East Anglia | East Midlands | London | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber | National/multi-site Projects supported under Round 4 Total Funding £2,642,564 East Anglia - Total Funding £96,159 Castle Point CAB (Voluntary Group, Essex, £27,625) - used a planning grant to pilot a basic skills scheme with two CABs. They have used the feedback from this initiative to plan a programme of training for part time CAB volunteers and individual and group tuition in basic skills for CAB enquirers North Essex Health Promotion (NHS Trust, £58,554) - seeks to build on work undertaken with a planning grant. Using trained health and community workers they will provide a range of practical basic skills courses including Healthy Eating, Getting the best from the Health Service, Accident Prevention. in health centres, young peoples' information centre and community projects Cat 'n' Fiddle Community Workshop (Community Group, Norwich, £9,980) - this group of residents has engaged the help of Healthy Norfolk and local colleges to help them set up courses in their community centre in Cooking on a Budget, Growing Your own Vegetables and Change your Room. East Midlands - Total Funding £235,437 New College, Nottingham (FE College, £29,912) - has been invited by Homestart to help them train volunteers to develop a range of practical courses in cooking, literacy, colour analysis, parenting for Homestart parents PALS (Voluntary Organisation, Nottingham, £64,279) is a scheme to train mentors from a disadvantaged inner city area in Nottingham to assess programmes Derby CVS (£54,773) – to enable members of self-help groups and small organisations to access training programmes focused on their individual and group needs. Grantham College (£60,000) – this project emerges from a Community Forum on an estate in Grantham and aims to set up a Local Exchange Trading Scheme (LETS) through training local residents in organising and managing the scheme as well upgrading the skills that they use to exchange. (Contact Lili Tabiner 01476 400289 or Racheal Kitson 01476 565232 ext 4396). Midlands Community Training and Development, Nottingham (£10,000) – it is aimed at newly arrived young women from Kashmir and will support them to live independent lives in the British community and increase their understanding of the systems and public services in the UK. Career Path (Northamptonshire) Ltd (£16,473) – this is a partnership project between Career Path and Off The Hook, an agency for people recovering from substance misuse, which will develop and run a learning and support programme for up to 40 adults and young adults leading to further learning and voluntary activity. London - Total Funding £666,403 The Learning Freeway (LEA, Havering, £20,000) - proposes to work with a local community to develop a programme of courses in citizenship and basic skills Wandsworth Rathbone/CAVE (Voluntary Group, £47,930) - seeks to develop a programme of practical activities with basic skills support as identified by the adults with learning disabilities. Courses proposed include cooking, living on a low income, DIY, active citizenship The Heathcote Education Trust (Voluntary Group, East London, £59,024) - a partnership between local employers and a Trust set up by deaf adults wish to respond to requests from the deaf community for basic skills to be added to their ICT and business training The Mortlake Church of England (Educational Trust, £9,370) - has developed a community partnership to help people on the estate engage in a programme of learning which will enable them to deal more confidently with their personal finances and jobseeking Somali Women's Support (Voluntary Group, North Hammersmith, £9,930) - wish to build the capacity of local parents to enable them to support their children's' learning at home and at school SBSA/ HEBA Women's' Project (Voluntary Group, Brick Lane, £7,714) - has developed a scheme to train local women to make jewellery for sale. They will also have an opportunity to improve their language skills and learn about setting up and running a small enterprise St Mungo Association (Voluntary Group, London-wide, £9,746) - seeks to use a planning grant to identify the training needs of staff and the basic skills needs of members involved in a clubhouse scheme. They will propose how basic skills could be integrated into the Clubhouse activities Centrepoint (Voluntary Group, £77,946) - plans to integrate English language tuition and support into the guidance and training provided for refugees and other homeless people in their central London premises Somali Advisory Bureau (Voluntary Group, £9,580) set up to provide guidance and education for refugees , wants to train unemployed Somalis as community researchers and develop an awareness pack to help them work within their community to promote learning and discourage the use of the Khat drug Beat Dis Arts (£55,500) – a project aimed at developing the skills of black and other minority learners in the media leading to an internet radio station. Futures Careers Guidance – Refugees and Asylum Seekers (£29,027) – to set up a mentoring system for refugees and asylum seekers using other refugees as mentors and working in partnership with other local organisations. CAST (£60,659) – funding for an education support worker to work with female ex-offenders to develop action plans undertake reviews of progress, and feedback on evaluation of learning