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Tiger Programme
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Community Information Point
Community Action Team (CAT), a group of local residents in Oak Tree Lane
Estate, Mansfield, set up a Community Information Point at the Heath Community
Centre so that people don’t have to travel to Mansfield for information
about learning and employment opportunities. The project acted as a catalyst
to bring in WEA ICT courses to the Centre. The members of CAT report that
the greatest difference that Tiger has made is in establishing an organisational
identity for the community.
Empower Women Project
Mirpuri and Pakistani women from disadvantaged areas of Nottingham, with
the support of Inqlabi Development Aid, ran a project to develop their
IT, sewing and community development skills. Women taking part in the
project said that they gained personal confidence and aspirations as well
as skills, and appreciated the opportunity to work together, build friendships
and develop a group identity.
Fathers in the Community
Fathers in the Community project, run by Men United Fathers Network, in
Nottingham, encouraged and supported fathers to take part in planning,
organising and facilitating creative workshops and social events for fathers
and children. The group was made up of fathers, excluded because of a
combination of circumstances, and there was massive enthusiasm for the
project. Those involved reported what a great difference it made to their
self-image and confidence. They held drama workshops, exploring social
exclusion issues, and produced a portfolio of positive images of Fathers
and Children, and some posters that can be used to challenge negative
stereotyping, especially of black fathers.
Inspire Shop
Inspire is a group for people with learning disabilities who meet at the
International Community Centre in Nottingham, where they take part in
activities like art, music, and basic skills sessions. Many of the Inspire
members wanted to gain work experience but it proved almost impossible
to find appropriate opportunities. The idea of opening their own charity
shop and café came up many times over the last few years and, through
Tiger funding, they have finally been able to do it. With a high profile
service on Mansfield Road, Inspire is helping raise awareness and build
positive attitudes to people with learning disabilities.
Kam - Work
The Kam - Work project, run by Kamyabi Community Project, who support
women, mainly of Asian origin, and their families in the Forest Fields
area of Nottingham, enabled a group of women to use their training in
Information, Advice and Guidance to set up a “job club” and
support group for local women, which proved very popular. Twenty-five
women joined and there was a waiting list. As well as gaining job search,
interview, CV writing, language, literacy and numeracy skills, the women
worked together to research job opportunities and self-employment ideas.
No Limits
No Limits, a TIGER project run by the Community Recording Studio, a small
group working with young people mainly from the African Caribbean community
in the St. Ann’s/Carlton area of Nottingham, provided opportunities
for young people to enhance their life, creative and technical skills
in producing and performing contemporary music. The project had a core
group of six young people attending training in developing their performance
and music business skills. It raised the profile of local talent and secured
a spot for 3 young people to perform nationally on a Radio One Extra show.
St. Ann’s Flower Girls
St. Ann’s Flower Girls project enabled a group of local mothers
in St. Ann’s, Nottingham, to develop their interest in floristry
into a business. They now run a flower stall every Tuesday at the Chase
market and have provided flowers for weddings, parties, community events,
etc. They approached the Scarman Trust to start accredited qualifications
in managing a small business, and received support from Staff at the Chase
Neighbourhood Centre to manage the project. They gained enormously in
confidence and have lots of energy and enthusiasm for their business.
Satellite
Satellite is made up of, and works with, members of the French speaking
African community living in Nottingham. Their Tiger project focused on
reaching out to their community to research what barriers and problems
they faced and finding out what they needed to progress. A group of project
volunteers had training in IT, research and interviewing skills and designed
a questionnaire, which was translated into French and Portuguese. The
chance to meet, work together, build friendships and offer mutual support,
made possible by Tiger, made an enormous improvement in the quality of
their life, helping to address problems of depression and lack of confidence
and to build positive pathways to taking up new opportunities.
TWIST (Today We Inspire Strength Together)
TWIST is a group of young people from Worksop and the surrounding area
who wanted, in their own words, “to try and make a change, to help
future generations”. They were supported by Young Potential, who
run “life-changing” programmes for excluded young people,
to renovate part of an old cinema, now the Regal Arts Centre, into a Music
Studio for local young people. The studio is a safe space offering creative
opportunities in an area where there is very little provision for the
many young disadvantaged people. All members of TWIST are now back at
school or have started courses at the local college.
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