Table 2: Dott delivery outputs Outputs Delivery of 1 Dott Research / Development Phase 50+
Generation of a 2 or more ideas per theme (3 themes) through the Dott process Engage with 225 ESF clients/service Engage with 200 Employers /Business /Voluntary Community Sector /Public /Private service providers.
Relationship between Dott and ESF The lack of achievement of set targets was in part as a result of the matching of ESF requirements to a design-focused process. Working within the framework of the ESF fund with the target volume of participants and the paperwork requirements has proved challenging to a process that is creativelybased. There seems to have been a lack of shared understanding that may have enabled better achievement of outputs.
2.3 Small Innovation Grant Fund The Small Innovation Grant fund was an unexpected development during Year One. It was designed to fund a number of innovative pilot projects to meet the deficit in the achievement of the engagement target numbers for the Dott process. During 2009/10, a total of five projects were funded with grants from between £500 and £3,000, and of those three were funded through the 50+ programme (Table 3). Table 3: Small Innovation Grant funded projects, 2009/10 Project Event Volunteering / Events 4 All
Surf Activity Days (Surf Action)
Menopause Self Care
Summary Confidence Building and motivation through Volunteering Engages with people over 50 to volunteer in a wide range of sport, recreational and tourism events taking place across Cornwall. The project aims to build confidence and motivation alongside equipping individuals with essential work skills gained through volunteering. The project records work skills gained on the Cornwall Works Passport to Work and works with employers to identify employment opportunities for participants. Deliver surf based activity days to help with motivation Engages with people over 50 who would benefit from motivational activity to stay in or progress into the labour market, including veterans. It will achieve this through participating in a peer group activity that is both physically and mentally challenging and perceived as a young person’s sporting activity – surfing. The project will deliver four surf activity days for a maximum of fifteen people each day based at Sunset Surf on the North Coast. Help women going through ‘the change’ with self care. Engage with workless women in their early 50s experiencing menopause and pre-menopause and offer a compassionate, common sense, consumer guide to ‘the change’ giving women tools to become their own best self-care advocate.
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