activities. Spare Tyre Theatre Company (£15,690) – to run a training initiative in Camden in drama, music, writing and workshop learning skills for 20-30 elders in Camden working with local organisations for older people including the creation of a manual for agencies working with older people who might wish to use this approach in their programmes. (Contact Angela Kelly 0171 2675252). London and Quadrant Housing Trust (£64,800) – project is about IT training within housing schemes including the development of tenants associations and the development of teaching capacity within the community. London African Volunteers Network (£48,004) – the project addresses the needs of the African community suffering from AIDS and is intended to enable participants to join learning opportunities within their communities and to highlight progression routes. Second Wave (£66,040) – the project will deliver a range of structured youth arts activities as starting points for reviving interest in more formal learning opportunities. (Contact Ann Considine 0181 6942444 or 0181 6910666). Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation (£28,500) – the project will introduce up to 80 older ex service and disabled people living in a sheltered housing complex in Hammersmith, who have become jaded with and uninterested in the usual programme of activities, to the uses of ICT. Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (£46,943) – to complement the 'activities' programme for adults with disabilities run by the organisation by identifying learning needs and supporting people in accessing other opportunities available. North West - Total Funding £188,033 B4 Productions (£7,500) – the project will work with a group of 20 young adults and introduce them to the skills of researching, recording and transcribing interviews with older residents of Bolton leading to a local history website archive. The Mersey Heritage Trust (£29,686) – to provide unemployed local people with a structured framework for volunteering in which they can reactivate their learning and skills potential. The Health Place (£10,000) – to support people from black and other minority communities in health education by working in partnership with local providers and community groups with specific links into these communities in Liverpool. (Contact Annie Parker 0151 7094356). The Booth Centre (Community Group, Manchester, £3,600) - has developed a small project in consultation with a group of people who attend the Centre. They propose to develop literacy and study skills via developing a book , People and Places in Manchester Litherland, Orrell and Bootle (Multi-agency partnership, Southport, £27,500) - wish to develop learning programmes in health, fitness and basic skills to draw in the fathers who watch their children play football Manchester and Salford FSU (Voluntary Group, £53,697) - wish to develop learning opportunities for families involved in community holiday clubs, homework activities NCH Action for Children, Salford (Voluntary Group, £27,800) – seek to develop in house basic provision for young care leavers Groundwork Tameside (Environmental Charity, £28,250) - wish to integrate basic skills into the training they offer volunteers and into the practical activities they propose for local residents South East - Total Funding £360,364 Canterbury Cyrenians (£66,780) – provides training for key workers in assessing basic skills needs and training for homeless adults in key skills and tenant involvement. The Mill Community Education and Arts Centre, Banbury, Oxon (£67,248) – the project will work with up to 100 young adults over a two year period seeking to engage them in learning, using the informal arts education venue as a setting and as a motivator and will involve completing units of the accreditation scheme Getting Connected. TWICS, Southampton (£23,250) – a project to develop local training in community consultation and research for people who are, or wish to be, active in their communities. The Umbrella Project (Consortium, Didcot, £60,000) - have used the results of the survey undertaken with a planning grant to develop a programme of four community learning courses for families. These include setting up a community creche, setting up a community café Society of St Dismas (Charity, Southampton, £45,236) - based in a south coast town with a high level of homelessness, seeks to establish an in house learning programme for residents and build the capacity of housing staff to encourage and support learning Harlow and Broxbourne Womens Aid (£45,350) – to provide computer training to women survivors of domestic abuse with a view to preparing them for further education, work and community activity. Gorleston in Gear (£52,500) – the project aims to involve local residents in three intergenerational projects, which are intended to deepen and celebrate local heritage and identity including creating new writings, making an illustrated manuscript, a local picture alphabet and creating and performing new songs and music inspired by the writings. South West - Total Funding £520,071 Wareham and Lyme Regis Community (Voluntary Group, £58,230) - wish to establish a programme of basic skills and ICT courses for older males in rural locations Youth and Education Service (Voluntary Group, Bristol, £42,124) - plan to build on young people's interest in ICT to train them to become mentors and provide on line support to peers