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The Project : Positive Impact Community is a registered charity number - 1193510
The project works with Black and Minority Ethnic who are affected by mental health illnesses, learning disability, those with drug addiction, and other mainstream drugs such ecstasy, heroin etc. The project main object is to challenge, the Black and Minority Ethnic community perceived views about mental health particularly Somali, Arabs and Muslim Minorities, including shame and negative stigma through education, and liaise between Ealing Mental Health Teams and Black and Minority Ethnic young people, and their families, promoting access and empowering them to use West London & Ealing mental health services.
We support clients experiencing challenging situations including mental health issues, and homeliness, or their benefits suspended. We particularly support you with following:
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Casework and advocacy Housing Benefit, Council Tax, and Universal credits and all other benefits with linguistic support.
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Support you with appeals and benefits court hearings
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Support you to connect with LB of Ealing -Local Welfare Team
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Signposting and referral to local Food Bank organisations
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Work in partnership with local Mental Health Recovery Teams including Lime, Avenue House, and Single Point Access Social Services for Adults (Specialist Support Service Team )
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Liaise with Housing Associations, Ealing Council
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Help you to register and joint the housing register (Locata)
The aim of the Step2Work PROJECT is to help groups who are ‘hard to reach’ and excluded residents to integrate into wider economic life of the community (Mainly Somalis and Arabic) community members. most of the project participants were disabled and people with mild to moderate mental health issues example: lone parents, and people who are unemployed or looking to secure paid/unpaid jobs or volunteering.
The Project has completed all planned activities for the people who applied for these training and coaching places. The project has trained locals residents in relation to use the basic tools in computer for example how to check Universal Credit Journal, housing register & housing locata, because the was greater need for this task as many of these services are currently online. we have also trained them how to use the search engines in relation to job searches as well as helping them creating basic CV.
The Project outcome:
Our stated objectives were to deliver 24 sessions soft skills IT and basic computer training for refugees (Somali & Syrian) and people who are unemployed to seek for further training and volunteering activities. we have stated to deliver the following activities.
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Basic use of Computers and Word, Excel basics
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Online use of ICT Microsoft (emails, Google search)
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Job Search and how to establish contact with employers.
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How to develop & to Design CV
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Job Description & Job Specification -job analysis-
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Coaching: Business Development Workshop​​
Together Women Project provides holistic services to women and girls with multiple and complex issues across Ealing, Hounslow and surrounding West London. The Project offer safe, women-only spaces from which key workers provide needs assessment, action-planning, support, and case management for women. This Project is women led project and provides leadership & Campaigning, mental health support as well as counselling and support. The project theme is to eliminate domestic Violence Against BAME Women and Girls including FGM. The project provides supports & Counselling for women recovering from domestic abuse.
The project is part of national campaign designed by young women and girls for young women and girls. To raise awareness of peer-on-peer abuse and engage young women in sharing their views and experiences and seeking the support they need.
Our Project will cater for young Somalis, and other BAME young people (14 to 23), at risk of offending/social exclusion and divert them from crime/ASB through a shared interest in music. The course will include production, sound engineering and vocal performance (singing) and is delivered through Access through Music, mentoring, and coaching an accredited by UK Rock School. The Project is designed to provide support and mentoring to young Somali people aged 14-19 who are:
• Engaged in youth offending, or are at risk of offending
• Have siblings engaged in or are at risk of offending
• Involved in negative peer groups
• Have a record of Nuisance /Antisocial Behavior, or young people who are
• Subject to Permanent & Fixed Term exclusions from school.
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We are pleased to report that we have delivered 27 sessions of training based on 1-2-1 due to the variation of the service users’ skills and knowledge. The feedback received from the clients were as follows.
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60% of the trainees stated that they will seek further training in intermediate computer skills and asked positive Impact Community to deliver intermediate IT trainings.
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15% of the client will be seeking volunteering and paid jobs in the community specially those who had computer skills and that the training has improved their employability.
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Another 10% stated that they just needed to support themselves with online services and now they have that skills to use it.
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Another 10% stated the training helped them to utilise their skills to self-support and advocacy i.e writing emails and responding questions from housing benefit team and council tax online council services.
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Another 5% stated they are able to write their basic CV and also search for jobs online as carers and care workers and also taxi drivers.
