London - Total funding £902,102
- Spitalfields City Farm (Charity, £8,809) - providing English language support for Bangladeshi women involved in horticulture training with a view to income generation.
- Free Form Arts Trust (Charity, Hackney, £10,000) - researching local residents' views on content of, and access to, local arts centre.
- Pecan Limited (Housing Charity, South London, £10,000) - developing numeracy training for new residents in context of debt management, budgeting and credit unions.
- Sudanese Peoples' Support Association (Charity, Westminster, £10,000) - developing training in driving and English language/basic skills for refugees and unemployed community members.
- London West Training Services/Apex Trust (Charity, £10,000) - establishing literacy support for probation clients and promoting learning, including training for staff.
- Grove House NSPCC Family Centre (Charity, West London, £8,000) - offering flexibly-timed short courses including basic skills to centre clients in partnership with social services, voluntary sector and LEA.
- Asian HEART (Charity, £9,550) - identifying needs and mapping resources to support learning to combat heart disease in the Asian community.
- London Borough of Redbridge (£49,000) - providing learning based around healthcare for parents and carers.
- Alcohol Recovery Project (Voluntary group/Southwark college partnership, £90,484) - developing project staff's capacity to deliver independent living training to recovering clients and promote further learning.
- Blythe Neighbourhood Council (Charity, West London, £35,705) - empowering parents through a learning and information programme about the education system.
- Ealing Tertiary College (£40,000) - developing job-seeking and advocacy skills among Somali refugees from professional backgrounds, to be passed on to other community members.
- BIG UP (Community arts association, N. Kensington, £100,000) - using music to engage and educate disaffected young men from the Afro-Caribbean community.
- Milton House Trust (Charity, £95,316) - providing accredited training for volunteers (ex-service users) and unqualified staff working with drug abusers.
- Magpie Resources Centre (Charity, S.E London, £72,612) - developing training for local people in research skills and provision mapping to enable more active involvement in regeneration initiatives.
- CHANGE (Voluntary group, £95,000) - identifying and developing skills of volunteers with learning disabilities.
- LA Raiders Soccer Academy (not-for-profit company, East London, £60,000) - building capacity to deliver education programmes alongside football training and playing.
- Springboard Hackney (Charity, £44,660) - providing intensive beginners English language and study skills tuition to refugees, asylum-seekers and ethnic minority adults in community venues.
- FACTS/UK Coalition of People Living with AIDS/HIV (Voluntary group, pan-London, £46,800) - co-ordinating and developing education services for clients and providing complementary advice.
- Strathcona Theatre (Company, S.E London, £21,000) - developing accreditation for theatre skills programme aimed at adults with learning difficulties.
- Hammersmith & Fulham Action for Disability (Charity, £85,166) - working with clients and mainstream education providers to facilitate integration into non-specialised IT provision.
National/multi-site - Total funding £442,675
- General Municipal Boilermakers (Trade Union, London/South East, £9,460) - analysing basic skills and English language needs of a sample of members, focusing on SMEs.
- Horticultural Therapy (Charity, £10,000) - developing a programme of support for staff integrating basic skills with horticulture training for people with learning difficulties.
- ACRE (Charity, rural areas, £45,000) - developing and cascading training in community development skills for members of local networks.
- National Tenants' Resource Centre (Charity, £48,730) - providing residential courses for community activists and tenants in basic skills and support for others' learning.
- Refugee education and Training Advisory Service (Charity, £81,832) - building capacity of refugee organisations outside London to provide education and employment advice to clients.
- Stonham Housing Association (Charity, £40,080) - integrating basic skills support into resettlement training for clients, and developing assessment systems for Association activities.
- South London Family Housing Association (Housing corporation, London/Home Counties, £30,000) - providing pre-employment and basic skills training in estate offices, signposting to other services and encouraging involvement in community activity.
- Tenants' Participation Advisory Service (Charity, £35,000) - piloting programme including citizenship, community development and basic skills in 3 local authority areas.
- The Refugee Council (Charity, £45,000) - running courses in English, IT, children's study support for refugee parents in local community venues.
- NACRO (Charity, £47,573) - developing skills of staff in housing projects to develop basic training programmes for clients and support participants.
- Highscope (Charity, £50,000) - developing new basic skills, parenting and study support courses for lone parents in disadvantaged areas.
