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Race into learning

This project looks at some of the issues faced by adults from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities (BME) experiencing mental health difficulties in accessing, progressing and achieving in learning. 

This information will be used to develop a guidance pack for Community Development Workers, Support Workers, Carers, Mentors and others offering support to BME adults within the mental health care system.

1 in 4 leaflets

NIACE has produced a series of leaflets for people experiencing mental health difficulties to help them make choices about taking up learning and choices to make regarding learning.

Working Well

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

Working Well promotes staff well being in the post 16 eductaion and training sector.

 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010

Making the Journey

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

Making the Journey is a NIACE research report, reporting on findings from questionnaire and focus group research into how people experiencing mental health difficulties travel around in their everyday life (such as walking, driving, using public transport) and issues or challenges they experience in travelling - especially in relation to learning and working.

 1 August 2009 - 31 December 2009

Workforce Equality in FE

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

To create and disseminate a resource for post-16 learning and skills providers to promote recruitment of staff with mental health difficulties.

 1 September 2009 - 31 March 2010

Enabling Equality

The research is funded by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. NIACE and De Montfort University have been commissioned to carry out the research. The overall aim is to identify effective practice to develop more inclusive working environments for disabled staff to improve career development and equal opportunities.

 19 October 2010 - 31 March 2011