Decision - Future Skills CIC

Decision details

Future Skills CIC

Decision Maker: Ward Member for East Folkestone (3)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

CONSTRUCT A FUTURE - WORKING WITH THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DISADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

 

Decision:

To provide funding of £200 to the above project.

 

 

Reason for decision:

We will provide a safe, confidence building, nurturing and empowering environment

for our beneficiaries. We will offer training and support to those that have multiple

barriers to learning, (language skills, mental health issues, physical disabilities,

social exclusion, learning difficulties and disabilities) which excludes them from

mainstream education, employment and training. We will deliver City and Guilds

bricklaying at Level 1 with embedded skills (English, mathematics and selfemployment).

Candidates will all have an individual learning plan which will identify

their academic and soft targets which will all be SMARTA (Specific, Measurable,

Achievable, Realistic, Timebound and Agreed). All candidates will have support to

build confidence and self esteemIt is essential that candidates can apply the

knowledge and skills they have learnt. We ask candidates to design and build their

own project which they complete at the end of the course. These projects form the

basis of an employment engagement day to which local construction companies will

be invited. We will liaise with local companies to provide opportunities of work

experience, employment and apprenticeships.

The project area is in the 20% most deprived LSOAs in the country (based on the 2010 Index of Multiple Deprivation). Around 65% of the population and 68% of households in this area are in the 20% most deprived parts of the country. Socioeconomic issues include: - High % of population between 16 and 35 years High % of lone parents Unemployment for 25 – 29 year olds is high High % of long-term unemployment High % never worked High % of households with no working adults High % with no qualifications Earnings lower than the national average % with mental health issues is 3 times more than national average.

 

Publication date: 11/01/2021

Date of decision: 11/01/2021

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