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Eden Partners
| Organisation | Eden Activities |
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| Aspire Contact: Dave Nicholson Address: Chorlton Road Church Centre, 3 Ayres Road, Old Trafford Manchester, M16 7WY Tel: 0161 227 9054 Email: aim@aspiretwo.freeserve.co.uk |
Workplace IT training for homeless young men, helping beneficiaries to start up & run a social enterprise. |
| British Dyslexia Association Contact: Steve Address: 98 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5AU Tel: 0118 966 2677 Email: davidp@bda-dyslexia.demon.co.uk |
Working with intermediate service providers and target group to explore new ways of removing barriers to employment. Helping to develop and integrate dyslexia awareness training within Job centre plus. |
| Circles Network Contact: Mandy Neville Address: Pamwell House, 160 Pennywell Road, Upper Easton, Bristol, BS5 0TX Tel: 0208 551 7331 Email: chrissavburke@aol.com Website: www.circlesnetwork.org.uk |
Develop a transferable model of provision for training providers to support disabled people with complex/profound needs develop employability skills |
| Manchester Youth Volunteering Project
Contact: Lianne Picot Address: Mill Street Venture Centre, 491 Mill Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2AD Tel: 0161 223 4855 Email: myvp@myvp.org.uk |
Innovative methodology of working with disadvantaged young people in developing a community website. |
| Manchester Community Information Network Contact: Gary Copitch Address: 1st Floor, Victoria Mill, 10 Lower Vickers St, Miles Platting, Manchester, M40 7LJ Tel: 0161 203 4422 Email: gary@mcin.net Website: www.mcin.net |
Community ICT support to other partners in the DP. Also working with young people teaching them to train others in valuable skills. |
| Manchester Libraries Contact: Linda Dawes Tel: 0161 234 1900 Email: nicolap@libraries.manchester.gov.uk Website: www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/ |
Project 1: Develop a model for provision of training
for Visually Impaired people to access employability skills Project 2: Develop tested methodology for the upskilling of prisoners especially in entrepreneurship skills, and link to entry into the labour market |
| Manchester Youth Service Contact: Dave Williams District Youth Office, Longsight Youth Centre, 422 Stockport Road, Manchester, M12 4EX Tel: 0161 273 7588 Fax: 0161 273 1998 Email: d.williams7@notes.manchester.gov.uk |
Developing and piloting an interactive lifelong learning CD-Rom tool for young people. |
| Ridge Danyers College Contact: Janet Milligan Address: Hibbert Lane, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7PA Tel: 0161 484 6682 Email: janet.milligan@theridge.ac.uk Website: www.theridge.ac.uk |
Working with SMEs to develop Equal Opportunities policies and practices. |
| Social Enterprise Development Initiative Contact: Zahid Hussain Address: 82 Railway Road, Leigh, Lancs, WN7 4 Tel: 01942 703184 Email: |
Working with young Asian males in the Cheetham hill area of Manchester. Helping them to create and run a successful social enterprise. |
| Sense Contact: Paul Mainwaring Tel: 0161 273 5122 |
Addressing the barriers faced by sensory impaired people in seeking employment. Working with employers and policy makers to make seeking employment a viable option for the visually impaired. |
| United Response Contact: Ben Harrison Address: 82 Railway Road, Leigh, Lancs, WN7 4 Tel: 01942 703184 Email: ben.harrison@unitedresponse.org.uk Website: www.unitedresponse.org.uk |
To enable people with mental health problems and learning difficulties to increase their skills, to widen the employment opportunities open to them via increasing access to training and "on the job learning". |
