Impact
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Upholding our values
Heritage-led and Culturally aware, based on the combined expertise of seasoned experts across our communities and beyond
Over 6 Decades of combined consortium experience: G.I.F.T. (23+), Highway Hope (13+), MEaP (13+), Nurturing Foundations (6+), Twilight (7+), MaCTRI (7+).
Seasoned Partners’ Ecosystem: Funders & Trusts (12+), local & regional government (5+), local, international and academic (6+), community & health (10+), education network (35+)…
Audience diversity: While primarily BME, our audience diversity reflects the world in which we live, work and interact, as seen in the audience countries of origin.
Countries of Origin!
Projects
Combined Years of Experience
Delivery Partners
Students every year
Core subjects & Exams
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GCSE Success (Twilight)
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~Pass rate above national average
Supplementary Schools' Impact
- Where: Highway Hope (Centre), Nurturing Foundations (North), Twilight Academy (Online), GIFT Academy (South).
- Supporting English (Lit & Language), Maths, Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Combined); GCSE & A-Levels.
- Periods: After academic school day, Summer, Easter, Saturdays, evenings, etc.
- GCSE Success and performance against national average is based on Twilight Academy reports: 100% of its long-term students achieved grades 4–9 in core subjects for the 2024/25 period; “We have spectacularly bucked the national trend with our pass rate of 62.5% for both English and Maths” in 2024-2025 against national results for this year of 59.7% in English and 58.2% of all students in Maths.
Employability Impact
Training & Events yielded exceptional results including further and higher eduction enrolments, and work opportunities.
Enterprising: From Highway Hope Enterprising scheme to Burturing Foundations’ YSL, participants learn and practice leadership.
Work opportunities: Our consortium provide work experience through internships, volunteering and apprenticeships.
Skills taught include from IT fundamentals (e.g., AI, cybersecurity…), career (e.g., CV & ATSs), health & well-being (e.g., mindset), and more (e.g., ESOL).
Trainees, Interns and Apprentices just in 2024-2025
Career Events Attendees
%
Willing Participants Upskilled & improved confidence
Core and in-demand Skills
Youth Activities Project Participants a year
Extracurricular Activities
Youth supported via Youth activities
Locations across Greater Manchester
Kids & Youth Extracurricular Activities
Varied: Various locations and time period across Greater Manchester.
MEaP’s Extracurricular activities have been known to include Leadership, Sports, Understanding the world, Communication and language, Physical development, Personal, Social and Emotional development Literacy, Mathematics, Expressive Arts and Design, Primary Curriculum, Computing/IT, History, Geography, Design Technology including cookery/food nutrition, Religious (RE) and Cultural Education, Personal Social Health Emotional (PSHE), filming, production, music, sports, dance, essay and international spelling bee competitions, outside speaker visits, themed days, food nutrition sessions, visits to the theatre, educational visits, and many, many more.
EcoSystem
We are proud of our seasoned Partners’ Ecosystem which comprises of:
- 5 entities make up our consortium, namely Grace Incorporation Foundation Trust (G.I.F.T.), Nurturing Foundations, MaCTRI, Highway Hope, and Twilight Academy.
- Funding partners, including 10+ funders and 5+ Trusts
- 5+ local & regional government and commisionners,
- 7+ local and international academic and related supporting our research and employability focus areas.
- 50+ Working partners that strengthen our delivery in education, employability, community support and more…
- 5+ training meetings every year to strengthen our partnership under the Ubuntu philosophy and the “It takes a village” tagline.
- 3+ sponsors
Working Partners have supported us to date
Ecosystem collaborative or strengthening meetings every year
Funding Partners have trusted us along the years
Partners: Funders, Commissioners, Sponsors, Delivery/Working
Publications
Research projects
Advocacies
Books
Our Research Impact
Publications: These includes Books, Book Reviews (scholarly, critical evaluation of a recently published academic book, rather than a summary or general opinion on its entertainment value), Chapters in Book, Journal Article, Peer reviewed articles, Policy Briefings and Commissioned Reports.
Projects: From Trditional & Alternative Medicine to advocating for community-relevant, heritage-led education.
Community Support
Through Highway Hope’s social initiatives such as food bank, weekly healthy meal club (till 2025), charity shop, health aid, community actions and holiday clubs, G.I.F.T.‘s IT resources distributions and family mediation and support, Nurturing Foundations‘ health initiatives, food banks and community voices, and MEAP‘s community reach projects, the community have receive direct “wraparound” support annually to combat mental health issues, food poverty and digital exclusion (IT devices – smartphones, laptops-, sim cards and top ups with unlimited calls/text and min. 5GB data/month).
Daily Visitors to HH charity store
Families Supported
Devices Distributed
Sim cards and top-ups
Case Studies
Case Studies
Learners
100s of Learners thrive with Us
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“Thank you for… providing a great course to help us enjoy the IT experience to know it’s okay to faulter but to keep going.” – Sharon W (TECHWELL)
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“… just this one session improved my confidence and IT skills, and suggestions about digital marketing, especially considering the industry trends around AI.” – Alex B. (TECHWELL)
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“I am very pleased with all that I achieved on this course. I am very grateful for all the insights gained and the directions I was taken in, which I wouldn’t have achieved without participating in this course.” – Maureen N. (TECHWELL)
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“The learning sessions… gave a deep insight into the possibilities available to me as a professional. . Very confident, positive and hopeful now..” – Mohammed K. K. (TECHWELL)
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“I’m glad to be part of your project. I have sent a lot of CV and am looking for jobs on different sites Monster, TotalJobs, Indeed….” – Yuliia B (TECHWELL)
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“The IT training has improved my personal development, enhancing some technical skills… boosted confidence… in the long run, I’m committed to invest more time in my education.” – Sarab (COSTLIV)
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“i found the techwell course very helpful. it opened my eyes to a field i had grown up with but didn’t necessarily understand.” – Jack D. (16-24 Employability participant)
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“I appreciate the course for your knowledge and insight on technology and on how AI works on our daily basis environment.” – Edlayne R (TECHWELL)
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“I enjoy that course, built my knowledge about IT,find out which office have to use and how to use. Also how to make website was useful.” – Diane (COSTLIV)