Salford Foundation

Work With Adults

Parents participating in a skills and aspirational workshop

The Adult Inclusion Team

• Raising Parental Aspirations

  This programme is funded by The Coalfields Regeneration Trust. The programme works in three areas: Bolton, Wigan and Salford. It is aimed specifically at lone parents and is intended to support them in overcoming potential barriers to work, training or education. The project provides organised workshops to encouarge parents' partcipation and offers onsite child care with our mobile crèche, ‘Little Aspirations’.

  Parents have the opportunity to take part in work placements and have access to a one-to-one mentoring support programme.

• Key Skills Post Employment support

  The Key Skills project is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). It provides support, help, training and advice for anyone over 18 years of age who has claimed benefits for six months or more and gains employment. The Key Skills Co-ordinator will provide all the support needed by the client for 13 weeks after the commencement of their employment to assist them in retaining their employment.

• Together Women Project

  This women-only project is specifically for Salford women. It is funded by the National Offenders Management Service (NOMS). It will provide much-needed support to all Salford women who have been involved in offending or are at risk of doing so. It will operate from a women-only centre which will provide a safe and comfortable environment to engage in any support that may be required. A few examples of the services available on site are training, relaxation, benefit advice, counselling and women’s health issues.

  On the 8th March 2007, the Together Women Project (TWP) held a celebration for International Women's Day. Over 100 people attended the day whcih involved various fun activities based around international theme. These included bellydancing, Chinese paper folding, Chinese calligraphy, henna tattooing, beauty treatments and holistic therapies. Guests were eager to enjoy all that was on offer. A lunch was also provided with an international falvour, for example Indian, Jamaican, Oriental and English food. The event provided a networking opportunity for practitioners working with women in Salford. It also provided the chance to see the variety of services that the centre will provide for service users. the day proved very useful for all visitors, being both inofrmative and fun.

• The Teenage Parent Project

  This project also comes under the Adult Inclusion Team because of the extensive experience of the team in dealing with parenting issues in other projects. It is funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCFS) through the Parenting Fund. Teenage parents between13 and 19 will be offered the opportunity to participate in a series of workshops designed by them. By delivering workshops inspired by the parents we can also help to improve confidence, health and wellbeing.  A mentor will also be provided to give the parents one-to-one support where appropriate.

• Changing Direction Mentoring

  Changing Direction Mentoring is a mentoring scheme for Salford men and women who have offended or are at risk of doing so. It is funded by Salford Council, Community Justice and the Drugs and Alcohol Team. The scheme recruits and trains local volunteers in Salford and Manchester to provide one-to-one support to those inside and outside of prison. All efforts are made to match mentees with volunteers who at one point in their life experienced similar problems. Mentors can assist with one or more of the following issues: Housing, substance missuse, health, family, relationships, childcare, debt/finance, employment, training or education, confidence building and motivation.