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Round 1:
Open Doors International Language School (ODILS)
Area: Plymouth                Start Date: September 2019                        End Date: February 2022
To provide Specialist employment and guidance support to BAME/ESOL participants who are aged 25+ to help prevent unemployment and prevent underemployment.
Area: Plymouth                Start Date: September 2019                        End Date: May 2021
To reignite the fashion and textile manufacturing in Plymouth. Delivering a Level 1 award in industrial manufacturing, to engage and sign up those people in the Stonehouse and Devonport community currently furthest removed from the job market.
Area: Torbay                      Start Date: February 2020                            End Date: November 2021
Supporting unemployed and inactive residents to become engaged with their community open spaces, learning new skills, increasing their personal development, becoming more socially active, gaining a horticulture qualification, whilst improving their health and wellbeing and future employment prospects.
Round 2:
Area: Plymouth                Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: March 2021
This project aims to support women living in the poorest socio-economic wards of Plymouth in particular targeting those who are single mothers. The project will support participants to learn the skills they need to become self-employed thereby being able to structure their work around childcare commitments.
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Ellacombe Community Partnership
Area: Torquay                   Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: June 2021
To engage disadvantaged community members, offering free training and qualifications in food hygiene, health and safety, customer service and barista use. Supporting clients into employment or further education.
Great Torrington Building Preservation Trust
Area: Torrington               Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: June 2021
To set up a Torrington Work and Community Hub in partnership with TTVS, LiveWest, Libraries unlimited and local employers. The club is tailored to the specific needs to individuals and the issues facing unemployed and community groups.
No Limits Community Café & Hub
Area: Newton Abbott                  Start Date: March 2020                                 End Date: December 2020
Aimed at young people with learning disabilities and additional needs who would like to pursue work in a catering or café environment but who are not yet ready for mainstream employment or DWP access to work funding.
Area: Torquay                 Start Date: April 2020                    End Date: March 2022
Supporting women who are in the criminal justice system or unemployed. They will learn carpentry and DIY skills along with mental wellbeing tools. They will gain practical skills that will increase confidence and employability, and learn – on a peer-to-peer basis – tools for enhancing wellbeing.
Area: North Devon and Torridge                Start Date: January 2020              End Date: March 2022
The project will offer supported work experience placements and training within community organisations and local projects for participants facing multiple barriers, offering them the opportunities to add vital work experience to their CVs while supporting local community organisations.
YMCA Plymouth & Discovery College
Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: November 2019                         End Date: October 2022
Aim to deliver bespoke employability and mentoring programmes to reduce the 16-19 NEET deficit in Plymouth. Consisting of Employment, Training and Personal Development, Functional skills in English and Maths as well as Mentoring, Enterprise and PSHE.
Round 3:
Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: February 2020                            End Date: February 2021
To develop the employability skills and enhance the wellbeing of the most disadvantaged adults through increased social engagement. They will engage with beneficiaries through bicycles and bicycle mechanics bringing people together to learn new skills and break down barriers to employment at our workshop.
Area: Exeter                                       Start Date: February 2020                            End Date: December 2022
Using the power of sport and Exeter City Football Club in the community to engage with and support disadvantaged people to make real and measurable progress towards sustainable employment.
Area: Exeter                                       Start Date: April 2020                    End Date: March 2022
Aiming to support people with a variety of life challenges into work. Beneficiaries acquire employment skills through learning how to design, make and market jewellery and other handcrafted products from recycled and reclaimed metals whilst being supported to overcome barriers to employment.
Area: Torbay                                      Start Date: February 2020                            End Date: March 2021
Delivering a confidence and motivation course in Torbay, including 1:1 mentoring appointments, with an aim of increasing confidence, motivation and self-worth to move people with disabilities closer towards employment.
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Plymouth Argyle Football in the Community Trust
Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: February 2020                             End Date: December 2021
Targeting those individuals, over 25, who would benefit from a 12-week programme providing participants with substantial relevant work experience and employability skills development that will make them more employable.
Area: Torbay                                      Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: May 2022
Using radio and music production to build self-confidence and employability skills for young people aged 16-25 year olds. They will participate in 8 training workshops, followed by work experience to further develop and practice their skills in a real world setting.
Area: Exeter                       Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: May 2022
Working with people facing barriers to employment to participant in 4 months courses, Cooking for life, for work and for pleasure. The courses and 1-1 mentoring will support participant to improve health and wellbeing, acquire life skills and vocational skills and progress into further training or employment.
