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Mission
Our Social Enterprise aim is to model sustainability by growing our market share and developing new services and products, to increasing the Trust’s value and impact within the community.
We have understood that it is too big a leap for some students to go straight into the work place, further to this, potential employers are not always able to operate their business and at the same time, cater for the specialist needs our clients have. Therefore, we have developed a number of spaces, ‘incubators’, as a precursor to employment but at the same time offering accredited training.
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Retail
P390 is an effective holistic solution to the challenge of re-engaging hard to emply young people
It gets its name from Ikea where the project started, who used the internal code '390' to refer to the written off stock which is recoverable. In the same way, many of the young people who benefit from 390 have been written off, but they too are recoverable!
Operating in three regions, we offer young people a route into the work place, with a global company that can be more socially responsible, in a mutually cost effective way.
Catering Enterprises
The Vine building has a restaurant / internet café open to the public. It also provides outside catering on a commercial basis typically for community events and functions to local schools, nurseries, and public bodies. Trainees work to achieving NVQs in catering which have enabled them to gain employment in this growing industry.
The Vine Catering service offers a wide range of services for the local community. We can provide a full catering service including buffets, children’s parties. The Vine, has a number of catering contracts for the following. Nurseries Churches Businesses, Christmas Parties, Children·s Parties, Buffets, ConferencesThe Vines Catering Team is ready to provide any of your catering needs.Contact Gemma(01922 621951), and we will cater for any of your functions
Construction & Property Maintenance Enterprises
Located in an industrial warehouse, the Vine delivers construction skills programmes from basic to NVQ level and health and safety CSCS training. Through links with public and private sector partners those engaging in this incubator will have the opportunity to develop and hone their skills commercially. Incubate offers beneficiaries the opportunity to progress to our commercial partners through their delivery of Public Sector maintenance contracts , via Tarmac / MITIE links.
Horticulture & Grounds Maintenance Enterprises
In partnership with the Groundwork Trust, and the North Walsall allotment association, the Vine has developed a set of allotments where young people will receive horticultural / land-based training to grow produce which can then be traded to businesses and individuals from the area. Incubate offers beneficiaries the opportunity to progress into our commercial partners such as CSR minded Farmers (NFU) who seek alternatives to returning migrant workers, and through public sector, grounds maintenance contracts.
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