Investment theme: Building skills and confidence
Purpose:
To contribute to the costs of the continuation for a year of the project "MaxiMIND", which provides online workshops, seminars, training and a chatroom for women in the BAME community isolated due to Covid-19
Year of grant: 23/9/2020
FR Number: FR-0054687
Amount awarded: £4800
Location: GLASGOW
Full description
The grant will contribute to the costs of the continuation for a year of the project "MaxiMIND", which provides online workshops, seminars, training and a chatroom for women in the BAME community isolated due to Covid-19. Offering training on confidence and capacity building, self-development, using social media platforms to generate income, entrepreneurship and a bespoke employability/back-to-work service, 60 women will benefit on an ongoing basis, supported after the initial 8 week training. Budget request is for Zoom Pro subscription- £120, three smartphones-£391, 2 laptops, which will be used by the organisation in the long term, £900, phone costs-£90, project administration-£90, Project coordinator for 8 weeks- £1,800 a Project support worker for 7 weeks - £840 and 3 trainers and one counsellor for 18 sessions-£900.