Good Things Foundation working with KBM Consultants in the West Midlands as part of the UK Community Renewal fund. The project will focus on working with adults of working age in West Midlands who are either:
- Unemployed, both long-term unemployed and through the impact of Covid-19
- Economically inactive e.g. parents seeking work following a period of caring responsibilities
- In low-paid and/or insecure employment e.g. zero hours contracts.
Target beneficiaries will also be people who have no or low digital skills, measured using the national standards for Essential Digital Skills (EDS), and who are not yet ready or willing to undertake a more formal qualification.
Aims of the project:
There are three specific criteria for measuring successful outcomes.
You are required to aim to achieve at least one of these outcomes with each beneficiary.
To qualify for CRF skills support, a person must meet all of the following criteria:
- Is 18 over years and under 65 years
- Is currently unemployed, low paid or insecure employment (part time or zero hours contract).
- Is not enrolled in other learning courses with any provider (apart from ESOL)
- Has not already taken part in this programme (no repeat enrolments)
- Has no or low digital skills (< level 1)
- Is resident in the Local Authority
KBM Consultants Partnership with Good Things Foundation:
KBM Consultants working with Good Things Foundation on the Community Digital Skills Pathway – West Midlands 2021-22 programme, helping to support who have no or low digital skills, measured using the national standards for Essential Digital Skills (EDS), and who are not yet ready or willing to undertake a more formal qualification.
