The 12 Months of Motiv8 2021
January We like to start the year on a positive note -
New Year, New Motiv8tion! It was a challenging start to 2021 with the announcement of another lockdown. This was a good time to launch our own Digital Fund to provide practical support to our clients, who are often digitally excluded in a world that is increasingly online.
HELPING PEOPLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK
February Chinese New Year gave us the chance to wish all our colleagues at Wai Yin a Happy New Year - the year of the Ox. Motiv8's specialist partners provide crucial support to participants:
Find out more on our website:
https://www.motiv8mcr.org/our-specialist-partners
March We continued to receive great feedback from our clients. It really kept us going and helped us to stay focused. Thank you!
See more at: https://www.motiv8mcr.org/client-feedback
"Thank you so much for helping my husband smile again. He hadn’t left the house for 2 years before he met you. I feel that things are going to be ok for the first time in as long as I can remember."
April Motiv8 continued to support participants through all the lockdowns, but we were still working remotely and following all Government guidelines - including working from home if we were able. National Tea Day on 21st April reminded us that it was the simple things we missed. We looked forward to once again being able to share a cuppa with our colleagues.
May We get great feedback from referring agencies. Thank you to Change, Grow, Live (CGL), Tameside for this one.
Can we help you support your clients who need extra support?
Motiv8 Performance Summary
June By June 2021, Motiv8 had supported over 4,500 people to get back on track since it started in January 2017.
Here is a sumary from June 2021 Motiv8 has an Employability Team who help our participants into job search, training and work - and we had a record number of participants go into employment this quarter!
July Our external evaluation by Wavehill research reaffirmed Motiv8’s impact in moving people with multiple and complex needs closer to the labour market. See link below:
https://issuu.com/jigsawgroup/docs/final_motiv8_eval uation_brochure_june_2021 We also received our 7,000th referral to the programme! Thank you to all of you have contributed to this - and keep them coming!
August As Covid restrictions began to lift we began to reintroduce face to face visits.
Our development team were also able to get out and about. If you would like them to to attend your team meeting (or Zoom) to discuss the possibility of a drop-in for potential clients about our service, contact:
Julie Fraser, Partnership & Engagement Coordinator: julie.fraser@manchesterbbo.co.uk Lucy Wheal, Development Worker: lucy.wheal@manchesterbbo.co.uk
September This month we launched our monthly updates for stakeholders so that you could keep up to date with us and hear all our latest news.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list please email karen.duncan@manchesterbbo.co.uk We also welcomed the new members of our Single Point of Access team! This is the team that processes all referrals to the programe
From left to right meet Lou, Emma, Becky and Gaynor.
They look forward to hearing from you!
Here is what it has meant to one of our
October It was
Get Online week during October.
clients who, after having a stroke last year It
is so important for us to help our
and coming to terms with life-changing challenges, said:
participants keep in touch with us and also receive the support they need, especially during the challenges of the last two years.
This year we have helped many of our clients with laptops, tablets & internet access, including 90 from
"I want to thank you for all your support and for helping me get sorted with a laptop. I am a complete beginner in the digital world but really appreciate all the help from you and the Motiv8 team. I cannot say thank you enough."
our own Digital Fund, to help them move forward.
November Over 87% of our participants identify themselves as having mental health or wellbeing issues.
This year we introduced our own Motiv8 wellbeing navigators, Amber and Asma, who work with our key workers across Greater Manchester to provide additional mental health and wellbeing support to participants. In the 6 months that they have been operating they have accepted 123 referrals and completed 84 drop-in sessions.
"Thank you for helping me see a way forward to achieving my goals. I don't think thiswould have been possible without your help. I have clarity about the issues that were affecting my mental health."
December Finally, on behalf of everone at Motiv8, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here's to 2022!
To find out more about Motiv8 and how we support people to get back on track, visit our website www.motiv8mcr.org - and keep those referrals coming! Motiv8 is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund