Our Services

Organisations

We provide two groups of services to organisations of and serving our Priority Groups;

Community Empowerment and Network Support.

 Community Empowerment
This is our programme of Organisational Development support for community groups formed by members of our priority groups and has three elements

1. An Information and Advice Service which sustains groups through issues of governance and management, fund-raising and general problem-solving on issues such as staffing, premises and accounting. In 2009, 365 groups had some significant contact with the service (usually a meeting) on 764 occasions
2. An Incubator facility offering free office and computer facilities to emerging community groups so they can establish themselves without the expense of renting space and facilities full time.18 groups made more than occasional use of the facility in 2009.
3. Training courses, mainly for management committees on how to run their community groups

(Main Funder LCC CRU)

Network Support
We administer the following Networks of Organisations

• Merseyside Refugee Support Network/Liverpool Asylum Seeker And Refugee Partnership (Main Funders LCC: WNF/CRU) - A network of about a hundred community, voluntary and statutory organisations ranging from Refugee Community Organisations to the Borders Agency.  An e-mail network and information service reaching over 260 groups and organisations.
• Merseyside Council of Faiths - Thirty representatives of “Faith” communities ranging far beyond traditional inter-faith dialogue
• Coalition Equality Merseyside - A network of networks focussed on the contribution the six strands of equality can make to economic development.

Individuals
We provide two groups of services to individuals who are within our Priority Groups:

• Employment and training advice and guidance -

Employment and Training support for refugee and asylum seekers, including running of information directory and ongoing email newsgroup
Support to 14 families resettled to Liverpool – assisting with employment, training, benefits, bank accounts etc etc

• ESOL and IT Training

Set up and delivery of first accredited level 3 interpreting course in NW.
Set-up of ESOL provision for clients/no eligibility requirements (based on 3 x 12 week courses)

Projects

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