North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern | South East | South West | London | National/multi-site Projects supported under Round 3 Total Funding £2,471,942 North East - Total funding £180,722 Northumberland Rural Inreach Partnership (Partnership, £85,344) - have developed a model of working in a rural area which enhances the capacity of community groups to engage in learning. West End Broadcast (Local Authority, £79,979) - run a programme of music and radio training which offers people direct access to a wide range of media-related skills. They have also established an independent community media group to develop the initiative longer term. The Women's Training Centre (Voluntary Organisation, £15,399) - provide a programme of tailored learning in subjects of interest to the travelling community, taking into account the irregular attendance of travellers. The aim is to raise the overall basic skills of the travelling community, particularly through training in up to date ICT software. North West - Total funding £140,866 Cheshire Disabilities Federation (Registered Charity, £74,735) provide training to develop the confidence and basic skills of physically disabled people so that they are able to become employers of carers and enter into further education or employment. Training and support will also be provided for personal assistants and peer advocates. Victoria House Project, Carr-Gomm Society (Voluntary Organisation, £66,131) - will develop basic skills training for some of the most vulnerable people in society. The aim is to develop Victoria House into a centre for homeless and basic skills training, where residents and local people can access learning opportunities which directly link to local initiatives and employment programmes. Yorkshire and the Humber - Total funding £412,271 Paces ICT (Community Group, £9,750) - an inclusive project led by people with disabilities and their families. The group produced an action plan to ensure that the information network developed at the Paces Centre could be easily accessed by individuals not normally able to access ICT at home. Their work involved enhancing current services, and the design of a community on-line web site. Proper Job Theatre Company (Not for profit company, £35,108) - built the capacity of a small black community group (One Love), so that they are able to act as trainers, role models and mentors to a wider group of young unemployed black people, with whom they work on a participative arts project. Sheffield Women's Cultural Club/Sheffield University (Voluntary/HE Organisation, £59,981) - aim to empower mothers who have learning difficulties to take responsibility for their and their children's lives. West Yorkshire Widening Participation Group (Partnership, £90,000) - their project - titled 'The Learning Village' - engaged interest in learning by setting up a tent based learning village at three 'Melas' across Yorkshire each summer 1999-2001. MAMA East Africa Women's Group (Voluntary Organisation, £75,500) - will provide flexible learning opportunities for Somali women so that the quality of their lives will be improved, and their needs will be better met in terms of education, training, employment and their involvement in their children's and grandchildren's education. Mathemagic (Community Group, £60,050) - through their project, 'Maths + Fun = Effective Learning for All', Mathemagic want to change people's attitudes to maths and numeracy, raise confidence, and generally enhance and enrich life skills. North Lincolnshire Adult Education Service (Local Authority, £9,992) - will introduce learning opportunities for travellers and caravan dwellers throughout North Lincolnshire in order to alleviate feelings of isolation and social exclusion. RPS Rainer (Voluntary Organisation, £71,890) - will improve access to basic skills provision for adult offenders by providing quality basic skills assessments and tuition in a familiar and supportive environment. Through participating in the project, offenders will be more able to progress into mainstream opportunities, and to compete more effectively in the labour market. East Midlands - Total funding £180,915 East Midlands Shape (Voluntary Organisation, £58,000) - enable people with a range of learning difficulties to access opportunities related to performing arts. This allows them to gain basic skills through drama, dance and music. Environ Trust (Registered Charity, £10,000) - offered learning opportunities for people over 50 years old living in Leicester. There were 11 sessions during the project which introduced environmental issues to those involved, which covered topics including energy saving, nature conservation, issues relating to public transport and avenues open to progressing further into environmental work. Information Byway (Not for profit company, £9,200) - developed and supported a group of residents from the small village of Appleby Magma, Derbyshire to become IT learning facilitators. Participants were identified through contact with groups such as the WI and friends of the village school, and courses were provided through the local college on an on-line distance learning basis. Northampton Deaf Children's Society (Registered Charity, £38,560) - provided a practical support network for hearing parents whose children are deaf. Saffron Arts Project (Community Organisation, £55,360) - through the Fund, the Project have planned and co-ordinated a community