenticeships, individuals participating in the programme will
cover a broad age range.
The apprenticeships will cover a range of work disciplines, including Community
Development, Health and Social Care, Business Administration and Construction.
Work experience placements will take place with a variety of organisations (across
sectors), which can provide not only the appropriate work tasks, but also robust support
structures for the apprentices; appropriate training will be provided for staff in these
organisations to ensure adequate support is available.
The project will provide its trainees, and potentially the community members with whom
they will be working for the duration of the project, with the skills and confidence to
promote active citizenship, and actively participate in the regeneration of local
communities.
The project will help provide appropriate stepping stones to future work by increasing
employability of apprenticeship trainees, and by enhancing the skills of staff in work
placement organisations.
The number of people employed on the project will exceed 50 in the Convergence areas –
the majority of these being community apprentices (45+); along with project delivery staff
(5+ - some f/t and some p/t); but the project will also be linked with the Regional
Competitiveness areas, with additional posts created there.
Email Address: carol.madgwick@gavowales.org.uk
Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr
Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Torfaen, with links to Newport and Monmouthshire in the
Competitiveness regions, and also to Swansea
Organisation Core Business: GAVO has been nominated as the lead agent
for the project by the partners involved in its inception. GAVO is the Community Voluntary
Council which covers the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport and
Monmouthshire. The organisation supports the voluntary sector in Gwent through promoting
opportunities for voluntary organisations to work together through participation;
encouraging voluntary and statutory organisations to work together in planning new
services; recruiting volunteers and providing a comprehensive service to volunteers and
user organisations; and by responding to the needs of the community by identifying unmet
needs and developing new services. GAVO is also involved in community regeneration through
partnership working and its role as grant recipient body and managing agent within the
Welsh Assembly Government’s Communities First programme. Partners in this joint project
include other Community Voluntary Councils, a Crime Prevention Organisation, and an
organisation working with disadvantaged young people.
Who will be involved in delivering the project: Delivery agents in the
Convergence areas will be: Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations (GAVO), Safer
Merthyr Tydfil (SMT), Torfaen Voluntary Alliance (TVA), Interlink, Cwmbran Centre for
Young People. A linked application in areas outside Convergence will include GAVO and
Swansea Council for Voluntary Service. Partner Agencies (eg providing work experience
placements) will include: Ebbw Vale & District Development Trust; Tredegar Development
Trust; The Prince’s Trust; Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council; Communities First
Partnership Boards; local health boards; Caerphilly County Borough Council; Rhymney Valley
Young at Hearts; Markham Community House; SYDIC; CHAD; Job Match; Groundwork Trusts; Youth
Offending Team; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Surestart; Domestic Abuse Service;
WEA; Future Blaenafon; and others
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Direct beneficiaries will be 50 +
people employed across the geographic area.
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: South East Wales area –
and within it - Heads of the Valleys Plus
What might the outputs(activity measures): ESF Priority 1 –
supplying young people with the skills needed for learning and future employment (themes a
and b - tackling under-achievement, raising skills and aspirations)ESF Priority 2 –
increasing employment and tackling economic inactivity (themes a and b - helping people
into sustainable employment; helping people to remain at work)ESF Priority 3 – improving
skills levels ands adaptability of the workforce (themes a, b and c – raising the skills
base of the workforce; skills for the knowledge economy; promoting gender equality in
employment). The project will hit the Convergence (and Regional
Competitiveness) Programme Results Targets in terms of contributing to:
(a) Participants entering employment; (b) Participants gaining qualifications. The project
will complement and contribute to other Welsh Assembly Government strategic initiatives
such as Communities First/Communities Next, particularly the key themes of Jobs and
Business, Education and Training, Health and Wellbeing and Active Community. The project
will go some way towards meeting some of the priorities in the Wales Spatial Plan, for
example: tackling deprivation (through providing employment and income, and increasing
skills and employability of beneficiaries); supporting local community voluntary action,
and fostering social capital (through work undertaken by the Community Development
Apprentice beneficiaries in communities). The project fits within the policy context of
the Welsh Assembly Government’s reform agenda for public services ‘Making the
Connections’ through its cross boundary working – both in terms of geographic
boundaries, and in terms of involved agencies working in ways they have not done before.
The project will contribute to reaching the Lisbon Employment Targets (for example in
terms of ensuring no gender pay gap, equal access to employment, education and training
for women, Black and minority ethnic people, and disabled people). The qualifications
framework for the project will contribute to the Welsh Assembly Government’s commitment
to widening access to further and higher education (Learning Country 2) and also match the
ambitions set out within A Winning Wales to up-skill people in Wales to achieve at least
to NVQ Level 3 level.
What might be the results of the project: In some areas the project
will acknowledge and build on existing activities. The project will pull together
expertise in the design and delivery of Community Apprentice type learning programmes to
benefit from current good practice
What would its impact be: Increased participation in learning and
employment.
Increase in work based skills, including communication, problem solving and team working.
Increased capacity for developing successful community action. Helping to overcome social
exclusion and deprivation by helping people into work and enabling their progress to
higher skills and better paid work. Potentially – breaking the cycle of reliance on
benefits and benefit culture.
Roughly what might be the scale of the project: This will be a three
year project. However, duration of all apprenticeships will be two years, but the number
of intakes of apprentices will vary across areas, dependent on organisational capacity.
This will include 50+ people employed across the project in that timeframe, with
apprenticeships covering a range of work disciplines.
Estimated Cost: circa £5m
Where might the match funding come from: Heads of the Valleys Programme;
Coalfields Regeneration; Communities First, local authorities and other providers through
subsidised training; match funding in kind (eg staff time)
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Date: 13/11/07
Organisation Name: Leonard Cheshire Disability
Project Description: Expanding our Horizons Developing a Disabled Womens
Network that will:
- Forge positive changes for disabled women
- Challange the barriers to employment
- Address issues of poverty, health and isolation.
- Provide training for Empowerment
- Peer support network
Email Address: luke.conlon@lcdisability.org
Geographical Area of Operation: South, West and Mid Wales
Organisation Core Business: Support services for disabled people
Who will be involved in delivering the project: Womens groups throughout
the region
Who will be the end beneficiaries: women who consider themselves to be
disabled
Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Swansea, Carmarthenshire,
Pembrokeshire
What might the outputs(activity measures): - increase in quality of life
experience by disabled women
What might be the results of the project: - enable disabled women to
enter the workforce as equal citizens
What would its impact be: - enhanced opportunities for younger disabled
women
Roughly what might be the scale of the project:
Estimated Cost: £175,000
Where might the match funding come from: WAG, Big Lottery
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