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Ethnic minorities

Definition: Opportunities to promote potential for ethnic minorities within the world or work, by combating racism and xenophobia in relation to the labour market.

Theme B partnerships were about the employment opportunities of ethnic minorities and have covered a wide range of employability, job-creation and diversity work. Partnership topics have ranged from positive action programmes and diversity help for employers to tackling barriers faced by refugee and migrant communities. Products include marketing and information websites in the creative industries, toolkits on the benefits of diversity, policy and practice reports on employment and diversity, and diversity learning materials and qualifications.

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Activities and products

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Portfolio of Achievement (POA) scheme >> The Portfolio of Achievement allows employers and professionals to see at a glance the volume and quality of work completed and ‘distance travelled’ during the sentence period.


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PRESTO Evaluation Reports >> A series of evaluation reports was commissioned by PRESTO in late 2005.


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PRESTO Learning >> A series was produced by the PRESTO project, aimed at passing on advice to other practitioners and policy-makers about what has been learnt while implementing and disseminating the results of the project.


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Prison Break >>IMPACT, in conjunction with Preston United Youth Development Programme, has funded a 20-week project called Prison Break.


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Progression Management >> This project aims to: research the benefits of a progression management approach that includes ‘positive action’ to meet the needs of the target group, allowing early access to ETE opportunities for appropriately risk-assessed beneficiaries research the barriers experienced by BME prisoners in progressing through the prison system and develop ‘positive action’ interventions to overcome these barriers.


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Promoting opportunities in social care and health (POSH) >>The Bradford District faces an acute workforce shortage in many areas of the health and social care sector, following the national trend.


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Refugee Engineers >> There are a number of engineers in refugee communities in the UK with valuable skills and experience who are currently unemployed or underemployed in work that does not take advantage of their skills.


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Refugee Health Professionals >> The work of the PRESTO partnership has been important in undertaking mapping exercises of alternative career pathways, assessing job placements for refugee health professionals and in supporting the Building Bridges initiative.


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Refugee Teachers >> The PRESTO partnership developed the work carried out under Round One of Equal funding, in particular through continuing support for the Refugee Teachers Steering Group and the Refugee Teachers Task Force.


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Removing barriers to learning and employment – Russell Street Project >>The project was able to successfully disseminate, network and mainstream innovative methods of engaging disaffected communities into training, employment and empowerment into mainstream activities.


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Research >> The DP has been engaged in a variety of research activities: The DP has been developing a number of case studies of employers and beneficiaries.


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Routes2Roots >>Ascend has piloted the development of a Routes2Roots course for ex-offenders to develop cultural identity, positive self-esteem and empowerment.


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Script >>Based at Birmingham's Custard Factory, Script is a development agency for drama writers providing a mix of educational activity such as workshops and mentors to new and aspiring drama writers.


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Sheffield Independent Film and Television (SHIFT) >> SHIFT (Sheffield Independent Film and Television) delivers media training using creativity to harness attention into vocationally rewarding areas.


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Sikh Sanjog at Eskdalemuir Tibetan Centre >>This project was based at the Buddhist Monastery in Dumfries and was about growing and maintaining fruit and vegetable gardens for sustainable living.


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Skills Training Workshops for Economic Migrants >> Research undertaken by the Economic Migrants Initiative revealed the widespread need for skills training and vocational support for ethnic minorities living in rural north Wales.


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Slough Young Peoples Centre, CT4YP (Creative Training for Young People) >>This programme is run through Slough Young Peoples Centre as an out-of-hours venture.


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South Asian women and barriers to employment – ANISSA UK >>ANISSA UK is a private intermediary that undertook research between employers, disadvantaged groups and a proportion of projects supported by B-EQUAL.


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Studio Programme >> The WAC Studio Programme seeks to provide learning opportunities, professional development and business opportunities specifically focused on a number of project outputs.


ActivityStudy into barriers to employment experienced by persons of African and African-Caribbean descent in Bradford – Action for Black Community Development (ABCD) is a transnational partnership
Study into barriers to employment experienced by persons of African and African-Caribbean descent in Bradford – Action for Black Community Development (ABCD) >>Research was undertaken to examine employment levels both nationally and locally.


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