EQUAL - The "ici" Partnership

The "ici" Partnership

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Partnership information

Description

Courses available through the ici partnership

Background

The 'iCi'(Inclusion in Creative Industries)partnership focuses on enabling Black and Minority Ethnic groups to exploit their talents and earn a living in the creative and cultural industries sector. The problem this development partnership addresses is that the Annual Audit from Skillset and other CCI research reveals a disproportionate under-representation of BME workers within this attractive and dynamic sector, which bears no relation to the talent on offer. 'ICi' worked toward integration of industry needs and learning requirements, delivered through innovative and flexible platforms, processes and methods.

Key Objectives

To enable significant numbers of BME talent to access and exploit opportunity and jobs through the provision of industry-standard learning, skills, contacts and personal development
To put in place robust Community-Industry Forums that enables BME and minority talent to engage and work with employers and role models from their local creative economy
To create an innovative and groundbreaking flexible resource and opportunities framework and capacity to develop talent into employability that is scalable and transferable.
To develop and deliver a rolling programme of events, programmes and other opportunities that test the effectiveness of the new joint methods, processes and platforms with our partners at local and regional level
To design, build and populate an e-learning site with our partners at local and regional levels, ensuring that this development is ‘owned’ by the regional delivery partnerships through their involvement in every phase
To scan developments in the CCIs over the duration of the project, ensuring that the project is responding to business, technological and market changes
To ensure that the project is efficiently and enjoyably managed, so that maximum results are obtained and lessons learned
To share and disseminate our experiences with the Equal Programme and with both national and regional bodies and agencies concerned with strategy, training, resourcing, economic development and regeneration

Round

Lead partner

Era Ltd
www.era-ltd.com

Core partners

Arts and Business, Birmingham City Council (Aston Science Park), Cambridge Training and Development, Channel 4, Media Training North West, Slough Borough Council, University of Central England Business School

Transnational partnerships

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Contact

Chris Webb, Era Ltd,

End-dates

Action 2: 14 May 2005
Action 3: 30 November 2005

Equal theme

Ethnic minorities

Beneficiaries

BME groups, Employed in SMEs, People from disadvantaged areas (top 10% most deprived wards), Unemployed
Total beneficiaries: 560

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Main outputs

Birminghamusic.comBirminghamusic.com is a brand new platform to promote the music scene in Birmingham.

Comic illustration.A foot in the door to the comic strip industry.

Activities and products

Asian Women in ArtThis project is specifically targeted at Asian Women, working with an Asian woman, Fahana, as a role model and course director, who has experience in the arts (textiles) and in industry. Expand/collapse

Products (1)

Birmingham Opera CompanyThis very untraditional opera company has a national reputation for engaging its local communities in the making and performing of operas in settings such as local factories.

Black VoicesThis significant project which enables Black women Acappella singers to produce and market their music found it difficult to get going due to the usual capacity issues and hence they did not generate the evidence to draw down the income.

Creative AcademySlough has a very large scale development strategy in place to build a ‘Creative Academy’, a blended learning approach of online and offline learning activities, supplied through their own organisations, HE, FE and, eventually, industry. Expand/collapse

Products (2)

DEP Studios As commercial studios linked with UB40, Dep is a significant part of the Birmingham music scene, offering equipment hire, post-production sound and multimedia services and sound recording.

Hi8UsHi8Us provides professional training in illusrtaion while supporting beneficiaries into industry. Expand/collapse

Products (2)

Media Training North West (MTNW) - The Game PlanThe focus of the Game Plan has both a BME and gender target audience, in particular focusing on the grotesque under-representation of both women and BME workers in the dynamic games industry. Expand/collapse

Products (4)

Moseley Sounds RecordingsMoseley Sounds recordings provides music training in a professional environment to young people.

Pato Banton, Music LinksPato Banton is a significant and highly successful black role model within the Birmingham music scene, still making and selling his music world-wide.

ScriptBased at Birmingham's Custard Factory, Script is a development agency for drama writers providing a mix of educational activity such as workshops and mentors to new and aspiring drama writers.

Slough Young Peoples Centre, CT4YP (Creative Training for Young People)This programme is run through Slough Young Peoples Centre as an out-of-hours venture. Expand/collapse

Products (3)

The Royal Birmingham Society of Arts (RBSA)RBSA is an art gallery situated in a prime position in the Jewellery Quarter, with a significant cluster of exhibition, marketing, commissioning and valuing activities across the visual arts, crafts and design in Birmingham.

Tindal Street Press/StagecoachBME focus, not least through the development of a Joint Writing Pack, targeted at Asian and Black writers and the provision of targeted taster workshops for aspiring BME writers.

EQUAL 'ici' At a Glance.Description of Equal iCi project, its' aims and objectives and achievements so far in 2002/3003.

Hip Hop CollectiveThe aim of the Hip Hop Collective is to establish and maintain high quality training and performance opportunities for young people and to encourage the creative development of Hip Hop through education programmes, performances and training initiatives across the UK.