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Issue 10 / January 2010

Investing in Communities News
Welcome to the latest IiC Cambridgeshire newsletter, which gives you a flavour of the news stories from the IiC programme in the last couple of months. The IiC Programme supports disadvantaged people in communities across the county to improve their confidence and skills to assist them to get a job or work for themselves. At a time of economic recession, the IiC funding is offering the extra support that local people may need to gain the right skills to enter employment.

Enterprise Workspace in March
March Enterprise Park was officially opened by the Mayor of March on 10 December. The first tenants, March Hire Centre, moved in and started trading in November. This initiative will help with achieving the LAA targets 171 (business start up) and 152 (getting people off benefits). read more ...

		Vocational Skills Centres Vocational Skills Centres are a crucial ingredient in countywide strategies to reduce the number of young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). read more

		Wisbech and Ramsey Learning Centres Contractors are carrying out the final stages of work to create a new Library in Wisbech that will re-open to the public on Monday 1 February 2010. read more ...

		Fenland Engineering Skills Centre Fenland Engineering Skills Centre will open its doors in January, with equipment ordered and preparations are well under way. read more ...

		Cambridgeshire Slivers Slivers of Time had two major boosts in December. read more ...

		Learn to Earn The successful Learn to Earn programme from Young Enterprise East of England will now be running in all Fenland and some Huntingdonshire schools and colleges between January and April 2010. read more ...

		Once in a Lifetime The "Once in a Lifetime" project offers a number of FREE taster sessions as a first stage back into learning, volunteering and employment for individuals over 16 and currently unemployed, low skilled, and without qualifications. read more ...

		Participation Centre A new venue for the Prince’s Trust programme will open this spring. read more ...

		New Horizons laptop loan scheme Amanda, one of the project workers for the New Horizons Laptop Loan scheme, recently won the regional heat of the Talk Talk Digital Heroes Awards, winning £5,000 for the project. read more ...

		Rosmini Centre Recently Unite started using the Rosmini Centre and have agreed to take on any employment related issues. read more ...

		Bangladeshi and Afro Caribbean communities project The BME Skills development project for the Bangladeshi, Pakistani, African and Caribbean communities in May 2009 started a pilot course in entry level IT skills to increase the number of soft skills available to learners from the targeted ethnic groups. read more ...

		Support for people with a work limiting illness The project was tendered and won by Shaw Trust. It is anticipated to run until March 2011. Helen Spriggs, the project worker, started early September and in only three months has helped more than 60 people by offering tailored support. read more

		Travellers project Tom and Pender Buckley live on their family's caravan site just outside St. Neots, but are no strangers to show business. read more

		Advice Hubs Cambridge Citizens' Advice Bureau and their partners present the Cambridge Advicehub – an innovative framework to smarter working and knowledge transfer to better tackle social exclusion. read more

		Cambridge and Rural, Enterprise Advice and Mentoring Jay Kerr and Sam Knights won the ENFB Entrepreneur of the Year Award for their AA Mobile Dog Wash. read more

Investing in Communities Cambridgeshire is a programme from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and Cambridgeshire County Council and delivered by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) to enable people to participate in the local economy. Its aims are to raise basic skills levels, address barriers to employment and equip people to start their own business. The programme involves a range of local partners working together to identify local needs and invest in local projects that will make the biggest difference.


	In this issue Enterprise Workspace in March Vocational Skills Centres Wisbech and Ramsey Learning Centre Fenland Engineering Skill Centre Slivers of Time Learn to Earn Once in a Lifetime Participation Centre New Horizons lap top loan scheme Rosmini Centre, Wisbech Bangladeshi and Afro Caribbean communities project Support for people with a work limiting illness Travellers project Advice Hubs CREAM project

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