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Beyond Caring

The purpose of the development partnership is to examine ways of facilitating access and overcoming barriers to employment for those who are homebound, in particular those with caring responsibilities and the disabled.

The DP aims to create, test actions and tools that will allow those who are restricted in mobility either through disability or caring responsibilities to progress through support, guidance, training, work experience and vocational qualifications into sustainable employment.

The partnership aims to achieve its objectives by:
  • Putting together a partnership of organisations with complementary roles and expertise in relation to support, guidance, learning and employment to drive the project forward;
  • Construct and test models of organisational collaboration which maximise benefits of expertise for disadvantaged groups and individuals particularly carers and disabled;
  • Research and test the role of community based mentors in supporting learners from disadvantaged groups;
  • Develop ICT based diagnostic tools that allow beneficiaries to map a route from where they are in terms of experience, training, barriers to participation and aptitudes into employment; and
  • Research and pilot training methodologies and content particularly the use of ICT that can enable the target group to access learning programmes that enhance their employability skills;
Development Partnership Members:
  • Fermanagh College of Further and Higher Education
  • Omagh College
  • East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education
  • Fermanagh Training
  • Protocol Skills
  • GG Training Enterprise
  • Sperrin Lakeland Trust
  • Strategic Management Support
  • Jobs and Benefits Department
  • Omagh Chamber of Commerce
  • MENCAP
Beyond Caring is a member of the Chances Transnational Partnership which also includes partners in:
  • Hungary
  • Italy (2 DPs)
  • Slovak Republic
Contact:
    Fiona Ruddy
    Fermanagh College
    Working For Business Unit
    Intec Centre
    36 East Bridge Street
    Enniskillen
    BT74 7BT

    Tel: +44.(0)28.6634 3945
    E-mail: ruddyf@fermanaghcoll.ac.uk


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