"Now I've got stability and structure back into my life, I can make my own decisions about my future again."
Sam, Aspire Trainee
how we work
The Aspire Foundation works in a range of complementary ways to transform lives through employment and enterprise:
Good Practice
- We capture, develop and share common standards and good practice in the field of employment, home lessness and social enterprise.
Developing social enterprise
- We identify and develop opportunities for new social enterprise initiatives and other ways of working that can be replicated in other areas once tried and tested.
Proving impact:
- We develop evaluation processes and good practice guides for our current and future partners.
Knowledge sharing
- We share information, contacts and knowledge across our network through meetings, e-updates and formal and informal networking.
Brokering new relationships
- We broker new relationships with private industry, relevant public bodies (e.g. employment agencies) and social sector organisations (e.g. housing providers) to build an integrated pathway into mainstream employment for the people we support.
Funding
- We raise and manage funds for the costs associated with providing support and training for people moving out of disadvantage