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Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: January 2020                              End Date: December 2021
The project aims to increase skills, confidence and employability across marginalised women in recovery at the Sunflower Women’s Centre. This includes recovering from criminogenic behaviours, domestic abuse, addiction and mental ill health.
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Area: Exeter                                       Start Date: February 2020                            End Date: May 2021
Elite Training South West would like to introduce a weekly Job Club at our community centre based in Exeter’s town centre. The job club will help 100 jobseekers with job searching skills, confidence and job readiness and provide progression routes into further training, qualifications and employment.
Area: Okehampton                         Start Date: March 2020                                 End Date: July 2021
To firmly establish our horticulture area by equipping it and to train the disadvantaged and unemployed - those whom Gilead are supporting to plant and grow vegetables, fruit and plants. We also want to employ those in the local community who have expertise in this area.
Round 4:
Area: Exeter                                       Start Date: October 2020                             End Date: October 2022
This project will provide a Level 2 Certificate in Barbering for 20 people aged 16+ who are furthest removed from education and employment. The course will give them a tangible skill and route into employment or self-employment. Over 90% of students pass their qualifications and 70% go on to further training, employment or self-employment. This is an exceptional outcome given the complex challenges faced by our learners.
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Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: June 2020                                     End Date: December 2021
Routeways has a vision of raising aspiration, realising potential and delivering success, meeting the skills needs of our area and providing clear progression pathways. Offering intensive support to break-down the barriers to work, training or education; targeting unemployed people in Plymouth especially over 50, disabled, from ethnic minorities, or female.
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Area: Plymouth                                Start Date: September 2020                        End Date: October 2022
Seadream Education predominantly promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) skills. This project is packed with informal enrichment activities and transferable skills. We will empower people to realise the opportunities around them and within them, and, encourage and guide them to reach their full potential.
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Area: North Devon                          Start Date: October 2020                             End Date: July 2022
The funding will help Bideford and Barnstaple Work Clubs (B&BWC) to continue in operation. The clubs specifically support individuals who are facing multiple barriers to employment by offering them ongoing employability and job search support, and where appropriate we will offer routes to training and education.
Area: Bideford                                  Start Date: November 2020                                    End Date: December 2022
Project Hope will engage with three hard-to-reach unemployed cohorts of people that Wings currently works with, but with a new and strategic focus on helping them to be better prepared for further education, training and, for some, to actually find employment.
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Round 5:
Area: Totnes                                      Start Date: November 2020                         End Date: November 2021
Changing Lives through Horses is an innovative project that will offer participants a unique way of building transferrable life skills, to put them in a better position to re-enter education, training or employment. They will work with our specially trained rescue horses and experienced team.
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Area: Collumpton                                            Start Date: October 2020                             End Date: May 2022
The project will create a new community wildlife and recreation resource through rural skills and heritage attraction training at Coldharbour Mill. In addition to promoting well-being for the whole community, the new green space will provide an educational resource for local schools, youth organisations and other young people.
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Area: Devon                                                      Start Date: November 2020             End Date: November 2021
Our project will build trusting relationships and give practical hands on support through 1-2-1 mentoring, small group activities and informal education. Supporting young people aged 18-24 with multiple barriers that prevent their progression into employment, further education and becoming active member of society.
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Area: Exeter                                                      Start Date: November 2020          End Date: October 2022
An Arts based intervention for young women aged 16-25 who are experiencing mild to moderate anxiety or depression. Participants will undertake a structured program of Arts therapy delivered by an HCPC registered therapist, followed by a series of mentoring sessions guiding the participants to an EET outcome.
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Area: Budleigh Salterton                               Start Date: November 2020                         End Date: May 2022
A six-month project which will offer adults with learning disabilities the opportunities to learn the practice employability skills through producing preserves (jams, marmalades, chutneys and curds). These will then be sold locally, and proceeds can then be used to create sustainable job opportunities for the target group.
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The Creativity Centre Educational Trust
Area: Torbay/Paignton                Start Date: May 2021             End Date: July 2022
Deliver our successful Creating Your Future course with 20 unemployed women from Torbay and South Devon, enabling them to work towards employment, self-employment or accredited training. This online course builds their self-confidence and develops their creative problem-solving abilities, along with other employment-related skills, through 8 interactive workshops, plus mentoring.
Area: Exeter                 Start Date: May 2021             End Date: August 2022
Remade will provide volunteering opportunities, training and support to people who are unemployed and recovering from addiction, mental health issues and homelessness. Our volunteers will refurbish and upcycle pieces of furniture and other items, creating useful products from waste/recycling materials and receive additional training helping them move towards employment.