arts programme across the Saffron estate in response to the interests and aspirations of local people. South Leverton Sculpture Group (Community Group, £895) - have created a community sculpture feature, which is based on ideas from the local community. Leicester Community Projects (Voluntary Organisation, £8,900) - entitled 'Basic Skills for Adult Offenders at Motorvate', adult offenders will be offered screening and then basic skills tuition if they fall below a set target. The aim is to raise the confidence levels of offenders so that they are able access further education, training or employment opportunities. West Midlands - Total funding £100,447 Birmingham City Council (Local Authority, £30,000) - provide an action learning programme for 20 ethnic minority women focusing on community governance and developing their skill, self confidence and knowledge so that they feel able to take up such roles as governor, councillor, chair or self-help groups etc. Mercia Educational Services (Company, £9,875) - piloted a training programme - titled 'Resume' - for unemployed over 50's to encourage them to consider resuming work. Chinese Community Centre Birmingham (Voluntary Organisation, £51,345) - targets users of the Chinese Youth Centre, Chinese people lacking in confidence and self esteem, and parents to teach them the basic skills that they need to enable them to have a understanding of and to access health, education and social welfare services. CSV Media (Registered Charity, £9,218) - building on the enthusiasm that people have for music, media and the radio, CSV will provide training in radio production through practical 'hands-on' experience. Aimed at males aged 25+, the project will improve basic literacy & numeracy skills, and develop core skills in IT, communications, team-working and problem solving. Eastern - Total funding £85,000 Norfolk Local Education Authority - Reminiscence Project (LEA, £75,000) - run a project with the aim of widening the participation of older people and their carers in lifelong learning. Seachange Trust (Charitable Company, £10,000) - will use the internet and media as a means of changing people's perceptions of Great Yarmouth, and to raise the basic skills of participants from a range of target groups including people with physical disabilities. South East - Total funding £288,381 Jigsaw Theatre Company (Charity/company Ltd by guarantee, £57,421) - train disabled adults in performance skills and workshop leadership skills so that in the second year they can lead drama workshops in the community. Kent Children's University (Kent Adult Education Service, £47,000) - provided six family residential weekends during which families (9 per weekend) were encouraged to develop a programme of learning, supported by local community workers, Adult Education and Youth Service staff. Fieldway Local Action Group (FLAG) (Community Group, £25,732) - are training residents from local estates to become Learning Champions within their own communities. Besides promoting learning opportunities to the community, Champions also provide help and advice to local learning providers about the specific learning needs of the community. Banbury Young Homelessness Project (Registered Charity, £10,000) - recruited and trained youth workers to deliver basic skills tuition to homeless young people. The Basic Skills course was designed around the needs of the young people, and provided opportunities for progression into further training or employment. Berkshire Probation Service (Probation Service led partnership, £73,228) - recruit and train mentors to national standards who are then placed with individual offenders. Offenders are firstly screened for basic skills and dyslexia, then offered tuition in basic skills to improve their employability, ability and motivation to enter education and/or training. Thameside Health Trust (Local Authority, £75,000) - will develop health workers' awareness of the basic skills needs in the community, and the type of support available. Materials will be developed to use with families by health workers alongside basic skills tutors. South West - Total funding £95,909 Bristol Community Education Service (Community Group, £9,896) - developed and ran a locally determined programme titled 'Learning in Later Life' which provided learning opportunities for older adults. Cascade (Theatre in Education) (Community Group, £9,888) - ran an extended programme of half-day drama workshops for adults to enable participants to explore their own personal development and learning needs. This enabled them to become more effective within their roles in the various agencies for which they work. Cornwall College (FE College, £7,709) - identified informal learning taking place in local clubs and societies. They then worked with leaders and key people from these groups to help them perform learning audits, and to develop necessary skills as peer trainers/learning facilitators to open up the clubs and societies to a wider public area. Forge (Community Group, £3,058) - increased the personal development of visually impaired people through the challenges offered by new areas of learning. Highbridge Express (Community Learning Partnership, £10,000) - a community learning project which worked to develop a learning culture in Highbridge. The project included a needs analysis using community volunteers, events and the production of a newsletter. Hartcliffe Men for Family Learning (Community