East Midlands | Eastern | London | North East | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber | National/multi-site Projects supported under Round 6 Total Funding in 2002-2003 £4,518,096 East Midlands - Total funding £281,792 Gamelea Countryside Training Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,420, Y2 - £28,105, Chesterfield) – plans to develop basic skills through learning to run a 'social business' – linked to various existing social businesses offering a dog crθche, egg production, pork production, small animals, horticulture and soft fruits. ACE Centre (Adult education wing of LEA school, Y1 - £12,200, Y2 – £9,020, Kirkby-In-Ashfield) – to improve the basic skills and ICT skills of unemployed women through production of memories through words and pictures. Will also introduce college courses to the learners. Lincolnshire Action Trust (Local charity, Y1 - £29,505, Y2 – £29,362, Lincoln) – taking basic skills provision to offenders. A flexible approach, meeting their needs and raising awareness of basic skills within the probation service. Former clients/offenders to be trained as basic skills volunteers. Derby Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) (Voluntary, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, Derby) - The project aims to 'Bridge the Gap' between deaf parents and their hearing children by engaging adults in a drama group with the aim of creating a production. Derby Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) (Voluntary, Y1 - £25,000, Y2 - £25,000, Derby) - Improve basic skills and IT for a group of housed travellers in Derby – through a medium of a self-produced book on their history and culture. Making It! Industrial Heritage Trust (Voluntary, Y1 - £24,071, Y2 – £24,180, Mansfield) - To recruit and train volunteers to act as enablers, demonstrators, presenters and ambassadors at the 'Making It!' educational and family visitor centre. South East Derbyshire College (FE College, £10,000, Ilkeston, Derbyshire) - Developing a core of mentors who will act as a conduit on information relating to substance abuse. South East Derbyshire College and ASPIRE (FE College, Y1 - £27,000, Y2 - £28,500Ilkeston, Derbyshire) - To engage vulnerable, socially excluded and hard to reach men into housing, guidance and learning. Derby Changes (Voluntary, £10,000, Derby) - The project aims to work with young people who have experienced the public care system and who are either leaving the system or trying to live independently. Nottinghamshire Rural Community Council (NRCC) (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,839, Y2 - £28,351,Newstead Village) -To improve and promote blind and partially sighted people's access to IT in rural Nottinghamshire. Workers' Educational Association (Lincolnshire) (Voluntary, Y1 - £26,057, Y2 – 23,590, Sleaford) - The project aims to develop an oral history project through an inter-generational programme with both long term old and young residents and recent migrants. C G Partnership (Community Business/Voluntary, Y1 - £29,700, Y2 – £29,400, Market Rasen) - Demonstrate that through innovative, creative intervention, young people who are labelled disaffected have the capacity to achieve their potential on an equal footing with others. Eastern - Total funding £317,130 CSV Media (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,974, Y2 – £28,280, Ipswich) – provide learning opportunities in a 'community media' setting (video, community magazine, website, community radio) with basic skills support Visions Community Association (Voluntary organisation, £30,000, Stevenage) – to use the production of a feature length film, 'Pukkah' to engage young people in improving their literacy skills Frontline Arts and Community Enterprise (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £13,306, Y2 - £13,695, Norwich) – train up sixteen 'learning champions/village activists' in villages in Norfolk to engage residents in learning, including basic skills East Essex Adult Community College (Local authority, Y1 - £20,259, Y2 - £22,369, Essex) – to provide existing basic skills students with the opportunity to become advocates for learning. These 'Learning Champions' would work with disenfranchised members of their own communities to encourage them back into learning, with an emphasis on basic skills. Comberton Village College (Community college, Y1 - £23,659, Y2 - £18,695, Cambridge) – addressing the needs of adults with mental illness by taking learning to their homes or to sites where they will access learning. Delivery through e-learning and arts. Cambridge Regional College (Further Education College, Y1 - £24,172, Y2 - £24,793, Cambridge) – capacity building initiatives in community organisations and voluntary bodies in the Abbey Ward of Cambridge, to provide new learning opportunities to enable residents to improve their basic skills. Norwich Community Workshop (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £17,250, Y2 – £5,750, Norwich) – to deliver 'home skills' modules, including basic skills, to people moving into independent living. Turning the red lights green (Registered charity, Y1 - £25,000, Y2 – £30,000, Bottisham) – skills development and information for people with mental health problems. North End and North Lynn Community Trust (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,800, Y2 – £29,000, King's Lynn) The project aims to recruit people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities, including those with mental health difficulties with a focus on health and well-being. Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre (LEA, Y1 - £10,000, Y2 - £10,000, Hertford) - To provide a programme of learning for young people (16-19) to increase awareness of and involvement in wildlife activities through certificated training from basic skills through to higher education, and to build social interest. Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) (Voluntary, £9,750, Cambridge) - Widen participation in education and convince project participants (and thereby their children) of the benefits of (lifelong) learning. Southend Adult Community College (LEA, Y1 - £27,535, Y2 – £24,749,Southend On Sea) - The projects aims to work with the Chinese community to support parents who wish to teach their native language to their children. Norfolk Adult Education Service (LEA, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £29,987, Norwich) - The project aims to improve the quality of people's lives by linking learning with healthy eating and living initiatives. It will work alongside the Norwich Food Co-op to offer an integrated response to social enterprise and personal development. Thurrock Community Mothers (£14,936, Thurrock, Essex) – a basic skills programme targeted at health and social care workers, and socially excluded, vulnerable parents who are not accessing learning provision. Will raise health workers' awareness of basic skills needs. Trained Community Mothers will give one-to-one basic skills support in the home and facilitate progression to family learning. Castlepoint CAB (£15,000, Canvey Island, Essex) – to raise awareness of basic skills issues among CAB staff, to provide advice and information about basic skills and to support the take up of community based learning among clients and associated groups. London - Total funding £1,355,010 Patchwork Community Housing Association (Housing association, Y1 - £29,992, Y2 - £29,978, SE17) – to remove barriers to independent living by integrating basic skills into the work of the Housing Association in particular through a music and sport focussed project. Housebound Learners (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £19,771, Y2 - £18,669, SW15) – to support the literacy needs of new housebound learners and enable them to progress to further learning opportunities offered by Housebound Learners. Springboard Hackney Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £26,680, N1) - to train members of the local refugee communities as bi-lingual basic skills teachers while supporting the delivery of basic literacy skills in the community. City and Hackney MIND (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,421, Y2 - £30,000, Hackney) – building basic skills services into the core services of City and Hackney Mind through two types of courses literacy, numeracy and introduction to computers. Tenants Association (Redbridge College) (Voluntary organisation/Further Education College, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Romford) – widen participation in learning on the Bridge Ward Estate to help break cycle of poverty and social deprivation. Develop basic skills through mentoring support. Centre for Filipinos (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £22,630, Y2 - £29,580, W6) – improve basic skills of Filipino migrants through production of a community history book. Gateway Project – Tomorrow's People Trust (Community, Y1 - £29,912, Y2 - £29,710, Hastings) – using employees of major companies to mentor homeless and unemployed young people to improve basic skills and employability The Portman House Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £15,559, Y2 - £16,714, Central London) – women only provision of basic skills, linked to UK Online networked ICT centres in the local community. To deliver a LOCN accredited course with the Healthy Living Unit. London Action Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £28,901, SW9) – to engage young black men on probation in learning through ICT and web page design course, incorporating basic and key skills Clean Break (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,926, Y2 – £25,395, Kentish Town) – basic and key skills among socially excluded women, through drama and performing arts. Jamait al Nissa (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, N22) – to integrate ESOL into industrial sewing training in Enfield. London Muslim Centre (Y1 - £27,400, Y2 - £30,000, E1) – Sports coaching and training, with basic skills development Heathcote Education Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £24,965, Y2 – £26,529, E12) – develop and pilot literacy materials for deaf learners, with sign language support, to be made available on the internet via 'Deafweb' portal that is accessible to sign language users. Pilot materials with 50 learners during the project. The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, Central London) – to develop a guide to independent living, focusing on managing personal finances, for use with young deaf adults who have basic skills needs. After initial piloting of the materials the project hopes to roll out the pack nationally. London Oriental Academy (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £25,919, Y2 - £23,578, E6) – basic-skills oriented family learning programmes across three generations. Greek Cypriot Women's Organisation (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, N8) – ESOL provision for Greek Cypriot unemployed women in a community setting. Using innovative approaches to recruitment. The Women's Centre Sutton (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,996, Y2 – £28,196, Sutton) – to pilot new methods of delivery of basic skills, ESOL and ICT in relation to personal and practical development. To build the capacity of two local community groups to deliver basic skills. Vista Training (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, N16) – to upskill the local community in relation to childcare in particular orthodox Jewish women. Refugee Council (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, SW4) – to teach basic skills and ESOL linked to recreational and sporting activities for young, male refugees Tree of Life (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, SE25) – to enhance the basic skills and social inclusion of young refugees and unaccompanied young asylum seekers through a flexible ICT laptop outreach service. Structured programmes will address literacy and ESOL needs. Action Acton (Not for profit organisation limited by guarantee, Y1 - £29,300, Y2 - £30,000, W3) – to build the capacity of the Somali Community in