Area: Exeter                 Start Date: August 2021           End Date: August 2022
Exeter Northcott Futures technical training programme is a unique employer-based offer supporting 12 unemployed adults facing barriers develop the skills, confidence and industry knowledge that will provide progression into training, career development and paid employment within the growing cultural/events industries post Covid.
Area: Torbay                           Start Date: May 2021             End Date: September 2022
To provide a face to face and virtual work club to all ages in Torbay, providing support to apply for employment and prepare for interviews.
Area: Exeter                 Start Date: May 2021          End Date: August 2022
The Deaf Job Club will allow Deaf British Sign Language users to develop employability skills and knowledge through peer support and training so that more people can fulfil their potential.
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Area: Honiton/Exeter                Start Date: August 2021         End Date: September 2022
To establish a personalised career mentoring programme from Devon Business & Education Trust that will enable 18 unemployed individuals to develop confidence and effectiveness in their career journey, develop skills and link with potential employers.
Area: Plymouth              Start Date: August 2021         End Date: September 2022
The aim of the project will be to support all types of people, including the over 50’s, NEET groups and people with protected characteristics from across Plymouth by giving them an insight into the construction industry.
Area: Okehampton              Start Date: August 2021         End Date: August 2022
Cooking for life. This project will teach and train our residents to plan, budget, purchase, cook, bake and serve food, learning valuable life skills, which will last a lifetime.
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Holsworthy Youth Club
Area: Holsworthy               Start Date: December 2021         End Date: December 2022
This project will offer young people aged 16-25 not currently in employment or education, the small group work, training and support to enable them to bridge the gap to new employment or further education.
Plymouth Argyle Community Trust
Area: Plymouth              Start Date: January 2022       End Date: October 2022
Project Restart has a significant focus on health and well-being linked to employment targeting 19 years and over who would benefit from an 8-week programme that provides work experience, social and personal skills and employability skills that will make participants more employable and likely to be selected for jobs.
Area: Plymouth           Start Date: January 2022        End Date: December 2022
Routeways has a vision of raising aspiration, realising potential and delivering success, meeting the skills needs of our area and providing clear progression pathways. Offering intensive support to break-down the barriers to work, training or education; targeting unemployed people in Plymouth especially over 50, disabled, from ethnic minorities, or female.
Area: Plymouth               Start Date: December 2021         End Date: December 2022
The Heal & Thrive Project; focussing on building confidence, resilience and self-efficacy, will holistically support marginalised women through offering bespoke therapeutic training programmes, wrap around support and targeted interventions. This project will lay the foundations to full healing and recovery, bringing women closer to sustained independence and ultimately employment.
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Area: Torbay               Start Date: February 2022      End Date: December 2022
Fit For Work is a programme developed for residents of Torbay currently unemployed due to physical and or psychological issues. Our project will support and engage members of our community through a variety of treatments with the goal of re-engaging them in education, work-related activities and employment.
Round 11:Â
Area: North Devon and Torridge    Start Date: July 2022       End Date: December 2022
The funding will help Bideford and Barnstaple Work Clubs to continue in operation and apply learning from the initial funded period. The clubs specifically support individuals who are facing multiple barriers to employment by offering them ongoing employability and job search support and will offer routes to training and education.
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Area: Exeter          Start Date: May 2022         End Date: December 2022
We wish to use community gardening and horticulture, combined with wellbeing support and work coaching as an holistic approach to enable the young people in our Supported Accommodation in Exeter to obtain work-ready skills.
Round 14:
Area: Plymouth             Start Date: September 2022  End Date: December 2022
Bikespace Hub is a wraparound project to develop the employability skills and enhance the wellbeing of the most disadvantaged adults in the community through increased social engagement. We will engage with our beneficiaries through bicycles and bicycle mechanics bringing people together to learn new skills and break down barriers to employment at our Bikespace workshop.
The Creativity Centre Educational Trust
Area: Paignton         Start Date: August 2022  End Date: December 2022
Deliver our successful Creating Your Future course with at least 8 unemployed Torbay and South Devon women, enabling them to work towards employment, self-employment or accredited training. This course builds their self-confidence and develops their creative problem solving abilities, along with other employment-related skills, through 8 interactive workshops, plus mentoring.
Area: Exeter        Start Date: September 2022  End Date: December 2022
Remade will provide training opportunities, and individualised support to people who are unemployed, including those in recovery in the broadest sense. Participants will refurbish and upcycle furniture and other items, creating beautiful and useful products from waste and neglected materials and receive additional training helping them build confidence and develop skills in readiness for work or learning.
