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Huggard
£3,300
People First Independent Advocacy
£4,500
Huggard have been helping people who are sleeping rough in Cardiff for more than 30 years. Their principal objectives are the relief of poverty and its effects on homeless people and the provision of support services for homeless and vulnerable people. Their aim is to tackle homelessness and to help those, who are often excluded from other services, to overcome the problems that force them to sleep rough on our streets. Many of the people they see have complex lives that prevent them from finding and keeping their own home. Their services are designed to meet their immediate needs, to find ways of breaking the cycle of homelessness and for them to become more independent again. Funding was awarded for two training programmes – ‘Food Hygiene Level 2 and Customer Service Level 2’ in order that 32 clients aged 25+ can undertake these programmes during 2020.
People First is an independent customer-led organisation that has worked in Cumbria for over 25 years. They have a deep understanding of the area, the communities, and the unique challenges. They are the largest provider of Advocacy in Cumbria, supporting thousands of people every year to help them live informed, respected, healthy, and fulfilled lives. People First plan to develop a catering facility (Café) in their new Conference and Centre for Learning which will be run by the Hospitality Academy learners. These learners will have the opportunity to train whilst working in a real life working environment. The learners will work towards qualifications in food hygiene, catering, hospitality and customer service. Funding was awarded to help with the purchase of a coffee machine for the Conference Centre.
Coffee machine at The Huggard Conference Centre
Prisoners Education Trust
£7,650
Prisoners Education Trust (PET) provides distance learning courses, advice and careers guidance, a provision which places little demand on over stretched prison resources and proven by the Ministry of Justice to reduce reoffending. PET also undertakes policy influencing and research, informed by the experiences of prisoner and ex-prisoner learners. PET supports prisoners to engage in rehabilitation through learning by providing access to a broad range of distance learning opportunities and related advice services through the Access to Learning (A2L) programme. They focus on those prisoners whose needs are not fully served by education provided directly by the statutory prison authorities and who want to progress. Since PET’s foundation in 1989, they have supported over 40,000 prisoners through the A2L programme from within 121 prisons. Funding was awarded to enable 18 prisoners from across England and Wales to benefit from the programme. It will support them specifically to undertake hospitality related distance learning courses over the next twelve months and this will help the prisoners to lead more fulfilling lives, to contribute positively to society and to increase their employment opportunities upon release. On average it costs £425 to support one individual with a course, advice and guidance.
Royal Academy of Culinary Arts – ‘Adopt a School’
£48,617
Founded in 1980, the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts is a leading professional body of Head Chefs, Pastry Chefs, Restaurant Managers and suppliers. While concerned with raising standards and awareness of food, food provenance, cooking and service, its objectives are primarily focused on the education and training of young people in the hospitality industry and the provision of development of