Ealing to develop basic skills and provide a transition into further education and employment. East Thames Housing Group (ETHG) (Charity – limited by guarantee, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, Stratford) – supported learning opportunities to develop literacy, numeracy, ICT and other life and employability skills through a range of activities in accessible venues on housing estates. The Big Issue Foundation (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,928, Y2 – £28,766, SW8) – to enable homeless people to improve their basic skills through a programme of health and cooking so that they are able to progress to further opportunities. Kaleidoscope Project (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Kingston Upon Thames) – retail training, with basic skills development, linked to voluntary work in a charity shop, to foster transition to work and independence. Community Links (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,500, Y2 – £29,213, Canning Town) – Training asylum seekers/refugees in advice work. Second Wave Centre for Youth Arts (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,500, Y2 - £57,500, SE8) - Young excluded men, arts based learning with peer mentoring and progression routes for young excluded men. Greenwich Community Learning Champions (Learning Partnership, Y1 - £26,000, Y2 – £29,800, SE18) -The project aims to train learning champions as volunteers, from communities where adult learning participation is low. Haringey Adult Learning Services (HALS) (LEA, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, N22) - This project is based on identified need and proposes training transition mentors to support black and minority ethnic young people as they move from primary to secondary school. Stratford Circus (Charity, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, E15) - Developing creative cuts in health care "arts on prescription" for promoting well being and self development with those suffering dementia. Blythe Neighbourhood Council (Voluntary, Y1 - £24,000, Y2 - £28,000, W14) - Promotes a participant led programme through a heritage based scheme for socially excluded sections of the community in LB Hammersmith and Fulham. Spitalfields City Farm (Voluntary, £9,845, E1) - The project aims to engage volunteers who are unemployed, homeless, suffering from mental ill-health or are recovering from addiction to work on the farm. 70% will be men. The Kosh (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,990, Y2 - £28,000, N4) - Provides learning opportunities in creative and digital arts for people with physical disabilities and long term/terminal illness. Poplar Partnership EAZ (Education Action Zone, £8,945, E14) - The Poplar Partnership is proposing two strands of work of which this project is one. It will work with parents of secondary aged children in an Education Action Zone (EAZ) who have been consulted. They will develop practical skills in DIY, linking in literacy and IT. Poplar Partnership EAZ (Education Action Zone, £6,190, E14) - The Poplar Partnership is proposing two strands of work of which this project is one. It will work with parents in three separate schools in an Education Action Zone (EAZ) to establish a writing group to explore and write stories about the Poplar area of London. Education Projects Development Unit (Charity, Y1 - £23,894, Y2 – £11,344, W1T) -Record and archive current memories and experiences for future generations to encourage and inform debate about cinema going, past and present. National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA) (Voluntary, £9,840, WC1H) - Project aims to work with older people in the first run of a new award, developed with City and Guilds for providers of activities in care settings. Richmond CVS (Voluntary, £9,250, Richmond) - Develop local capacity in identifying and meeting the learning support needs of gay men affected by HIV/AIDS. Horizon Housing Group Ltd (Registered Social Landlord, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, SE19) - Training women as mentors to encourage and support other disadvantaged women to encourage participation in to FE. Croydon Carers Contact (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,973, Y2 - £29,223, Croydon) - Develop partnerships with statutory providers and offer support to carers to gain access to learning, self-development skills and progression opportunities. Hammersmith and Fulham Action for Disability (HAFAD) (Voluntary, Y1 - £10,000, Y2 - £9,000, SW6) - A project which aims to offer people with physical and sensory disabilities, who are housebound, a home loan computer to develop access to new technology and learning opportunities. Hoxton Bibliotech (Not for Profit Company, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, E8) - Promoting community champions amongst marginalized communities using community languages. Project Phakama (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,000, Y2 - £28,000, EC1V) - Create a new community structure in lives of young male refugees through celebrating diversity in a safe environment, sharing experiences and building on skills. CSV Media (Voluntary, £29,772, N1) - The project aims to develop digital diaries or scrapbooks for transmission on-line or on TV based on personal, fictional, journalistic experiences and local history or heritage. Parent Gateway (Community Group, Y1 - £28,600, Y2 - £29,400, CR4) - The project will support the personal development of lone parents on a social housing estate in South West London by offering support and guidance via outreach and networking. London African Volunteers Network (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,396, Y2 - £28,424, SE5) - To recruit and train volunteers who will raise awareness and participation in lifelong learning activities by older African people from the African refugee and migrant community. The 1990 Trust (Voluntary Org & Reg Charity, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 – £30,000, Kennigton Park, SW9) - A capacity building project for black and minority ethnic women to support community and voluntary groups in becoming active participants in social, educational, economic and political infrastructure in their own communities. The Bow People's Trust (Voluntary, Y1 - £23,730, Y2 - £6,230, E3) - To improve the basic and business skills of the street market traders in the local area of Roman Road in Bow. Shape London (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,834, Y2 - £29,834, N7) – The 'Activate' programme will offer a training the trainer programme for deaf and disabled people to deliver creative equality training. London Language and Literacy Unit (HE, Y1 - £29,923, Y2 - £29,800, SE1) - Train adults from the Bengali and Turkish communities as facilitators who will work to address the underachievement in maths and science. Partners in Learning (Learning Partnership, Y1 - £29,689, Y2 - £28,303, E14) - The project aims to develop a programme called Individual and Community Empowerment (ICE). It will be created and run via two Further Education Colleges, a local University and the local partnership of over 40 community and voluntary organisations. London Somali Consortium (Voluntary, £10,000, E2) - The project is to support Somali voluntary sector learning providers across London to improve the quality of their practices. Refugee Action Kingston (Voluntary, Y1 - £23,320, Y2 - £30,000, Kingston Upon Thames) - An organised training programme to give asylum seekers and refugees confidence skills and knowledge to access employment and future learning opportunities. All Saints Centre (£10,000, Wimbledon) – a project providing self advocacy for people with physical disabilities. Women's Education in Building (£25,000) – targeting women including refugees and asylum seekers, with the theme of family learning. North East - Total funding £243,532 Newcastle Literacy Trust (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,721, Y2 - £26,491, Newcastle Upon Tyne) – develop literacy and numeracy skills among young offenders, using mentors supported by a development worker. Organisations involved have a good track record of working with young people. Fairbridge Tyne and Wear (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £9,128, Y2 - £9,251, Newcastle Upon Tyne) (Voluntary organisation, Newcastle-Upon- Tyne) – to develop health, fitness and basic skills among young men from vulnerable groups (homeless, mentally ill, at risk of offending) through short courses and activities involving sport, healthy eating, stress management etc. Teesdale District Council (Local authority, Y1 - £9,338, Y2 - £12,005, County Durham) – to develop basic skills in family-based community arts projects in market towns/deprived wards. The Five Lamps Organisation (Voluntary organisation, £10,000, Stockton On Tees) – involve the local community in a programme of learning, including basic skills, resulting in a performing arts production. Darlington College of Technology (Further Education College, Y1 - £21,350, Y2 - £8,626, Darlington) – to engage disaffected and disadvantaged young adults to accredited activities, Community Sports Leader Award (CSLA) whilst improving basic skills. A partnership between a college, football club and community association. Stockton International Family Centre (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £12,500, Y2 - £10,500, Stockton On Tees) – to improve employability of male non-traditional learners by developing English skills in conjunction with individual work specialisms. Chester-le-street and District CVS (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,482, Y2 - £30,000, Chester-Le-Street ) – to explore new options of basic skills delivery to men via music workshops, car/motorcycle maintenance programmes and numeracy/consumer focused workshops. University of Sunderland (Higher Education Institution, £4,898, Sunderland) – engage refugees in education and reduce isolation by providing access to news from their own countries via Internet radio and web pages. Train volunteers from Sunderland refugee and asylum Seeker Network to use Internet radio. The ESOL Team – Westgate Community Centre (Local authority community college, Y1 - £29,419, Y2 - £26,853, Newcastle Upon Tyne) – to develop a familiarization and orientation package of multi-level materials and deliver to newly arrived asylum seekers and ethnic minority groups. The Haltwhistle Partnership Ltd (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,500, Y2 - £29,500, Haltwhistle, Northumberland) - The project aims to survey local needs and develop opportunities in six new venues ranging from tasters to accredited programmes. Interactive Development (Not for profit organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £18,051, Newcastle Upon Tyne) - Working with people with learning and physical disabilities through drama. Stockton Borough Carers Resource Centre (Voluntary, Y1 - £8,576, Y2 - £7,423, Stockton On Tees) - The project will work with carers in an area of industrial decline to offer a menu of activities to encourage them to return to learning. The Salvation Army (Voluntary, Y1 - £21,620, Y2 – £17,170, Stockton On Tees) - The project aims to develop an intergenerational programme of learning about parenting, health, IT and reminiscence in an area of high social housing and unemployment. North West - Total funding £648,438 W.A.V.E (Community group, Y1 - £17,202, Y2 - £17,150, Leigh) – individual and group support to women who have lived with domestic violence – to improve their skills and support progress to further training. Boys and Girls Welfare Society (Registered charity, Y1 - £21,620, Y2 - £19,900, Stockport) – to develop basic skills among service users as part of an integrated approach to personal development and to develop capacity of BGWS staff to act as in-house basic skills tutors/mentors Arena Housing Association (Housing Association, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £26,800, St Helens) – to engage homeless people in learning, using TV, film and media courses with basic skills assessment and support. Wai Yin Chinese Women Society (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,439, Y2 – £30,000, Manchester) – to engage Chinese women with ESOL needs and improve basic and IT skills through a variety of arts and crafts activities. Lancashire College – Deafway (Further Education College, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £28,000, Lancashire) (Further Education College, Preston) – outreach initiatives to improve basic skills in the deaf community using laptops. Train five 'barefoot workers' to build capacity in the deaf community to support basic skills. Blackburn with Darwen Lifelong Learning Forum (Local partnership of voluntary, community and statutory organisations, Y1 - £28,076, Y2 - £28,428, Blackburn) – to meet the basic skills (especially ESOL) needs of taxi drivers alongside job related skills, in venues and at times to fit around shift patterns. Centre for Brain Injury, Rehabilitation and Development (BIRD) (Voluntary organisation, £9,795, Chester) – to develop 'on track' – which aims to train mentors to support the brain injured back into life long learning (including basic skills) as their treatment progresses. Liverpool Family Service Unit (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,338, Y2 - £29,912, Liverpool) – to develop short parenting courses, with basic skills support, leading on to other learning opportunities – both 'tasters' and longer courses – to develop a range of skills, including ESOL, communication skills and budgeting. Impact Housing Association (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £6,871, Y2 - £18,518, Carlisle) – supporting basic skills and life skills in the target group to improve employability and confidence. Jigsaw Data (Voluntary, Y1 - £15,082, Y2 - £14,448, Lancashire) The project will work with people with physical and sensory disabilities, learning difficulties and mental health difficulties, who are in rural areas. It will train them as trainers to focus on disability awareness. WEA Cumbria (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,840, Y2 - £27,590, Workington) The project aims to work with young men aged 16-25 years in urban and rural areas on creative and sporting activities. Manchester Women's Electronic Village Hall (Voluntary, Y1 - £23,167, Y2 - £29,955, Manchester) To train refugee women to become volunteer internet mentors who will enable others to access computers, email and the internet. Voluntary and Community Action Trafford (Voluntary/Community Group, £29,992, Sale Moor) - To equip individuals to take offices as chairs, secretaries and treasurers and trustees, enabling them to manage, govern and strategically develop their own voluntary and community organisations. Henshaws Society for Blind People (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,776, Y2 - £28,313, Manchester) - To widen participation and promote lifelong learning for visually impaired people aged 16+, by providing a 'bridging point' between a specialist voluntary project and a mainstream college of further education. Interchill (Community Group, £10,000, Liverpool) - A community-based workshop for 16-18 year olds to develop a script and produce a low budget film based on their own experiences. Employment Support Project (West Cumbria CVS) (Voluntary, Y1 - £11,350, Y2 - £12,750, Cumbria) - The project will establish a community enterprise based on a community recycling scheme. Marsh Age Link (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,672, Y2 - £23,937, Lancaster) - The project will develop an inter-generational and inter-community project exploring the theme of working class youth culture past and present. International Centre for Digital Content (HE, Y1 - £29,000, Y2 - £30,000, Liverpool) - This project will develop and produce a collection of histories and stories focussing on the people of Liverpool. The project will work with community and minority groups with the aim of introducing them to local heritage, while also providing them with training in digital media and creative technologies. Riverside Credit Union (Community Group, Y1 - £25,700, Y2 - £22,000, Liverpool) - A financial literacy course to benefit and enhance the capacity of a credit union in Speke by enabling volunteers to engage more fully in the running of the union. Lancashire College (FE College, Y1 - £30,000, £28,000, Lancashire) - Widen participation in learning amongst mothers in black and minority ethnic communities in Burnley using community allotments. Lancashire County Council (LEA, Y1 - £15,000, Y2 - £13,200, Longridge) - Addresses social exclusion by offering a range of learning activities in Preston. Blackburn with Darwen Lifelong Learning Service (LEA, Y1 - £11,250, Y2 - £14,750, Blackburn) - This proposal is to develop action research in order to develop learning communities within a former industrial area. It will involve the residents in planning what they want to learn. Mersey Heritage Trust (Voluntary, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £29,994, Liverpool) - Create a unique academy for hard to reach learners on board an operational tall ship to deliver an experiential learning programme. NEARIS (Community Group, Y1 - £29,419, Y2 - £29,860, Manchester) - To make the education services offered by Manchester Education Resettlement Centre (MERC) more accessible to adult learners by offering an increased level of learning support. NEARIS (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,821, Y2 - £29,713, Manchester) - The project aims to work with asylum seekers by developing opportunities for ESOL and ICT learning through history heritage and the environment in the Bolton area. North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF) (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,378, Y2 - £28,379, Liverpool) - The project aims to develop arts business skills (disabled artists into work), with level 3 credits for deaf and disabled people. WEA North Western District (Voluntary, £8,050, Manchester) - To develop the capacity of Age Concern organisation and local community groups to engage disadvantaged older people (50+) in