Group - in partnership with Local Authority and a Higher Education Instution, £10,000) - aims to develop arts and craft based activities to engage young males in the education of their children, leading to them becoming positive role models for both adults and children in the community. National Housing Federation South West (Not for Profit Limited Company, £45,358) - will undertake research into the most appropriate content and delivery mechanisms for key skills training for people with mental health problems who live in supported accommodation, with a view to the development of a training programme which meets their needs. London - Total funding £840,022 British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (Voluntary Organisation, £66,110) - provide training and skills development to 100 tenants from 3 housing estates in Lambeth so that they are better equipped to take part in community affairs, including environmental improvements and conservation. Ethnic Business Development Corporation (Voluntary Organisation, £10,000) - undertook development work to establish a human resource pool of local technical and professional personnel to help small ethnic minority organisations with organisational development and fund raising etc. London Borough of Hillingdon/Bell Farm Church (Local Authority/Community Group Partnership, £83,315) - run a project to train older people for a variety of voluntary roles and to set up a centre for informal learning based at church aimed premises. The project builds on successful other work with older learners. The Kosh (Charity, £57,500) - are running a series of short intensive courses in video film production around the theme of identity with young people excluded or disaffected from education and training. Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers (Voluntary Organisation, £40,860) - titled 'New Skills for Domestic Workers', this project provides access to training and development - via IT training - for people who are currently marginalised and are non-learners. Coram Leaving Care Services (Voluntary Organisation, £75,000) - will improve the basic skills and qualifications of young people in and leaving care aged 16-25 years, so that they have increased chances of accessing further education, training and employment. Cranstoun Drug Services (Voluntary Organisation, £69,300) - will offer a range of residential and day care services for people with substance misuse problems via a programme of basic skills learning. This includes computer studies, literacy and numeracy tuition. Focus Central London (TEC, £73,303) - through their project - 'Off the Streets and Into Work' - Focus aims to deliver a series of workshops/performances in various hostels. day centres and shelters, with the aim to engage homeless young people into meaningful occupations. London Black Women is Health (Voluntary Organisation, £70,708) - will provide English language training to Somali women to improve their English language competence in the context of women's health and community development. PRAXIS Women and Training Team (Voluntary Organisation, £72,485) - are to work with women who are refugees and migrants, who are isolated due to a lack of childcare, lack of English language, and working conditions and family responsibilities. Through their project, PRAXIS aim to improve English language skills, develop self-confidence and raise the awareness of education, training and community opportunities. Royal National Institute for the Deaf - Action for Inclusion (Voluntary Organisation, £71,441) - aim to reach deaf adults who are currently excluded from the hearing community, and more widely education and employment opportunities. The project aims to enable deaf people to feel more confident in public, and participate in social activities through an integrated programme of practical basic skills support, self-advocacy and confidence building. Tamil Refugee Training and Education Centre (Registered Charity, £75,000) - will provide English language skills and basic vocational skills (computer skills) to Tamil refugees living in London. This will provide participants with opportunities to obtain employment, or enter into further education and training with a view to secure employment. The project wills also enable participants to become involved in community activities and become better citizens. Waltham Forest Community Learning Partnership (Consortia of Voluntary Groups and Enterprises, £75,000) - are to develop a programme of skills training targeted at local unemployed people with no recognisable skills or qualifications via local community businesses. This will include basic skills, ESOL, first aid, computing, marketing and fund raising. National/multi-site - Total funding £147,409 Fairbridge (Voluntary Organisation, £72,409) - using football as a focus, Fairbridge aims to promote learning, including basic literacy, numeracy and healthy living skills, among disaffected young adults from the cities of Newcastle, Middlesborough, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. Groundwork (Voluntary Organisation, £75,000) - aims, through Groundwork Trusts within England, to train local mentors to provide basic skills support to people from a broad cross-section of the community who are involved in local conservation programmes. Training will include individual and group teaching, and a week's residential workshop.

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