Activities and services that being delivered at the Scaitcliffe Community Centre.
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- One-Stop Shop
The staffed reception desk and central circulation area is acting as a one-stop shop, signposting people to in-house providers and to information about other voluntary and statutory services.
- Meeting People and Networking
The central circulation area is providing informal seating and coffee tables to encourage visitors to circulate, meet people, converse, have a hot drink in the kitchen and read information boards.
- Lifelong Learning Activities
The development Co-ordinator works with learning partners (Accrington and Rossendale College, LCC EMA, local schools) to expand on existing learning activities, both informal and accredited, for young people, adults, and hard-toreach groups. Our approach encourages the social integration of different age groups, ability levels, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Learning activities include:
Homework Club - in partnership with LCC Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Services, the project targets young people aged 10 to 16 to enable them to undertake homework and course work with qualified tutors, including use of the IT suite;
Community Education Club, Parents and Pupils Learning Together - in collaboration with Accrington & Rossendale College, Ghousia and Raza Mosques, Springhill and Hyndburn Park Primary Schools, the scheme is a National Curriculum based computer support programme for pupils aged 7 to 11 years, with parents being encouraged to attend to develop their own IT skills;
Child Improvement Programme - undertaken with Ghousia Mosque, Springhill and Hyndburn Park Primary Schools and Moorhead and Rhyddings High Schools, the project offers activities for children aged 10 to 13 years to support the transition from Primary to Secondary schools and undertake holiday support;
Community Courses - in collaboration with Accrington and Rossendale College, the scheme enables community groups, volunteers and individuals to benefit from a range of courses designed to meet their identified needs, including the Stepping Stones Foundation Course for young women, Citizenship courses, ICT courses, ESOL, and Jobseekers training.
Other Adult Education Courses - we work with partners such as the Women’s Centre, the Parental Involvement Team and LCC Adult Education to offer an extensive range of formal and informal courses including First Aid, Health and Safety, and Child Protection;
Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) Advice - through Lancashire County Council, Ethnic Minority Achievement Advisors are based at the Centre, they work with teachers and training providers to ensure that resources and support for ethnic minority learners, and those for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL), is available to narrow the achievement gaps experienced in some cases by ethnic minorities.
Numeracy and Literacy support - in collaboration with Accrington & Rossendale College, the project will engage adults in learning, some for the first time since school, encouraging them through family literacy and numeracy sessions, or by linking to other areas of learning such as IT, art or other courses.
- Personal Development and Employment Support
Voluntary Mentoring Scheme - in partnership with Connexions, Hollins Technology College, Moorhead, Rhyddings and Mount Carmel Secondary Schools, Norden High School, Rhyddings High School this project targets disadvantaged and disaffected young people aged 13 to 19 years who benefit from mentoring from trained volunteers to assist in their lives as well as enabling local people to access employment opportunities through skills training;
Employment Support - The Development Co-ordinator is working with Accrington & Rossendale College and Jobcentreplus to provide assistance with job applications and interviews, improve links to employers, and set up job tasters.
- Care and Support for the Elderly
Advice and Information Service - funding was secured from Lloyds TSB foundation by Hyndburn Cultural Association and advice & Information Officer has been based at the centre to provide advice and information service to local residents on matters concerning the elderly.
Social Interaction and Luncheon club provides opportunity to local elders (50+) to attend the club on Mondays and Wednesday, to socialise read papers meet new people and also eat a healthy hot lunch.
- Training and Support for Women
The Millan Women’s has been based at the Scaitcliffe Community Centre to provide educational, employability and training courses and advice to women, including ICT training, in collaboration with Accrington & Rossendale College; The Women’s Centre is to run courses for women on a sessional basis, and provide crèche facilities.
- Youth and Child Provision
Hyndburn Cultural Association in collaboration with Connexions Lancashire have a Project coordinator based at the Centre, to facilitate training and employment advice for young people, as well as running the Volunteer Mentoring Scheme described above;
- Advice & Guidance
The Hyndburn Cultural Association intends to provide drop-in sessions for people to call in for advice, guidance and counselling and would work with Community Advice Centre staff.
The staffed Reception desk in the central circulation area is able to give more general information and signposting to services.
- Community Safety
- Health & well being
Hyndburn Cultural Association with funding received from Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust for a pilot project. Luncheon and social inter-action club for community elders aged 50+ and other information about Diabetes, the Healthy Heart programme, Mental Health and Stress Relief (not confirmed).
- Community Groups
We have been encouraging various community groups to use facilities at our centre e.g. meeting and activity rooms etc. FARRIA, Millan Women’s group, Pakistan and Kashmir Friends Association, Kashmir Sports Club and Central Residents Association.