APPENDIX 1
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
REGENERATION ZONE—EMERGING
PROJECTS
BeTogether Raises Aspiration In North Staffordshire
(BRAINS)
The BRAINS project will address the need to
"develop a spirit of enterprise and entrepreneurship"
within North Staffordshire (Regeneration Zone Consultation Event
May 2001). It will build upon existing but limited practice by
establishing Young Enterprise as the lead organisation.
Raising Aspiration and Investing in Skills for
Employment (RAISE)
The RAISE Project consists of 4 strands: (1)
Employability skills for disaffected 14-16 year olds, (2) Performance
incentives for 16-19 year olds, (3) Adult basic skills and (4)
An audit of vocational education and training across the zone
and the production of a development plan.
Combining these 4 strands of activity together
into a single project allows for identified linkages between education,
training and employment to be maximised.
Raising Aspirations In Newcastle (RAIN)
RAIN is a multi-faceted programme with the aim
of raising aspirations for learning, training and employment,
especially in engineering and science, amongst young people and
their parents in the Borough of Newcastle.
Workforce Development Phase 1 (Learning Resource
Centre)
In Phase 1 it addresses the immediate need for
development of the medical and health care sector workforce. It
will provide a training facility on the site of the North Staffordshire
Hospital Trust to deliver training in medical and health care
to post 14 pupils and students to develop their interest, knowledge
and aspiration to undertake a structured career in medical and
health care.
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