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Facilitating access

Definition: Facilitating access and return to the labour market for those who have difficulty in being integrated or re-integrated into a labour market which must be open to all

Theme A partnerships have been about employability and access to work and have tackled issues ranging from career choice to creation of services supporting access to self-employment. Most partnerships have focused strongly on the needs of specific target groups, including people with handicaps, the long-term unemployed, people with caring responsibilities, ex-offenders and women returning to work. Products cover the widest possible range, including manuals and handbooks of training material for beneficiaries of all types, for careers advisers and trainers, video and CD material, including some created by beneficiaries themselves, and digital tools to measure and track progress with ‘soft skills’.

Further Information:

ACE Radio ACE Radio is a monthly audio resource for ACE Partners, Carers, Employers and those working with Carers across the UK and Europe.

Balancing Life and CaringThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 Resource PackThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act briefingThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Carers and EmploymentThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Carers and LearningThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Carers and Their RightsThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Creative Business Pilot - London College of Communication/HMP East Sutton ParkThis was a business start up course which provided a basis for people to initiate self-employment upon release, particularly in the creative industries.

Creative Business Pilot - ReportsResearch reports from the Creative Business Pilot Project.

Creative Business Pilot - ReportsThis was a business start up course which provided a basis for people to initiate self-employment upon release, particularly in the creative industries.

Going Straight to WorkThis project worked with individual women prisoners to enhance their skills, knowledge and self-confidence, thus increasing their employability.

Going Straight to WorkEvaluation and Closure reports for the 'Going Straight to Work' Project.

Going Straight to Work Pilot - NACROThis project worked with individual women prisoners to enhance their skills, knowledge and self-confidence, thus increasing their employability.

Juggling Work and Care – information for carersThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Norfolk Women into Employment and Training - WEETUWEETU aimed to provide mentoring support for female offenders.

Peer Support and Resettlement Pilot - SOVAThe project addressed the limitations of ETE support services through the prison gate and aimed to train women ex-0ffenders as Peer Support Workers to deliver a Peer Support Service.

Peer Support and Resettlement Pilot - SOVA: ProductsProducts and outputs from the Peer Support and Resettlement Project.

Peer Support and Resettlement Pilot - SOVA: ProductsThe project addressed the limitations of ETE support services through the prison gate and aimed to train women ex-0ffenders as Peer Support Workers to deliver a Peer Support Service.

Radio WebcastsACE Radio is a monthly audio resource for ACE Partners, Carers, Employers and those working with Carers across the UK and Europe.

Supporting Carers – a Carers GuideThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Supporting Carers – a Guide for Union RepsThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

Supporting Carers – a Managers GuideThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

The Network Club - CASTThe Network Club used group work to deliver personal development and ETE services to women ex-offenders.

The Network Club - CAST: ProductsPolicy and Practice Reports for the CAST Network Club Project.

The Network Club - CAST: ProductsThe Network Club used group work to deliver personal development and ETE services to women ex-offenders.

Training InformationThe Pack has been produced as a practical resource to support the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.

WEETU - Project Closure ReportWEETU aimed to provide mentoring support for female offenders.

WEETU: Products - Final Evaluation ReportWEETU aimed to provide mentoring support for female offenders.

ACE - Action for Carers and Employment Background The highly successful Action for Carers and Employment - ACE National - partnership led by Carers UK is carrying out ground breaking work in supporting the inclusion of carers in training and work, funded by the European Social Fund's Equal Community Initiative Programme. Projects (5), products (17)

ACE National - Action for Carers and Employment Aim Action for Carers and Employment (ACE) National DP has been primarily concerned with improving the ability of carers to return to work. Projects (16), products (12)

APE - Arts Participation for Employability Background While employment rates for the West Midlands stand at just under the national average (74.2% in full time employment, Working Brief, Jan 2006), concerned local groups have identified factors that act as significant barriers to finding and sustaining meaningful employment. Projects (7), products (5)

Bettercup Childcare Aims Finding and paying for childcare can be inhibiting for people trying to return to or remain in work. Projects (11), products (13)

Capacitate Background While unemployment is at an all time low, Jobcentre Plus figures show that in the County of Carmarthenshire 26% of the population of working age (14,000 people) are claiming Incapacity Benefit although there is a labour and skills shortage. Projects (1), products (2)

CILP - Cornwall Inclusive Learning Partnership Aim The Cornwall Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership involved all the key players in Cornwall, with voluntary/community groups as its core, and aimed to bring disadvantaged parents into learning/employment building on their initial engagement with childcare initiatives. Projects (2), products (4)

Common Ground Aim The Common Ground partnership had the aim of establishing “Common Ground” with employers, promoting the principle that diversity pays and that by identifying and building on the latent skills of the population, it is possible to move towards a more productive local economy and a more inclusive society. Projects (13), products (9)

Common Ground - Breaking New Ground Background  During the Round One work the partnership implemented a wide range of approaches to tackle inequality and discrimination in the Kirklees (West Yorkshire) labour market. Projects (8), products (26)

Creative Renewal Aim The aim of the Creative Renewal Development Partnership was to increase options of employment and training for those people who may have been unable to gain employment within the arts and entertainment sector and to increase the career prospects of those who were already working within the sector. Projects (25)

DEEP - Development Employability Equality Partnership Aim The Development Employability Equality Partnership aimed to explore real and perceived barriers to employment through a participatory action research project. Projects (3), products (8)

Disability Equals Business Background This project evolved from the research and experience of organisations providing supported employment services for disabled people. Projects (3)

Embracing Diversity Aim The main aims of the Embracing Diversity DP were To transfer the potential of a successful supported employment model to a wide range of disadvantaged groups in the communities. Projects (4), products (15)

Ensuring Positive Futures Background HIV is a workplace issue that all employers need to understand. Projects (4), products (9)

Equal Access - Round 1 Aim The aim of the Equal Access Development Partnership (DP) was to support collaborative activity to combat discrimination experienced by individuals and groups in the labour market. Projects (2), products (4)

Equal Access - Round 2 Background Employment levels have risen steadily in recent years. Projects (9), products (4)

Equal Brighton and Hove Description Equal Brighton and Hove is a city-wide initiative that supports adults into training and employment. Projects (14), products (17)

Equal Employability Background In Scotland, areas of potential employment for people re-entering the labour market include Natural Heritage (of 11,750 UK employees with 2,200 additional employees each year), Tourism (Scottish Tourism employs 8% of the population within a £4B per year industry, and is growing) and  Construction (33,000 new employees required in Scotland before 2006). Projects (10), products (11)

Equal Partnership - City Pride Aim The aim of the City Pride and Stockport DP was to combat discrimination faced by individuals and promote equality in the workplace and test support mechanisms to help target groups integrate/reintegrate into the labour market. Projects (23), products (3)

Equal Shares 4 All Background This DP has several experienced key partners involved in working with young people, people with learning disabilities and people from socially excluded groups. Projects (12), products (16)

EQUINEX Background Disabled people are around five times as likely as non-disabled people to be out of work and claiming benefits and are twice as likely to have no qualifications (DRC Briefing, 2002). Projects (10), products (20)