Skills for Londoners Community Outreach programme

• Leaders in Community – ‘Women Powering Change’

Women Powering Change will work in the deprived wards of Tower Hamlets and aim to empower those affected by cost-of-living crises and digitally-excluded Bangladeshi women with low levels of English, to become more financially independent by developing skills and qualifications which will help them gain good work, especially in the Mayor’s priority areas.

• Living Under One Sun

A community hub in Tottenham Hale reaching those without access to information, services, and learning and training opportunities. Delivering in an established Café Connect drop in with one-to-one support service, fun and empowering health and wellbeing activities with a strong numeracy and conversational focus.

• African Youth Development Association – ‘African RAS Women Adult Learning Outreach Project’

Working with French-speaking Black African asylum seeker/refugee women in south London. Through outreach and promotion, we will engage community members and refer them to adult learning providers to acquire regulated/non-regulated qualifications. This will increase their chances of getting work, leading to improved incomes and living standards for them and their families.

• Islington Somali Community – ‘ISC Links’

Since 2009 ISC Links has been a grassroots youth-work project engaging young Somalis in north London. Links engages hard to reach young people, including those at risk of radicalisation or involved in gang activities. ISC re-connects them with education and has helped hundreds of young people move forward positively with their lives.

• Education and Skills Development Group – ‘Cost of living coffee morning and lunch club’

Baby, child and elderly friendly sessions where our multi-lingual culturally-responsive staff who have lived experience will provide inclusive 1-2-1 support, and information, advice and guidance. Empowering isolated or digitally-excluded deprived women from BAMER backgrounds, especially those with SEND and parents of SEND children to overcome their learning insecurities, build their confidence and galvanize them towards adult education in a friendly non-judgemental relaxed environment.

• Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow

We will build on our relationships of trust with mothers facing intersectional barriers to employment by helping them access and engage with appropriate adult education to help them achieve their goals.

• Belina Grow CIC – Bridge Project

To support disadvantaged women returners in Newham to access training, including multiply.

• Coaching for Women

The project will guide, encourage and enthuse women through a group coaching method to realise a more fulfilling life for themselves. Increasing their skill base through enrolling in adult learning for a happier, fuller life including employment or starting their own business. Eight 6 hour in-person taster workshops encouraging women to enrol for the online course Four 8-week online courses.

• Stand Together Network – ‘And Still I Rise’

Empowering BAMER beneficiaries to change their livelihoods through improving their education, skills and job circumstances by providing a careers advice hub that supports them to identify suitable learning, training and career/work pathways.

• Adanna Women's Support Group

Helping women from the BAME community and furthest from the employment market, develop the skills and knowledge they need to gain suitable employment. An employability project, with a mentoring and befriending programme alongside, that supports women to rebuild their lives after experiencing domestic abuse, or have had their career journey interrupted by having children, migrating to the UK, getting married or divorced or having to care for elderly relatives.

• New Challenge CIC

Generating awareness and interest amongst the community, and increase their participation in learning and help them gain the positive social and economic benefits of learning and supporting them to develop their skills and improve their prospects.

• Willow Learning for Life Ltd Community Interest Company – ‘Croydon adults with learning disabilities’

Helping Croydon residents with learning disabilities and their carers access adult education, specifically focusing on the 'Multiply' numeracy program. The project aims to create accessible pathways for learning, promote inclusivity, and empower individuals with learning disabilities to engage in lifelong education.

• Croydon Business Venture Limited – ‘StartUp Croydon Creative Community Skills’

Supporting individuals in Croydon who are looking to start a business or access a career in the creative and digital industries. The project will help the local community, especially women and young Black men, to access skills development courses where they are under-represented in these industries.

• Adult & Community Development Academy (ACDA) – ‘Get London Learning’

A responsive and effective community-based outreach service that is focused on making adult education, employment programmes, skills provision and other learning opportunities more accessible to marginalised and disproportionately disadvantaged communities living in West London.

• Golden Opportunity Skills and Development – ‘Education For All’

Raising awareness of learning opportunities such as skills opportunities and careers in the Academy priority sectors (green, health and care, hospitality, digital and creative), the project seek to break and address barriers to learning experienced by beneficiaries, and support them to access adult learning provisions.

• Hornbeam Centre – ‘Hornbeam Skills Outreach’

Delivering an adult learning outreach programme using food as the tool for engagement, utilising the Waltham Forest Food Partnership members to promote opportunities in local food settings. An outreach model that utilises food settings and incorporates training opportunities as part of a wider wrap around offer to the most marginalised members of the local community, by exploring their specific needs and interests relating to skills and training, develop next step actions, and progress onto Adult Learning courses.

• Agudas Israel Organisation Great Britain – ‘Access to employment for the disadvantaged’

A new Community Hub where we will run a bespoke and culturally sensitive employment support and referral service to guide economically and educationally disadvantaged individuals from the Jewish community through gaining relevant skills and experience as well as accessing culturally sensitive adult training opportunities. This will enable them to find long term employment without having to compromise on their religious standards in the process.

• Henna Asian Women's Group - ‘ESOL – Easy Support Onto Learning’

Working with hospitality employers as well as links with care providers and operators, we will work South Asian Women so that skills needed can be learned and developed which provide opportunities for them to access more than menial jobs. We will work with women to raise awareness of learning opportunities that will enable progression.

• Find Your Feet Careers and Enterprises CIC

Engaging in physical community outreach and digital campaigns in the Northwest Paddington and areas of social deprivation within London, that are NEET and part of the global majority specifically men from an African and Caribbean heritage and single mothers, into further education or training.

