Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) Learning and Skills Fund project

Project: Young Women’s Development Programme

Goal: to deliver support and training opportunities for disadvantaged young women in Cambridge (target 40 people), including individual plans and training, peer group sessions and a pilot employment network/conference event.

Project: Companion Circles

Goal: to build on the Abbey Works pilot project by training 10 initial volunteer community coaches to mentor ‘circles’ of individuals who need extra support to engage with learning, skills and employment prospects.

Project: Routeways to Work

Goal: to continue to deliver Routeways to Work, which provides disability-specific support for young people and adults to gain practical work experience, interpersonal skills and employability training.

Project: All About Me

Goal: to provide employment skills training for women with young children in Kings Hedges and Arbury (2 of 8-week courses for up to 12 women each time).

Project: Skills for All – A Creative Approach

Goal: to deliver arts and music for wellbeing courses for four different groups in Cambridgeshire, including GRT and asylum-seeking women.

Project: Construction SWAP (Construction Sector-Based Work Academy Programme)

Goal: to deliver construction skills training for 24 people, delivering accredited qualifications, interview practice and work experience in partnership with the Job Centre.

Project: Community Confidence, Crafts & Green Skills

Goal: to develop the pilot project delivered last year, providing practical and creative taster sessions incorporating essential skills and signposting for participants, and recruiting via referrals, as well as delivering bespoke sessions in Independent Living settings.

Project: Vision

Towards a programme of tailored mentoring and upskilling workshops to support disadvantaged individuals, particularly from Roma and migrant backgrounds, into employment, training, or further education.

Project: Key Skills for Community Integration

Goal: to deliver an inclusive learning and skills project to help refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants settle and integrate into the Peterborough area, via informal, interactive sessions embedding language learning into other activities such a breakfast club, gardening, walks and ICT

Project: Health and Wellbeing Garden

Goal: to use the new Health and Wellbeing Garden at the Garden House site as a focus or vehicle for delivering tailored learning opportunities for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed

Project: Creative Futures: Skills for Life

Towards delivery of a structured, digital creative learning programme for adults who have faced barriers to accessing mainstream education or training, comprising a combination of group engagement activities and short courses, and 121 mentoring support

Project: Resilience Recovery Relief Project

Goal: to deliver a 3-month project designed specifically for 40 adults with bipolar disorder in Peterborough

Project: Learn-2-Know

Towards a range of activities for BAME communities aimed at empowering individuals, enhancing employability, and fostering social integration, including vocational training in high-demand sectors (e.g., healthcare, IT, construction), ESOL classes to improve language skills, and job readiness workshops.