Women's Wisdom

B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion (people who legally or finacially excluded)
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Offender work - progressing over 50 % of cohort that work with Women's Wisdom into employment or self employmnet. 98% of cohort say they have been able to progress - this demonstrates impact Women's Wisdom has had.

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Women's Wisdom has developed ARC (Administration Resource Centre), an innovative community payback initiative supporting female offenders, providing admistration support to businesses.
ARC centres are in Southampton, Worthing, London and a prison in Yorkshire - the centres gets people working with local employers. Large employer engagement programmes. Working with local businesses to support them - helping businesses to grow and create their own jobs.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities (enabling people to adapt to their changing circumtances)
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Wome's Wisdom is all about working with and enabling people to work with, and deal with, change in their lives.

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Women's Wisdom works all across all sectors, ensuring non-duplication of work.

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
In West Sussex - supported over 100 social enterprises to set up and develop. Accredited centre of excellence for enterpise.

B1f - Amenities for local people
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
ARC - offers a variety of services to local people.

B1g - Educational opportunities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Women's Wisdom offers adult and community learning, including employability, personal skills, enterprise skills (incl social enterprise).

B1h - Crisis response
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Programmes around domestic violence, anger management and alcohol related issues. Work around 9 offending pathways. Signposting to other organisations.

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
ARCs are grant giving - percentage given back to social enterprise.

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Any other comments?
Not applicable

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Any other comments?
Not applicable

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Any other comments?
Not applicable