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CREATE Diversity in Employment

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Partnership information

Description

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Background

CREATE has been developing activities for employers, intermediaries and beneficiaries to tackle inequality and discrimination in the labour market for ethnic minorities. The project is led by CEED, a community organisation for BMEs. The Round 1 project identified that employers need more effective processes and systems to support positive action training (PAT) and equality measures in general. Interactive internet models are being generated for Diversity Management (DM) and PAT. These feature pull down menus linked to resources, information and toolkits. The DM model has also been developed at transnational level to enable a more systematic exchange of products and good practice.

Aim

The essence of CREATE Diversity in Employment has been to provide activities supporting employers to combat inequality and discrimination in employment for ethnic minorities.

Objectives

To provide a systematic approach to combat racism and discrimination in labour market in these main areas:

  • Working with employers to promote equality
  • Working with BMEs experiencing barriers in the labour market due to discrimination, including hard-to-reach groups
  • Beneficiary-led activities to enable empowerment.

Target Groups

  • Individuals from BME groups
  • employers
  • SME employers

Round

2

Round 1 to Round 2

CEED was the lead body for CREATE 1. The evaluation of the Round 1 partnership identified race cannot be looked at in isolation and that employers need more effective processes and systems to support PAT (Positive Action Training) and equality measures in general. Round 2 has been focused more on how organisations plan for and manage diversity.

Lead partner


www.ceed.co.uk

Core partners

City Wide Learning Services, Diverse City Services, Eastern Learning Zone, Exodus Training, Jobcentre Plus, Path (West Midlands), Race for Opportunity, The Bridge Foundation, University of Bath

Transnational partnerships

Information for Transnational partnerships

Contact

Everton Barclay, , , Solomon Fubara, ,

End-dates

Action 2: 30 September 2007
Action 3: 31 December 2007

Equal theme

Ethnic minorities

Origins

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was established in 1987 and is involved in training, advice and counselling, enterprise and other economic development initiatives aimed at ‘Opening up Opportunities’ for disadvantaged clients in the areas of employment, training and education.

Beneficiaries

BME groups
Total beneficiaries: 200 for Positive Action Training, 200 for ESOL training

Intended impact/ sustainability

The DP intends to have impact on large private sector organisations eg IKEA and L'Oreal at Chief Executive level to influence recruitment, selection and training practices. .

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Practice/City

The DP has engaged the Probation Service, the Police and the Local Council in Positive Action Training. This good practice will become further embedded in future recruitment and selection practices.

Practice/Regional

Working with partners in the West Midlands, Scotland and London, Positive Action Training will become a recognised model of good practice.

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Connections

Connections

Activities and products

Activity
Beneficiary Empowerment  The aim of this project has been to Increase resources and responsibilities of Positive Action Trainee Forum Enable beneficiaries from Round 1 to work with PAT trainees as role models Develop Trainee Forum website Facilitate a beneficiary exchange programme between West Midlands and South West Develop learning logs to record soft outcomes.
Activity
Development of intermediary services The aim of this project has been to: Develop IAG services for BMEs through partnership and referral internally to qualified staff Address life skills and social support for hard-to-reach groups involving partnership with Exodus Skills and Bridge Foundation Provide ESOL training for 200 people through Exodus Test Job Centre Plus outreach service for ethnic minorities through placement of PAT trainees to develop this service .Expand/collapse Products (1)
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Diversity Management for Employers A new web-based interactive model of diversity management for employers is under development: Development of model of diversity management for employers Generate new web-based interactive version of the model Support model with resources and toolkits including research on products from Round 1 EQUAL and design new resources Development of new materials for diversity management Develop an employer network in Bristol Face-to-face support through seminars and workshops Sector specific focus groups including construction, media and uniformed services Increase work with SMEs and private sector .Expand/collapse Products (3)
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Entente Diversity Companies have a major role to play in the prevention of racial discrimination at the workplace and in the access to work. Entente Diversity is a transnational partnershipExpand/collapse Products (1)
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New Developments for CREATE Positive Action Training The aim of this project has been to: Work with PATH West Midlands to test new resources for diversity management and positive action Engage in marketing and promotion to employers, and undertake mediation with employers during PAT, support for trainees Develop new training workshops for host placement supervisors Deliver 150 PAT placements in the South West and 50 in the West Midlands .Expand/collapse Products (1)
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Research The DP has been engaged in a variety of research activities: The DP has been developing a number of case studies of employers and beneficiaries Undertaking action research with a major employer to investigate low retention and progression of BME staff Research on tools for measuring soft outcomes, linked to learning logs .Expand/collapse Products (1)
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Create NewsletterNewsletter.
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Diversity and Practice: from rhetoric to realityA final report of all activity undertaken by CREATE, including the Transnational work.
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Positive Action Positive action is a tool for taking direct action against under-representation in the work place.