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The Bridge project is funded by The Big Lottery Fund and European Social Fund (ESF) as part of the Building Better Opportunities Programme.

Welcome

Martin Conway Engagement and Participation Officer VoiCeS Northumberland martinc@voices-northumberland.org.uk January 2017

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What is the Bridge Project?

• An employability support project
• Help move individuals who are furthest from the labour

market closer to employment

• Support may include…
• Help into paid employment
• Access to training
• Volunteering opportunities
• Increase in confidence and mental wellbeing
• Overcoming barriers

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Continued…

• Jointly funded by BIG Lottery and European Social Fund
• Funded till August 2019
• A partnership of Public Sector and Voluntary Sector
• Northumberland wide
• Working with over 800 people
• A holistic ‘needs- led’ model

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Principles… Values

Our Principles…

• Involvement
• Support
• Planning
• Methods
• Working Together
• Sharing Information
• Working With Others
• Improvement

Our Values…

• Authentic
• Effective
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Empowering
• Respectful

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What Do We Want to Do?

• Move participants into employment
• Move participants closer to the labour market
• Change the nature of relationships with services, building

trust, change the power differential between local people and local services

• Support individuals to reach their full potential
• Improve the quality of life for people and their families
• Use our evidence, monitoring, evaluation and Peoples’

Experiences to shape and influence future Project delivery

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Five Pillars of f In Interv rventions

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Financial Inclusion Digital Inclusion Supported Volunteering Peer Mentoring and Support Work Readiness

The Delivery Model

• Bridge Staff Team:
• Operations Manager
• Engagement and Participation Worker
• Initially five Bridge Workers in post
• Additional two specialist Bridge Workers
• Core team based at VoiCeS in Amble
• Bridge workers co located with Partners

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Berwick upon Tweed Hexham Morpeth Ashington Blyth Amble

Haltwhistle Alnwick Rothbury Bellingham Cramlington Prudhoe Wooler

Locality Bases for Bridge Workers

Who is involved?

Northumberland County Council Voices Northumberland Northumbrian CAB Northumberland CVA Blyth Resource Initiative Centre Escape Cygnus Support

Strategic Governance Group Partner Network and Referrals

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The Roles of the Partners

Northumberland County Council

www.northumberland.gov.uk Project lead and accountable body ESF compliance and overall project management

Cygnus Support

www.cygnussupport.com Bridge Worker Host Confidence Building/ Personal Skills lead

Escape

www.escapefamilysupport.org.uk Bridge Worker host Peer mentoring/ Peer Support Programme lead

Blyth Resource Initiative Centre

www.bricblyth.org.uk Bridge Worker host Digital Inclusion lead

Northumberland CVA

www.northumberlandcva.org.uk Bridge Worker host Supported Volunteering lead

Voices Northumberland

www.voices-northumberland.org.uk Operational lead/ project delivery lead Management of Bridge Team: Core and co located

Northumbrian CAB

www.northumbriancab.co.uk Bridge Worker host Financial inclusion lead

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1 Referred to Bridge 2 Ellie is eligible 3 Matched to Bridge Worker 4 Getting to know you 5 Assessment carried out 6 Confirm problems & strengths 7 Plan & goals drawn up 12

Ellie feels

• verwhelmed

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Coaching & job readiness coaching

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Ellie starts a volunteering role

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Ellie grows in confidence

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Role of the Bridge Workers

• Designated support to beneficiaries
• Coordinate the support needs of beneficiaries
• Act as an advocate/ champion/ advisor/ mentor
• Act as a single point of contact for the person
• Set actions and goals WITH people, NOT FOR people
• Embedded with Partners across Northumberland:
• Ashington, Berwick, Blyth, Hexham, Morpeth

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Participant Eligibility

• The participant has the legal right to work in the UK
• The participant is without work
• The participant is available for work and actively seeking

work. (To be eligible for support, the participant must not be in paid employment of any kind. This means an individual with a part-time job or a zero hour contract is ineligible even if they are in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance.)

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Project Outcomes

• Increase in the resilience and confidence of participants
• Increase in the engagement by delivery Partners in

communities

• Improved integration and joined up provision by Voluntary

Sector partners.

• Maintaining the life changes of participants and their

transition towards employability.

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Useful Resources

• ABCD Resources ABCD Institute
• ABCD Resources Nurture Development
• National Standards for Community Development SCDC
• Community Engagement Made Simple Northumberland CVA
• Participatory Appraisal Toolkit NESEP
• Community Work Skills Manual 2009 FCDL
• ‘From What’s Wrong to What’s Strong’ Cormac Russell
• FAQs Big Lottery Guide to European Funding

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