lifelong, volunteering and community development. Barrow AFC Football in the Community Scheme (Community Group, £9,600, Barrow-In-Furness) - Train community volunteers as coaches for junior football groups. Using football as a tool to engage interest in learning. Everton Development Trust (£25,000, Liverpool) – ICT skills and the arts, especially music, for young people in the area. South East - Total funding £372,134 Oxford Homeless Medical Fund (Charity, Y1 - £5,150, Y2 - £4,750, Oxford) – improving the basic skills of the homeless in central Oxford through a structured approach and by bringing together several agencies that support this client group. Parents and Children Together (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £16,555, Y2 - £17,381, Reading) – ESOL, literacy, numeracy and key skills to enable participation in learning and in the community. MacIntrye Care (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,480, Y2 - £30,000, Milton Keynes) – to improve the basic skills of adults at pre-entry level in a way relevant to people with disabilities living in the community. Milton Keynes College (Further education college, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Milton Keynes) – to engage male, non-learner tenants of Midsummer Housing Association in learning through a programme of basic skills and vocational training, delivered through a variety of outreach activities. Capacity of Housing Association staff will be built to provide basic educational guidance. East Berkshire College (Further Education College, £6,726, Langley) – to open up access to learning and basic skills for Romanian asylum seekers. To provide a topic-based course of basic skills support e.g. citizenship, health and safety, cultural issues underpinned by pastoral/tutorial support. Community Solutions (Social enterprise – Community Training Organisation, Y1 - £28,550, Y2 - £26,550, Isle Of Wight) – to provide outreach provision across the Isle of Wight in rural areas to disadvantaged groups of adults. Learners from SME's and community groups. Isle of Wight Council Arts Unit (LEA, £10,000, Isle Of Wight) - This proposal will provide learning opportunities for people with learning difficulties and/or mental illness through the design and installation of decorative mobiles in a seaside town. Learning Links Portsmouth (Voluntary, Y1 - £25,735, Y2 - £20,842, Portsmouth) - Opportunities for people with visual impairment in access to ICT training. Create newsletter through ICT training programme. Fairbridge Solent (Voluntary, Y1 - £24,000, Y2 - £24,700, Southampton) - This project aims to work with young adults in a creative project which repairs and restores furniture. MacIntyre Care (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,750, Y2 - £29,151, Milton Keynes) - This project will work with people with learning disabilities to support them into becoming trainers of those who work with people with learning disabilities on a health scheme. Terrence Higgins Trust (Oxfordshire) (Voluntary, Y1 - £18,000, Y2 - £18,000, Oxford) - To recruit, train and support a young male refugee and asylum seekers as community health promoters. African Cultural Promotions (Voluntary, Y1 - £26,352, Y2 – £26,696, Surrey) - This project aims to work with black African young people, many of whom are refugees, in a range of focus groups where they will explore barriers to learning and employment. Marcella House (MIND Southampton and New Forest) (Voluntary, Y1 - £7,500, Y2 - £2,500, Southampton) - The project will offer a programme of physical activities and a sense of improved mental well being. Medway Adult and Community Learning Service (LEA, £10,000, Gillingham) - The project aims to develop capacity amongst black and minority ethnic communities through developing and celebrating crafts and skills. TWICS (Training for Work in Communities) (£20,000, Southampton) – a neighbourhood project with a community development theme. Berkshire Phab Centre (£25,339, Reading) – basic skills training for learners with a variety of disabilities, using ICT. Two members of the organisation will undertake basic skills teacher training to ensure sustainability. Two Saints (St Dismas) (£29,999, Southampton) – targeting homeless people, ex-offenders, hostel dwellers and others, to provide basic skills in a range of outreach settings, using practical subject such as photography, IT and art. SAFE (£29,998, Southampton) – residents of Piland's Wood ward who are unemployed or disadvantaged will undertake a programme of learning entitled 'Get That Job', which combines basic skills training, job search training, confidence building, IT, information and advice. South West - Total funding £356,403 The Helepayne Foundation (Voluntary organisation, £11,390, Totnes) – design, plan and develop a range of outdoors learning environments at Helepayne Gardens. Develop basic skills through these practical activities. Cheltenham Community Projects (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £14,189, Y2 - £27,911, Cheltenham) – engage disaffected/disadvantaged young people in practical projects to improve vocational, social and basic skills to gain and maintain employment via the 'Task Force' project. Girls Workshop (Community Group, £9,800, Dorset) – to develop craft and business skills, with support for literacy, numeracy and IT, to enable participants to set up a small craft business. Yeovil College (Further education college, Y1 - £13,203, Y2 - £17,354, Yeovil) – build capacity through identification of ethnic minority learning champions and to provide ESOL, Basic Food Hygiene to learners in their own working environment. Link into Learning (Local authority, Y1 - £29,942, Y2 - £29,653, St Austell) – to work in partnership with voluntary/community groups in West Cornwall to enable their members to improve basic skills. Gillingham Community Church Trust (Community group, Y1 - £26,000, Y2 - £20,000, Dorset) – develop basic skills and job-related skills through mentor support, including mentors from local businesses. Develop a 'learning shop' in a market town