in Bristol Young Women's Training (Multi-agency partnership, Bristol, £9,886) - a multi-agency group in Bristol seek to pilot a residential course in basic skills and sports activities for young mothers North Somerset Council (£70,000) – it will work with community groups and individuals from the more inaccessible parts of North Somerset to offer learning opportunities linked to the North Somerset Millennium Snapshot and to develop and present exhibitions of their environmental recordings and support the creation of a living archive. The Learning Curve, Trowbridge (£46,930) – the project will provide training and accreditation in Training and Development to 40 people who are volunteers in existing small rural organisations. Bath Environment Centre (£9,996) – the project will research, develop and pilot the content and method for an extended learning programme on environmental issues for learners from disadvantaged communities. LEAP Project, Bristol (£46,170) – the project is to pilot a new community based and community led modular Access to HE programme designed to address the real and perceived barriers to access experienced by this and other communities. Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group, Bristol (£70,900) – the project sets out to develop the skills and knowledge of local residents on the health and environmental benefits of growing and using fresh foods, involving gardening skills and an understanding health food cooking, and co-operative production. (Contact Susan Walker 0117 946 5285) Swindon College (£29,835) – a project to target remote rural communities and particularly young families through a model which involves the use of community learning facilitators. The project will work in one village and involve face to face work and support of flexible study. Co-Operative Retail Services, Chippenham, Wilts. (£60,000) – a project to work with customers and members through a three level programme to develop understanding of the principles and practice of co-operation, consumer awareness, business skills and the value of co-operation in communities. (Contact Maureen Breeze 01249 447374). Wessex Foundation, Winsham, Somerset (£76,000) –based in an organic farm and residential education centre, the project will offer a flexible programme in which young people will explore and develop land-based skills whilst also developing personal and social skills. West Midlands - Total Funding £56,314 Young Mothers – Youth Clubs UK (£56,314) – the project will recruit and work with two groups of young mothers aged 16-25 on estates in Sheffield and Stoke-on-Trent. It will enable the young women to achieve units of an accredited programme, the Young Mothers Learning Programme, which has been designed to raise their self-confidence, self-esteem and educational aspirations. Yorkshire and Humber - Total Funding £208,041 The Big Issue in the North (Voluntary Group, Leeds, £83,628) - wishes to work in partnership with education providers in Leeds to develop a citizenship course, creative writing courses and training in customer care for vendors St George's Family Centre (£9,574) – the aim of the project is to assess and develop personal skills/self confidence and assess/address the basic skills of local families in a deprived and disadvantaged area in Calderdale through the creation of a Community Café. PROMISE (£26,000) – to provide learning opportunities for unemployed people in Sheffield who are engaged in amateur dramatics and performances and to support this target group to acquire basic skills, self presentation and survival skills. Hull Chinese Cultural Centre (Voluntary Group, £55,812) - plan to work with Beverley College to develop a programme of practical learning in citizenship, health etc. with and for residents and other members of the Chinese community in Hull Yorkshire Arts Circus (Voluntary Group, Castleford, £33,027) - an arts based organisation, proposes to work with families in four areas to develop their skills and confidence by writing community books for adults and children National/multi-site - Total Funding £311,742 Quest (Charity, £33,900) - a voluntary organisation working in community development seek to develop a programme of residential and on line training for people engaged or interested in working on community newsletters Thrive (Voluntary Group, £90,000) - wishes to use results of their planning grant to develop training for staff and learning opportunities for adults with learning difficulties involved in horticultural schemes and projects across the country The Prince's Trust Volunteers (Voluntary Group, £66,844) - seek to pilot a project to add basic skills training to the package of training they have developed for volunteers. They hope to transfer this model across schemes working in London, Manchester, the East and West Midlands and Tyne and Wear in areas where there is evidence that lack of basic skills is a barrier for young people to take up learning or gain employment School for Social Entrepreneurs (Charity, £35,000) - seek to develop a programme for individual mentor support and training for people wishing to work in local communities to support other members of their community Girls' Friendly Society in England and Wales (Voluntary Organisation, £85,998) - proposes to pilot a health/basic skills programme for young women in a project they have developed in Skegness

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