• Centre for Human Development – 'Holistic support to BAME women to learn and connec'

We will provide a localised online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere, in Hounslow and adjacent boroughs easy access to online courses from different education providers.

• Orange Bow CIC

Delivering an interactive and engaging schedule of weekly outreach surgeries and twice monthly taster sessions across South London, reaching those most likely to benefit from adult learning programmes such as those out of work and impacted by the cost of living crisis. Track record of engaging young people with BAME backgrounds, women, individuals with English language needs, and those seeking asylum, to raise awareness of adult education and numeracy provision.

• WE RESTART – ‘A.R.I.A. (Asylum seeker, Refugee and Immigrant Artists) Hub’

Supporting artists at risk and refugee artists to enhance their artistic skills, foster personal growth, and support their journey towards sustainable careers in the arts. Our goal is to create a vibrant and inclusive artistic community where they can thrive and contribute to the cultural landscape, whilst promoting social integration in a dedicated studio space with access to resources, mentorship programs, and professional development opportunities.

• EFA London –  ‘Found in Translation: Improving pathways into ESOL’

Developing classroom materials aimed at discussing formal education pathways, supplemented by open, localised, language-accessible workshops for community members from migrants and refugees background with lower English proficiency. Outreach, facilitated by an EFA teacher-organiser, will engage local AEB providers through a series of trainings to improve their engagement tools for working with migrants with lower levels of English.

• East London Skills For Life – 'Reach for Tomorrow'

This second edition of “Build Your Future Outreach” is widening its scope to engage and support eligible participants to gain access to further learning and training with other providers as applicable to their needs including those with English language needs, refugees, digitally excluded, individuals with negative experience of mainstream education, and individuals on new visa schemes.

• Transit Community Support CIC – 'Richmond & Hounslow Community Skills Connect'

An initiative dedicated to empowering individuals in Hounslow and Richmond Boroughs. Connecting learners with further education and training providers that offer relevant courses and have the necessary funding to support their skill development & progression. By connecting learners with suitable training providers, we empower individuals to improve their skills and enhance employability. By bridging the skills gap and strengthening community resilience, we aim to transform lives.

• Skills Exchange Project CIC

Our referral program aims to increase access to adult education by providing support and guidance to community members, including those from BAME communities, disabled individuals, and adults with mental health or substance misuse issues. Our collaborative partnerships with local adult education providers and support hubs, ensure a seamless transition for participants into courses and programs. Our goal is to facilitate personal and professional growth, increase employability, and contribute to the overall well-being of individuals and their communities.

• The Happy And Healthy Trust – ‘Soft Skills Thrills’

Empowering disadvantaged young people, through various targeted workshops and activities where they will learn comprehensive soft skills and life skills to gain clarity on making crucial financial decision, For individuals who may have faced barriers to employment or training and encompasses a wide range of modules that cover critical soft skills, which will enhance their confidence, employ-ability prospects, social and everyday life.

• BeLifted Now CIC

Providing support and guidance to help individuals from marginalized communities, overcome barriers and empower them to pursue their educational goals. Through a range of activities and initiatives, we aim to connect individuals with local courses and programs, facilitate direct referrals to adult learning provision, and provide resources for navigating the registration process.

• Skills and Training Network
• Adult and Community Development Academy
  Delivering a community-based signposting and referral outreach service aimed at engaging with disproportionately disadvantaged Londoners to raise awareness, increase participation and take advantage of a diverse range of adult education, jobs and skills programmes and learning opportunities available to them in West London.
• Wapping Bangladesh Association
• Dorset Community Association
  Providing a range of accessible, inclusive activities from our centre including: a weekly outreach stall on the estate and community event with fun activities for all, sewing skills classes and welleing sessions aimed at long term unemployed women who may need to work from home, CV writing, ICT and employment support sessions for long-term unemployed residents, careers and learning signposting and referral to local ESOL classes. They have direct links to local services for residents to advance to learning opportunities or entry into the job market by removing barriers to participation.
• Orange Bow CIC
• Xenia
  Bringing together British, refugee, migrant and asylum seeking women to connect, share and learn. The Xenia community meets weekly at participatory workshops, which run alongside one to one outreach, signposting and support, to ensure everyone has the access to core services and education they need to thrive.
• Tailored Futures CIC
  Delivering holistic support for black male ex-offenders in approved premises (APs) in Newham, Camden, Lewisham or Brent to access training and employment in the hospitality industry.
• East London Skills for Life
• Connect: North Korea
  Empowering North Korean refugees and asylum seekers, mostly women in their 30s and 40s, to learn English, improve their academic qualifications and training so that they can secure stable and meaningful employment and forge their own future.
• Island House Community Centre
  Specialising in outreach and connecting with the community through ESOL and pre-employment, digital skills and accredited online training in Health & Social Care. Those connections will be used to connect those in the local community to further training or employment by improving their independence, confidence and skills.
• Status Education CIC
  Promoting and raising awareness of adult learning, training and jobs to aid London's recovery for people with low skills levels to access learning which will lead to jobs in the hospitality and childcare sector.
• Islington Somali Community (ISC)
  Since 2009 ISC Links has been a grassroots youthwork project engaging young Somalis throughout Islington and neighbouring boroughs in north London. Links engages hard-to-reach young people including those at risk of radicalisation or involved in gang activities. ISC re-connects them with education and has helped hundreds of young people move forward positively with their lives.