> Case Studies
ESF Funding changes people’s lives, offering employment opportunities for all, helping people from all walks of life to gain qualifications through many training and development opportunities.
ESF Objective 3 aims to improve people's skills and employment prospects by:
- tackling long-term unemployment helping young people and those at risk from not being able to find work
- improving training, education and counseling for lifelong learning
- encouraging entrepreneurship and adaptability in the workplace
promoting equal opportunities and improving the role of women in the workplace
The following case studies are an insight into the many voluntary and community projects that are making a difference to those who live, work or learn in Essex.
Project Case Studies
Hamelin Trust - Sutton Bridge Farm;
Roots Shoots and Muddy Boots- " The
aim has been to develop a social enterprise . . . outside contracts provide
another income stream . . . most of the 36 memebrs have some form of learning
difficuilty.
" find out more >>
MACA
- Prospects
"ESF
has enabled us to extend our reach and stave off the long term destructive
elements of a more developed mental health condition" find
out more >>
Harlow College - Pathways to Work
"People
who are perfectly capable of holding down a job and sustaining themselves
have been institutionalised" find
out more >>
Programme Member Case Studies
Mencap - 'Chris has found a good employer and is now off benefits' find
out more >>
Rethink - recovering a better quality of life through employment
related activity. find out more >>
Royal Association for Deaf People - Programme member
employed by an International Bank find out more >>
Good Practise - Sustainable Development
Case Study
RevITalise - specialising in recycling
and reuse and accredited training. find
out more >>
