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Free-to-Access ABC Level 1 Fashion and Textiles vocational qualification designed for people interested in a career in fashion and textiles industry. The content has been designed in response to the sectors need for specific programmes of learning within textiles manufacture and will prepare learners for progression to apprenticeships, employment or further education and training. Working with these priority groups, aged 19-24 and 25+ include: long term unemployed and economically inactive learners; learners aged 50+; learners from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities (BAME); learners without basic skills; female learners; and learners who live in single adult households with dependent children in the Church Street and surrounding areas. • Aspects covered range from pattern and garment construction, using industrial sewing equipment & industrial machining • Learners can gain insight into core manufacture activities related to the making of sewn products such as garments and soft furnishings. • Portfolio of work/updated CV to show potential employers/clients • Increased skills & confidence • Receive up to three months progression support from WEPT to help you find further work, training or get help with starting your micro-business As part of the project, we’re working with Westminster Council Markets Development Team to run a pop-up Market Stall Event 14th March 2023, at the Westminster Cathedral Piazza in Victoria, where our learners will be taking part in this to produce items they could sell as part of the self-employment package for beneficiaries.
Delighted to inform you that the project has been progressing through these months, undergoing behind-the-scenes preparations. We have recently delivered our first project, a 4-week pilot project with an introduction to industrial machinery course, free to access for 8 unemployed women beneficiaries from the community as part of the creative hub programme. This is with the view to running fully accredited ABC quality qualifications that’s industry specific fashion design and garment construction programme including industrial manufacturing production from September 2022. By doing so, we build self-confidence, tackle trauma, feelings of isolation and loneliness and offers pathways to further education, apprenticeship and increase employability. If you are interested in the next programmes, visit us at Church Street Studios, 382-386 Edgware Road, London W2 1EB (Entrance on Church Street Market) or sign up on www.weptproject.co.uk Please be aware that places are limited. To find out more about our training programmes and courses, subscribe to our newsletter to keep informed, and how we help the community.
It's fantastic news that we've now hit our target. Thank you all for believing in us and backing our community project - help us to establish a space of belonging for the community, by the community. It will be an intergenerational creative hub welcoming to all, based in Church Street. The project's only going to get even bigger and better with everything we can raise, so if you haven't done so already why not make a pledge now
Whoop, 60 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
The WEPT community project is right in the heart of it all – City of Westminster; the location of the world-renowned Oxford Street and the surrounding shopping areas – fashion and lifestyle destination that’s attracting local shoppers as well as millions of visitors, and cultural tourist destination. At WEPT we feel quite strongly that this is an ideal opportunity to showcase not just the diversity of the Church Street community but also the wealth of traditional artistic skills. We will use the existing skills of participants to enhance the learning of others in the community as well as introducing them all to new skills and pastimes. By gathering the different communities, we can showcase their arts through the adornment of clothing. Traditional dress for both women, men, and children. We will introduce and help people gain experience in using the Internet, email programmes and online social media programmes. We will encourage the younger participants to help older people to use technology thereby breaking down age barriers. We will encourage the older participants to pass on their life experiences and traditional craft skills to the younger generation. By doing this we hope to enhance and improve the knowledge and appreciation of the historic, cultural, and traditional life of those living within the London Borough of Westminster. We have currently reached 88% with 53 backers, WE THANK YOU ALL and just 8 days to go to hit our crowdfunding target. We are offering to honour our top 5 backers getting us across the finishing line, by creating embroidery work with their names that will be permanently displayed in the building. As we’ll only receive the funds raised if we hit our crowdfunding target of £36,435 by 19 April 2022
