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Current Partners:

		Partner: The Learning Curve About: The Learning Curve is a Not for Profit organisation, focused on workforce & organisational development within the voluntary and community sector. Our website provides information & advice covering: the Voluntary Sector; Learning Curve activities; a range of courses and learning programmes plus learning related news & resources for all our partners and learners. We have established a reputation as a centre of excellence in supporting the learning & development requirements of individuals and organisations with programmes and services tailored to their need, supporting individual and organisational development and widening access to learning for all communities.http://www.learningcurve.org.uk/
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		Partner: Victory Consortium About: Learning Links is part of the Victory Consortium. The new Victory Consortium will enable voluntary and community groups in the city to work more effectively together, sharing skills and expertise and benefiting from collective bargaining, economies of scale and shared contract management.
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	-	Partner: Novatech About: We have a Service Level Agreement with Novatech. Since being with Novatech our IT standards and security has gone from strength to strength. They have supported us by helping us to improve the IT equipment, reach ISO 27001 security standard and continually supporting all the staff on a daily basis via their helpdesk.
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		Partner: A4e About: Learning Links and A4e are delivering the Work Programme on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Job Centre Plus. The Work Programme is open to job seekers referred by the DWP’s Job Centre Plus offices.A4e is a leading public service provider, serving thousands of people across three continents – Europe, Australasia and Asia. A4e’s core mission is to improve people’s lives.We work in partnership with governments, public sector organisations, private sector companies, voluntary and community groups to deliver a range of front line public services, including employment and welfare, training, education and money and legal advice. For more information, please visit www.mya4e.com/about/facts-figures

Current Funders:

		Funder: Babcock - Project: Nextsteps Neststeps is aimed at 20+, Key Workers give careers advice. Nextsteps can be broken down into two categories: Universal Service which is available to anybody and Differentiated and Personalised Service (D&P) or the Universal Plus service. The D&P service is available to anybody currently unemployed and below level 3 qualification. The Universal Plus service is available to people referred under IES trial by JCP who are qualified at level 3 or above.
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		Funder: A4e – Project: JCPSC This is run by Job Centre Plus (JCP) referral only and is aimed at Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), Newly Redundant, NDLP (New Deal for Lone Parents), NDP (New Deal for Partners) and Carers. It provides short modular training covering employability skills, with IAG / mentoring follow up support through 6 week job search. This also has vocational training modules, pre & post employment mentoring and modular / work placement training module for NDLP, NDP & Carers only.
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	-	Funder: NHS Portsmouth - Project: Portsmouth Health Trainers Health Trainer clients typically require help and guidance with health-related issues such as smoking cessation, healthy eating and weight loss, and is free to service users. Health Trainers are based in local community centre’s, ensuring that they are able to engage with the very community that they are targeting. A small number of health trainers also work out of probation centres, again ensuring that they are able to assist a hard to reach group of people. Funder: NHS Hampshire - Project: Gosport Health Trainers Health Trainer clients typically require help and guidance with health-related issues such as stop smoking, healthy eating, sensible drinking, getting active and emotional wellbeing. This is a free to service Gosport residents. Health Trainers are based in local community centre’s, ensuring that they are able to engage with the very community that they are targeting. A small number of health trainers also work out of probation centres, again ensuring that they are able to assist a hard to reach group of people.