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Trescom Research and Consultancy Limited About
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• Trescom overview
• Community Regeneration Company
• Established August 2001
• Over 70 unique and innovative projects
• Engaging hard-to-reach groups into learning,
  economic and social participation
• Customised and holistic training programmes
• Community engagement and capacity building

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Trescom QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS NCFE
Approved Centre EDI / ASET Approved Centre and
accredited units OCN Approved Centre OCN
Accredited Training Programme
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• Trescom Credentials
• Involved in a number of strategic initiatives
  nationally, regionally and locally
• Social Enterprise Ambassador
• Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs
• Cabinet Office IDeAS rollout nationally
• Adventure Capital Fund Trustee
• Director of Aspire i (Careers Bradford)
• National Advisory Group on Social Value
• Recently accredited with the University of
  Bradford the new Foundation Degree in Social
  Enterprise

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Meri Kahani / My Story
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• Projects
• A selection of the most relevant
• Craven College
• Bradford College
• West Yorkshire Colleges Consortium
• A range of educational establishments
• Jobcentreplus
• Learning and Skills Council
• Northumberland Tyne Wear SHA
• ESF / LSC Equality and Diversity Project

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Women Winning Work
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• Women Winning Work
• Targeted lone mothers and/or women from Minority
  Ethnic Backgrounds
• Women returners to the Labour Market
• Holistic support programme
• Increasing competency of women to participate in
  the economy effectively
• Key factors that had to be managed
• Childcare, participants expectations, lack of
  work experience, jobsearch skills,
  qualifications, English Language skills, personal
  needs, cultural differences, confidence and
  sustainable support

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Women Winning Work
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• Embedding Equality and Diversity in Learning
• Partnership Project run by Bradford Learning
  Partnership
• The key strands to the contract
• Developing an innovative project
• Engaging 2 key under-represented groups
• Women from minority ethnic backgrounds and
• Young males
• Incorporated short courses, soft skills
  development and one-to-one support
• Learners recruited in a variety of ways
• Progression onto other provision

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• Home Learn
• Mainly targeted women from Minority Ethnic
  Backgrounds
• Developing a culture of learning within the home
• Providing simple techniques to improve learning
  within the home
• Increasing the confidence of the Learners to
  further participate in learning
• Key factors that had to be managed
• Childcare, English Language skills, provider and
  learner expectations, confidence and resources

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• HOME LEARN
• OUTCOMES
• Overachieved on expected outcomes
• Participants progressed onto accredited
  citizenship course
• Increased the confidence of the learners
• Increased our awareness of how to deliver similar
  programmes in the future

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Home Learn
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• NYOU Sensations
• Mainly targeted Young Males
• Learning by utilising urban arts and hip-hop
  culture
• Increasing the confidence of the Learners to
  further participate in learning
• Key factors that had to be managed
• Negative perceptions of learning, time
  management and commitment, learning settings
  (formal vs informal), provider and learner
  expectations, and resources

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NYOU SENSATIONS OUTCOMES Overachieved on
expected outcomes Participants progressed onto
other courses and activities Learners
performance for Cancer Research fundraising event
in Dec 07 helping to raise over 2,000.00 for the
charity Increased the confidence of the
learners The learners are getting enquiries
through from a range of organisations
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NYou Sensations
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• National Social Enterprise Agenda
• What is social enterprise?

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• National Social Enterprise Agenda
• Cross party support
• Social enterprise a way to create a sustainable
  Third Sector
• NHS, DWP and other governmental departments have
  a key interest in how public services are
  delivered through social enterprise
• Implications for the Educational Establishments

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Contact Details Saeeda Ahmed Trescom Research
Consultancy Limited 73 Godwin Street Bradford West
Yorkshire BD1 2SH Tel [phone] Fax 01274
201855 Email saeeda_at_trescomresearch.co.uk
Web www.trescomresearch.co.uk
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Meri Kahani / My Story
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