to serve a rural area. Wiltshire and Swindon Lifelong Learning Partnership (Learning partnership, Y1 - £25,750, Y2 - £24,250, Swindon) – recruit 'learning champions' from voluntary organisations in rural Wiltshire to work with a mobile learning unit to raise awareness of learning opportunities available and recruit new learners to improve their basic skills. Bath Self-Help Housing (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,882, Y2 – £28,545, Bath) – basic skills (communication) and life skills for young people who engage in 'challenging behaviour' which disrupts their relationships. Delivered to Foyer residents and other young people in Bath Foyer, in a partnership with 'Relate'. Help and Care (Voluntary, £9,981, Dorset) - To support and resource older people from rural communities to actively participate in the development and provision of learning opportunities. Centre for Sustainable Energy (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,740, Y2 - £25,108, Bristol) - A practical learning opportunity is proposed for people in areas of fuel poverty which will develop a new support package, identify volunteers and work in the community on raising awareness about ways of alleviating fuel poverty. Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,513, Y2 - £28,818, Torquay) - The project aims to offer learning opportunities through environmental volunteering in order to encourage ownership of the environment, heritage and wildlife in the Torbay area. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (Museum, £9,600, Bristol) - Using community radio to engage Black communities using history and issues of living in a multiracial society. Exeter CVS (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,170, Y2 - £29,999, Exeter) - Engage non-learners through volunteering and customised work programme. Developing good practice in volunteer support. North East Somerset Arts (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,300, Y2 - £30,000, Radstock) - Create learning activities for people with mental health needs – supporting them from discrete arts courses into mainstream arts activities/courses. Bristol University Access Unit (HE/VS, Y1 - £22,033, Y2 - £28,682, Bristol) - The project aims to enable visually impaired people in an area of industrial decline (Forest of Dean) to access provision, ultimately being supported into FE provision. Somerset Food Links (Voluntary, £9,910, Langport) - Support individuals running small rural businesses in the food and drink sector to improve their skills through the delivery of appropriate, accessible, relevant learning. Dorset Community Action (£30,000, Purbeck) – working in rural areas with SMEs to provide basic skills for employees, contextualised with work-oriented training such as CV writing and health and safety. Basic skills awareness sessions will be run with voluntary sector and SME employees. West Midlands - Total funding £283,588 Age Concern Training (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £29,000, Walsall) – literacy and ICT for older learners, linked to production of family trees. TLC College (Not for profit company limited by guarantee, Y1 - £28,152, Y2 - £30,000, Wolverhampton) – to ensure the target group is able to access health, housing and education to enable an improved quality of life through integrating ESOL support with a family health theme. Coventry and Warwickshire Adult Guidance (Company limited by guarantee,Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Coventry) – provide opportunities for users of the IAG service to develop their basic skills at frontline venues. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Asian Welfare Centre (Community group, Y1 - £29,978, Y2 – 29,977, Willenhall) – to provide a programme of literacy, numeracy and compute literacy for Asian women with bi-lingual support. Neil Dougherty Education and Resource Centre (Community and voluntary, Y1 - £29,540, Y2 - £29,760, Wolverhampton) – employ full time Community Education and Training Worker to develop basic skills at the centre. West Midlands Education Service (Charity, Y1 - £15,250, Y2 - £15,250, Birmingham) – ESOL and numeracy to be delivered to black and Asian women as a combined and complimentary programme of study incorporating useful and relevant topics e.g. citizenship. Rathbone Regional College (Community group, Y1 - £29,700, Y2 –£27,100, Wolverhampton) – to provide a community resource centre for the development of basic skills. ECHO (Voluntary, Y1 - £17,378, Y2 - £17,462, Herefordshire) Adult learners with disabilities. The project aims to engage people with moderate and severe learning difficulties in sports and fitness activities. Worcester YWCA (Voluntary, Y1 - £29,995, Y2 - £26,940, Worcester) - This project aims to increase access to learning for young women from the Asian communities through informal activities and focus groups. National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Voluntary, Y1 - £18,040, Y2 - £25,929, Dudley) - In partnership with an Adult College this project proposes to use arts skills to raise confidence and develop skills of people experiencing mental ill-health. Quest Day Centre (LEA, Y1 - £20,615, Y2 - £18,866, Stafford) - The project aims to use a recently opened gift and craft shop to provide practical, experimental learning opportunities for people experiencing mental ill-health. Northern Birmingham Carers Support Project (Voluntary, £9,940, Birmingham) - To develop the skills of volunteers by introducing them to regular learning through a recognised model of community education which complements the aims of the voluntary organisation. Warwickshire College (£25,000, Leamington Spa) – learning opportunities for men and volunteers using the theme of mental health. Yorkshire and Humberside - Total funding £582,669 Hull Council for Voluntary Service Ltd (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £27,752, Y2 - £29,052, Hull) – basic/key skills delivered in the context of managing small community-based organisation or projects. Cape UK (Voluntary Organisation, Y1 - £29,560, Y2 - £29,304, Leeds) – to develop and test innovative approaches to teaching basic skills using creative activities and digital media e.g. film, video and photography. Minerva Centre (Community focused adult training centre, Y1 - £29,000, Y2 - £29,572, Bradford) - to provide and accessible programme of ESOL, numeracy and IT with arts and crafts for Asian women. Friends of Clifton Park Museum (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £25,000, Y2 - £25,000, Rotherham) – use residents' interest in local history and heritage to engage adults in learning and developing basic skills. SPRAC (Voluntary organisation, Y1- £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Sheffield) – a capacity building project involving members of the community that are involved or want to be involved in local regeneration. Improving their basic skills and training to become 'Community Development Bridge workers'. Learning Partnerships Leeds (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, Leeds) - to improve the basic skills through IT, driving, health, work etc. Delivery through one-to-one, small groups or in the home. Refugee Education and Employment Programme (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £28,045, Y2 - £28,141, Sheffield) – orientation programme for refugees and asylum seekers newly arrived in Sheffield with basic ESOL needs. Cherry Tree Advice and Information Centre (AIC) (Voluntary organisation, Y1 - £29,795, Y2 - £26,264, Beverley) - To improve literacy and communication skills in the target group through the development of a community newsletter and web-based gallery Norfolk Park Community Forum (Community group, Y1 - £25,602, Y2 – £24,908, Sheffield) – to provide a basic skills and life skills programme through a cooking on a low budget course which would also provide a progression route for those seeking employment. Participants would be encouraged to work towards OCN accreditation. Federation of Licensed Victualers' Association (Trades Association, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £25,000, Brighouse) - Project to provide learning centres in rural pubs with training and tele-cottage aspects. Calderdale Well Woman Association (Voluntary, Y1 - £28,500, Y2 -£29,212, Halifax) - This project will work with women in an area of industrial decline who have care responsibilities and /or mental and physical health difficulties. They will be trained to develop self-help and community management in their own localities. Awaaz (Voluntary, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000 - Sheffield) - The project aims to engage Asian women in a range of activities which include a core programme on IT, study skills and confidence building activities. Bradford Community Environment Project (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,398, Y2 - £26,764, Bradford) - To learn about and use the growing of food as a medicine for first generation Bangladeshi women to improve their English. Scope (Voluntary, Y1 - £13,904, Y2 - £14,227, Rotherham) - Provide disabled adults with the skills to find sustainable voluntary work that reflects their skills and aspirations. Central Ryedale CE Service (LEA, £2,717, Malton) - This project aims to work in a rural area with people for whom English is not their first language and support them in understanding and accessing services available to them. ESCAPE Training and Development (Charity, Y1 - £12,296, Y2 - £14,834, Pontefract) - This project proposes working with voluntary and community youth group volunteers to promote proactive work and effective management of young people and their organised activities. South Yorkshire Police (Police, £9,400, Sheffield) - To provide functional literacy skills to members of black and minority ethnic communities by coupling personal safety training to ESOL/IT. Flower Estate Family Action (Community Group, Y1 - £25,500, Y2 – £27,500, Sheffield) - The project will work on two strands of activity with a credit union on financial skills, advice and signposting as well as literacy and numeracy. Bradford Community Broadcasting (Voluntary, Y1 - £27,800, Y2 - £25,541, Bradford) - Widening participation using community radio for people with disabilities. Training will lead to regular production of radio programmes covering disability issues. Connected 2 Ltd (Community Group, £30,000, Huddersfield) - The project aims to offer education and training programmes to volunteers within 3 black managed community organisations in Huddersfield. East Yorkshire College (FE College, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, East Riding) - Working in partnership with community organisations, training providers to deliver relevant and accessible learning opportunities for seasonal employment. Rotherham Churches Tourism Initiative (RCTI) (Voluntary, £5,400, Rotherham) - By developing volunteering skills. Park Lane College (£25,000, Leeds) – this project targets travellers and focuses on access to learning for this group. Environment Concern (£30,000, Batley) – for adults with moderate learning difficulties and disabilities, this project addresses literacy and numeracy needs through creative writing, art, drama, design and IT. National / Multi-site - Total funding £77,400 Family Welfare Association (Voluntary, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, London) - This project aims to develop opportunities in education and training for refugees and asylum seekers by developing a comprehensive information resource. Rosetta Life (Voluntary, Y1 - £30,000, Y2 - £30,000, WC1X) - To provide access to training and creative learning opportunities, through ICT, to enable individuals to continue to learn and enjoy the process of learning while living with a terminal diagnosis. CEDC (Community Education Development Centre) (Charity, Y1 -£17,400, Y2 - £17,280, Coventry) - To develop and pilot a course for community health workers that will open up career opportunities to a wider range of people through an accredited community based course.

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