The Engagement Gateway

BACKGROUND

The Engagement Gateway is a Convergence project which offer contracts to organisations in the Third Sector, as well as Statutory and Private sector to reduce economic inactivity in Wales by investing in organisations that work with those outside of mainstream employment and furthest from the labour market.

The project is managed by Welsh Council for Voluntary Action with an advisor in each area of North Wales:

Contacts in North Wales

The four officers who work within the convergence areas of North Wales as advisors for The Engagement Gateway are as follows. You need to contact the officer which ‘works’ in the area in which you intend to carry out your project.

Gwynedd:
Betsan Ifan
Mantell Gwynedd
23-25 Y Bont Bridd
CAERNARFON
Gwynedd 
LL55 1AB
bifan@wcva.org.uk

Anglesey:
Mark Gahan
Unit 5,
Industrial Estate 
Bryn Cefni, 
Llangefni, 
Ynys Môn LL77 7XA
01248 724944
mark@medrwnmon.org

Denbigh:
Swyddog Cynghori Y Porth Ymgysylltu
Cyngor Gwirfoddol Dinbych
Canolfan Naylor Leyland
Rhuthun
Dinbych
LL15 1AF
01824 702441
office@dvsc.co.uk
BRONWEN ROWLANDS

Alison Jelley
Volunteer Centre Development Officer
Y Porth Ymgysylltu
Canolfan Naylor Leyland
Rhuthun
Dinbych
LL15 1AF
01824 702441
alison@dvsc.co.uk ( from 05/03/2012)

Conwy
Rhian Morris 
42 Madoc Street
Llandudno
Conwy
LL30 2TW
United Kingdom
Tel: 01492 871110
rhianmorris@cvsc.org.uk

NEWS

From the 6th February 2012 your local contact for The Engagement Gateway in Gwynedd is Betsan Ifan. You can contact Betsan at Mantell Gwynedds’ offices (01286 672626) on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Betsan’s email is bifan@wcva.org.uk.

CHANGES
From April 1st 2011 organisations who are included on the Approved Suppliers List will not be tendering for CONTRACTS, but applying for COMPETATIVE GRANTS. Therefore if organisation are successful under the scheme, they will not sign a CONTRACT but a TERMS AND CONDITIONS. With a CONTRACT should any problems arise WCVA would to take specific legal steps to rectify the matter. With a TERMS AND CONDITIONS agreement they can just ask the organisation to repay any monies that has already been paid to them. 

THE ENGAGEMENT GATEWAY NEWSLETTER

September 2011 - click here
July 2011 - click here

MATCH FUNDING

Following discussions with a number of organisations who intend to tender for contracts the main problem seems to be Match Funding. If you require any further information on how to access to funding you can contact Carys Williams or Delyth Vaughan at Mantell Gwynedd.

TRAINING

Coleg Harlech Courses

Coleg Harlech gives individuals who have missed out on their education, the chance to invest in themselves and their future. Attending such courses is a further learning output for the Engagement Gateway. The most current ones are:

Social Science Programme

This programme is designed for people who are interested in studying aspects of Psychology, Nursing, Health Care, Social Work and Therapy.

Music Technology

For anyone interested in working in the music industry. You can study areas such as:
• Audio Production
• Sequencing (midi and audio)
• Digital editing (including sound on film)
• Performance
• Theory of music
• Modern composition

For more information on the above contact:
Student admissions, Coleg Harlech, Harlech, Gwynedd LL46 2PU
01766 7814900 Email info@fac.harlech.ac.uk

Intermediate Labour Market

This is a project which runs alongside the Engagement Gateway. The project will place contracts with organisations which offer ‘activities’ in the work place for targeted groups, activities which will increase confidence and skills to enable them to move on to sustainable employment which will lead to a sustainable development and community cohesion in the most deprived areas. For more information go to the WCVA website www.wcva.org.uk.

Link to Welsh Council for Voluntary Action

The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action has a page on their web site showing the contact for The Engagement Gateway in all convergence areas in Wales. - click here