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Hamelin Trust - RevITalise, Measure 1.2, Funding Amount - £158,672

Hamelin Trust offers, through its Social Enterprise “Revitalise”, vocational and accredited training to adults with Learning Difficulties in the area of recycling and reuse of old IT equipment, and computing and office practice to enable programme members to develop their job search skills and move towards the labour market.

In total the project will support 26 programme members over the course over the duration of the funding. The members of the project will work through structured accredited training, including Manual Handling, Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Health and Safety, and First Aid. Hamelin Trust will offer NVQ qualifications internally by training their existing staff to become assessors.

Hamelin Trust offers, through its Social Enterprise “Revitalise”, vocational and accredited training to adults with Learning Difficulties in the area of recycling and reuse of old IT equipment, and computing and office practice to enable programme members to develop their job search skills and move towards the labour market.

In total the project will support 26 programme members over the course over the duration of the funding. The members of the project will work through structured accredited training, including Manual Handling, Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Health and Safety, and First Aid. Hamelin Trust will offer NVQ qualifications internally by training their existing staff to become assessors.

Contribution to the good practice theme - Revitalise aims to have a positive impact in a number of ways. Firstly, to reduce the amount of electronic waste ending in landfill. The organisation offers organisations help in disposing of any old IT equipment. Once refurbished, Revitalise also offers tracking information so that companies can monitor what happens to the equipment they have donated.

Seondly, Revitalise supplies computers to voluntary groups, charities, small businesses, schools and individuals, which helps to build the capacity of local communities.

Thirdly, Revitalise provides jobs and training opportunities for people with disabilities and others disadvantaged in the workplace.