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GOYA EMPLOYMENT, IT AND SELFIMPROVEMENT AWARDS 2015
INTRODUCTION.
GOYA held its first awards ceremony of 2015
recognising personal achievement of our users. The
award ceremony was conducted under three
themes;
 Recognising pathways into Employment and
Self-Employment
 Recognising volunteering
 Recognising Education and Training
accomplishment
 Recognising Skills for Life accomplishments.
1.Recognising pathways into Employment
and Self-Employment
From June 2014 to February 2015, GOYA supported
and helped 39 unemployed individuals faced with
multiple challenges secure sustainable employment.
During the same time, GOYA supported 12 individuals
fulfil their ambition of setting up their own viable and
sustainable businesses.
2. Recognising Volunteering
GOYA recognised 14 volunteers who have helped
shape and develop GOYA's work. Volunteering is one
of the most used and unfortunately abused term in
the voluntary and other sectors, but at GOYA,
volunteering is revered, encouraged and fully recognised. Faced with austere and harsh
funding environment, GOYA as an organisation would have ceased to function without the
dedicated support of our volunteers.
3. Recognising Education and Training accomplishments
From April 2014 to February 2015, GOYA’s training
and educational project activities has engaged with
220 users. GOYA's community based learning and a
unique delivery methodology has engaged some of
the hardest to reach/access sections of our
community.
60 learners (100% on target) successfully completed
GOYA's UK Online English My Way training scheme.
120 users have completed GOYA's UK Online Basics training. 98 users completed GOYA's
pathway to employment/self-employment training sessions.
4. Recognising Skills for Life accomplishments.
In addition to the above awards being given to our
users, GOYA also decided to give awards to users that
have gained 'skills for life' know-how through some of
our training and direct project activities.
GOYA awarded 40 beneficiaries with 'skills for life'
awards; from our Do$h Financial Literacy project that
supports users take control over and manage their
financial circumstances; Youth Conflict and Anger
Management project that supported young people with anger issues better manage and
control conflicts.