Round 2:
Area: Somerset     Start Date: November 2019  End Date: December 2021
Community Paths supports vulnerable adults into volunteering opportunities, community opportunities and also into paid Work. We have an emphasis on bespoke support and using multiple outcomes to help people achieve their personal goals and outcomes.
White-head Ross Education and Consulting (WREC)
Area: Yeovil    Start Date: January 2020  End Date: May 2021
The project will engage with 40 women and lone parents from across Yeovil and Shepton Mallet and support them to enter employment and further learning within the child workforce sector.
Round 3:
Stokehill Education and Training
Area: Wincanton    Start Date: January 2020  End Date: January 2021
The six week course will help to bridge the gap between the intensive support and care patients receive during cancer treatment, and their return to independence (including to employment or further training).
Round 4:
Area: Bridgwater    Start Date: September 2020  End Date: July 2022
REAL is a youth-work based employment project designed to give 15 of the most marginalised young people in Somerset a bespoke and more real experience of work than any other provision, while delivering measurable soft and hard outcomes for them combined with cross-cutting impact and legacy benefits across the community.
Area: Glastonbury   Start Date: September 2020  End Date: November 2022
Building an iron age roundhouse, combining modern and traditional materials and building styles while providing opportunities for participants to contribute to the design and build process while earning AQA Unit Awards with a strong focus on transferrable skills to help towards filling the current skills gap in the Building and Construction industry.
Round 5:
Area: Somerset   Start Date: November 2021  End Date: July 2021
We wish to offer a Covid-19 compliant, online Well Being & Skills Development programme for 16-24 year olds from Somerset, especially for participants from areas of depravation, in career, or requiring additional support. Our 12-week digital creative industry exploration initiative seeks to increase participant’s self-confidence; motivation, positive mental health & better identify progression routes linked to further education/employment opportunities.
Area: Bridgwater   Start Date: August 2021  End Date: August 2022
‘Build a Bike’
This is a project for economically inactive adults to develop personally and to increase employability. After advice and guidance to ensure the course is suitable, they will attend workshops where they will learn how to completely overhaul a bicycle, while working as part of a team and working to organisational standards.
Round 6:
Area: Somerset   Start Date: February 2021  End Date: March 2022
Learning from the Land - We want to run a nature conservation and horticulture training programme for learners who are low skilled, unemployed or facing some form of disadvantage, to give them new skills, boost employability and improve their health and wellbeing.
Area: Bridgwater    Start Date: February 2021  End Date: October 2022
Click - is a 12-week programme for the community in the Bridgwater and surrounding areas, in particular those seeking employment and those aged over 50, to develop confidence and transferable skills in creative technology. Activity will include one to one sessions and group workshops (skills camps).
Area: Bridgwater    Start Date: April 2021  End Date: October 2022
Set up and deliver a Community Gardening Group, where Seed of Hope members will volunteer to help those less able to manage their garden, whilst gaining valuable work experience, training and opportunities.
Area: Wellington    Start Date: April 2021  End Date: August 2022
‘Women into wellbeing and work’ is an 8-week project that aims to equip vulnerable women in our community (defined here as: victims of domestic abuse, trauma, complex MH needs) with the necessary levels of self-confidence, motivation and support to help them transition into education, employment, or training. Women who are currently unemployed and/or inactive will receive individual mentoring and group-based programs.
Round 11:
Area: Bridgwater    Start Date: March 2022  End Date: December 2022
The Life You Want© is a personal breakthrough, motivation and employment programme building understanding of how recruitment works and how to overcome personal barriers. It’s an intensive and life changing course week 1: three days, week 2: four half days then 20 weeks recruitment support - activity supports claim commitments.
Round 13:
Area: Somerset    Start Date: July 2022  End Date: December 2022
Rural Crafts at Carymoor – we want to run a rural crafts training programme aimed at individuals who are low skilled, unemployed or financially inactive, to help them develop new skills, boost their confidence and wellbeing, and help them back to employment, volunteering and education opportunities.
Round 14:
Area: Somerset    Start Date: September 2022  End Date: December 2022
Young Somerset’s Alternative Provision is a youth-work based employment project designed to give 10 of the most marginalised young people in Somerset a bespoke experience of vocational activity and practical learning. It will delivering measurable soft and hard outcomes combined with crosscutting impact and legacy benefits across the community.
