Advisory Welfare Services - Housing - Education advising (primary, secondary school, higher and skills) - Courses: sawing clothes, youth, project, child care, ESOL, maths, languages, (Somali, Arabic, English and French)
Project Contact Details
Telephone	02088540697
Fax	02088540697
Start Date	2001
End Date	2006
Project is on going
Project Frequency	Rolling programme
Main Objectives of Project
	Basic or General Employability Skills
	Vocational Training
	Access to Jobs / Job brokerage
	Literacy
	Numeracy
	ESOL
	ICT
	Information Advice Guidance
	Volunteering
	Raising employer awareness
	Other
Project is not run in partnership
Main Target Group
	Black and minority ethnic groups
	Refugees and/or asylum seekers
	People with disabilities
	16-19 year olds not in employment, education or training
	Older people (50+)
	Lone parents
	Homeless people
	Drug and alcohol misusers
	People living in areas with high levels of multiple deprivation
	Returners to the labour market
	Long term unemployed (more than 12 months)
	Economic Migrants
Secondary Target Group
	Refugees and/or asylum seekers
	People with disabilities
	Economic Migrants
Project targeted	Women group or men Group and Youth group and Older Group and also mixing Group
Project targeted	Most of them are Somali Community but all minority ethnic groups
Project is not targeted at a specific age group
Project Funding
	Learning & Skills Council (LSC)
	London Development Agency (LDA)
	Local Authority
	European Social Fund (ESF)
	Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF)
	Jobcentre Plus
	Home Office
	Connexions
	Mayor of London / Government for London (GLA)
	Fast Forward
	Lottery Funding
	Trust or Charity
Main Recruitment Areas by London Borough
	Barnet
	Brent
	Bromley
	City of London
	Croydon
	Greenwich
	Hackney
	Lewisham
Main Recruitment Areas by London Sub Region
Total number of participants	4000
Total number of hours per participants	96
Project intensity	5 days
Project intensity	26 weeks
Project intensity	6 months
Qualifications Awarded
	NVQ1, NVQ2, diploma
	Drugs training, mental health training
	ESOL
Participant Progression	Total 35 % of participants progressed to part time or full time jobs, or gained a qualification or progressed to other courses.
Sector	Project not aimed at a particular jobs sector
Type of feedback both formal and informal
	Feedback from participants on completion of the project  formal  informal
	Feedback from participants who did not complete the project  formal  informal
	Follow up feedback from participants after 6 months  formal  informal
	Feedback from employers about the project  formal  informal
	Feedback from employers about individual participants  formal  informal
	Other Feedback  formal  informal
Independent Evaluation has been carried out
Organisation Running Project	Somali Teaching Group (Mattaan supplementary School)
Organisation Type	Statutory/Public
In London Borough	Greenwich
In LSC sub region	London East
Address	Walpole Place
	Training Centre
	Brookhill Road
	Woolwich
	London
	SE18 6TP
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