Equal - Digital Repository

Description

Equal Brighton and Hove is a city-wide initiative that supports adults into training and employment. We do this by providing European Social Funding to a variety of projects undertaken by local organisations. The projects work with people who have experienced difficulty in accessing conventional routes to learning and work. Our aim is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged local people and provide a skilled labour pool for employers.

Aims

The project seeks to support the values and strategic objectives of equal by delivering strategically tailored interventions to tackle social exclusion through employment and training. The programme aims to motivate and empower beneficiaries while effectively engaging city wide employers.

  Target Groups

•  Black and ethnic minorities (BME)
•  Concentrations of worklessness
•  Homeless people
•  LGBT
•  People aged between 16-25 (NEET)
•  People over 50
•  People with disabilities
•  People with mental health needs
•  People with a history of drug and alcohol misuse
•  Previous offenders
•  Refugees

 

Bridge Housing Trust, Brighton & Hove Adult and Community Learning, Brighton & Hove Business Community Partnership, Brighton & Hove Drug and Alcohol Team, Brighton & Hove Supported Employment Team, EISS, Equal Brighton & Hove, Government Office for the South East, Job Centre Plus, Job Centre Plus, Learning & Skills Council Sussex, Path National Ltd, South East England Development Agency, Sussex Connexions Ltd

Laura , Path National Ltd, , James Angharad, South East England Development Agency, , Mike Burgess, Job Centre Plus, , Alice Guy, Sussex Connexions Ltd, , Helen Howden, Learning & Skills Council Sussex, , Chris Minter, Equal Brighton & Hove, , Claire Mitchell, Brighton & Hove Business Community Partnership, , Safia Mohamud, Brighton & Hove Adult and Community Learning, , John Patience, Brighton & Hove Drug and Alcohol Team, , Linda Pizani, EISS, , Killian Rene, Government Office for the South East,

Facilitating access

Asylum seekers, BME groups, Ex-offenders, Jobseekers with low basic skills, People from disadvantaged areas (top 10% most deprived wards), People with disabilities, Refugees, Unemployed