People and Skills
The Restore Programme
This funding is to support the Acts Trust 'Restore Programme', a programme of training support designed to empower those aged 18+ to understand and overcome issues of poverty. The Restore Programme consists of course modules designed to support those experiencing poverty, in particular those people who are economically inactive and those with mental health challenges. These modules will be run at various venues across the city such as Energize Youth Centre, Alive Church, Ermine Library, Beaumont Manor (Lincoln Community Grocery) and within the foodbank and Night Light Cafe locations. The programme will target the unemployed, particularly those who have been out of work for longer than 6 months, as well as those not fit for work (with the aim of empowering them to feel 'work ready'). It will also target people who have had to use foodbanks within the last 6 months, as this is an indicator of poverty and engage with referrals from multiple organisations across the city using the Restore Triage tool of the 'No Wrong Door'
Local Business to Local People programme
This programme aims to unlock the barriers to local businesses training and upskilling locally, to address recruitment gaps for new and growing business sectors. It will also seek to address the low skill and high economic inactivity levels within the city. As such, the programme will span both the supporting Business and People and Skills UKSPF strands. The programme is in development, but some exciting emerging projects aimed at addressing skill gaps in electric vehicle and green energy maintenance/servicing sectors have been identified to date and are currently being developed.