ESF Leader Awards 2011
ESF-Works interviewed representatives from six ESF projects that have excelled in progressing and implementing the cross-cutting themes of sustainable development and equal opportunities.
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David Morgan on Clear About Carbon
David Morgan from Clear About Carbon, joint winner of ESF Sustainable Development Specialist Project Leader Award, explains that a combination of factors have resulted in the project's success, in particular partnership working where partners brought together a range of skills to deliver a complete and engaging participant journey, rather than a subcontractor model.
Graham Parry on Groundwork London
Graham Parry from Groundwork London, winner of the ESF Sustainable Development Mainstreaming Leader Award, describes how Groundwork has been at the forefront of sustainable development for many years, bringing together its environmental values with opportunities for disadvantaged local people and showing the potential for green led economic development.
Juliette Green on ARC Women's Wisdom
Juliette Green from ARC Women's Wisdom, winner of the ESF Gender Equality Award, describes how the project provides an innovative and creative solution to the supervision of female offenders and addresses the challenge of reducing female re-offending alongside delivering skills and employment support that enables women to progress into sustained job outcomes.
Barbara Hughes on AVANTA Enterprise Ltd
Barbara Hughes from AVANTA Enterprise Ltd, winner of the ESF Equal Opportunities Mainstreaming Leader Award (Policy and Plan), talks about the comprehensive work the company has done in raising equality and diversity awareness, which has developed over time as a result of customer, staff and stakeholder feedback.
Robert Jackson on Recycling Lives Ltd
Robert Jackson from Recycling Lives Ltd, joint winner of the ESF Sustainable Development Specialist Project Leader Award, talks about the contribution that Recycling Lives is making to promoting environmental skills. This includes promoting new green skills and green skills for existing jobs, by providing opportunities to ex-offenders so that they can progress into employment.
Anthony Vage on Cornwall Works for Learning Disabilities
Anthony Vage from Cornwall Council, talks about Cornwall Works for Learning Disabilities (CWLD), winner of the ESF Equal Opportunities Specialist Project Leader Award, and how the project has been very successful in supporting people with learning disabilities into work, including people with Asperger's syndrome and people on the autistic spectrum.
