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Trainee Louise Suppron, won Edinburgh’s New Deal Achiever of The Year and Streetwork UK the New Deal Provider of The Year awards for the DASH Coffee pilot training programme. DASH was the most successful employment programme of its kind in the UK. It was the first to achieve a high level of sustainable job outcomes for the very hardest to employ and most excluded young people. Sustainable job outcome performance was 77%, all the more remarkable because it was more than double the mainstream New Deal performance - Edinburgh’s average was 33.7% and the UK average was 35.2%.
In addition to outstanding job outcome performance, 100% of participants achieved vocational qualifications; 81% obtained City & Guilds/NVQs to level 2; and 64% now have the full European Computer Driving License (100% with all 7 modules). Contact Streetwork UK for a full list of achievements, which have exceeded all expectations in terms of New Deal performance.
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The programme was funded by the Department of Work & Pensions under the Jobcentre Plus Innovation fund and was one of only 13 pilots throughout the UK. The pilot ran for 18 months and was completed in March 2004. Unfortunately, there was no government funding available at the end of the pilot. |
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The Secretary of State, Alistair Darling MP, launched the pilot project in January 2002 on national television, and maintains an active interest.
The City of Edinburgh Council lent the programme considerable political support.
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisation Council seconded one of their senior staff and provided assistance with programme delivery.
The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Costa Coffee and Lothian Buses were heavily involved in the design, delivery, resources and the offer of guaranteed jobs.
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