Annual Report 2015-2016 - Eat That Frog

Inspiring people, changing lives

Annual Report 2015-2016

Contents

Our Ethos, Aims & Mission 2

Introduction - Ian Powell, Managing Director 3

Who’s Who at Eat That Frog 4

Social Justice & Impact 5

Young Learners 6

Community Involvement 7

Projects 2015-16 8 -11

Ethical Recruitment Service 12

Good News and highlights from 2015-16 13-15

Working with others 16-17

Financial Summary 18

Plans for the future 19

Eat That Frog C.I.C. was established in January 2011,

by likeminded people coming together to set up a social enterprise based around

People, Values and Quality.

Ethos, Aims and Mission

6 years later, these values still remain at the heart of everything we do - with an emphasis on building

local communities and a strong corporate social responsibility focus.

Learner Achievement:

Why ‘Eat That Frog’?

It’s an unusual name, we know – but it’s all about overcoming your barriers and getting things done. In the words of the author Mark Twain:

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”

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Welcome to Eat That Frog

Eat That Frog C.I.C. was established in January 2011, by likeminded people coming together to set up a social enterprise based around People, Values and Quality. The Directors, Ian Powell, Sean Westlake, Gail Rochelle and Sue Haslett, continue with this mission, enabling people to identify and overcome their barriers to live a more fulfilled life.

ETF goes from strength to strength. Our learner numbers have nearly doubled in the last four years, meaning we now engage with over 1000 people annually, and once through our door, our learners choose to stay with us – our retention rate for the academic year 2015-16 was 97%. But our learners don’t just stay, they succeed - our provision boasts a success rate of over 96%.

This has been an exciting year for Eat That Frog, with lots of new developments and achievements. We gained funding from the Big Lottery for the Local Sustainability Fund and grants from DWP to support the employment pathway for Hinkley Point C. We were also proud to win recognition for our work as ‘Community Group of the Year’.

Our bespoke educational provision for young people with special educational needs (autism, Asperger’s, mental ill-health etc) has also been recognised, and we now have direct contract status with the Education Funding Agency, which enables us to offer further opportunities.

In August 2016, we opened a new training and recruitment hub in Torquay’s town centre, making our services accessible to more people and also to local businesses, who can now take advantage of our Ethical Recruitment and Training Service. We also returned to Plymouth, enabling us to work closely with the Wolseley Trust at Scott Business Park.

As you read through this review, I hope you’ll cele-brate with us the work Eat That Frog has done over the past year, and learn about some of the exciting plans we have in store for the years to come. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has played a part in Eat That Frog’s achieve-ments so far – our staff, who embody the values of the company, our many supporters in the local and business communities, but most of all our learners, whose inspiring success stories drive us to keep up the good work.

Ian Powell, Managing DirectorLearner Achievement:

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Who’s who at Eat That Frog

Eat That Frog Professional Training & Recruitment, Torquay

From L-R Back: Elliot Powell, Patricia McMullen, Sean Westlake, Gail Rochelle, Ian Powell,

Emma Seaman, Lindsey Edmonds, Mike Rochelle. Front: Ronnie Iwanicka, Kirsty Cavanagh, Elaine

Hopkins, Sandra Clarke, Carol Fal, Jade Elsby, Ayshea Chapman, Lisa Hunt.

Eat That Frog at The Pad, Paignton

From L- R: Jacob Coburn, Traci Pelling, Sean Westlake, Gail Rochelle, Sonia Johnson,

Rebecca Herod, Nina Pierson, Harry Jenkins, Ben Jacob.

Eat That Frog Training & Education Centre, Plymouth.

From L - R: Ben Jacob, Sarah Guy, Russell Smith, Rebecca Herod, Tom Dicken, Jacob Coburn.

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Working for Social Justice

One of the things that sets Eat That Frog apart is our commitment to enabling social justice. We’re not just keen to help people gain qualifications, but also to achieve positive changes in their lives. That may mean helping with their confidence, health, skills or with personal circumstances such as debt or housing issues. As a community interest company, we actively encourage social enterprise, and give many opportunities for people to become more involved in their local community. Our projects over the past year reflect our ethos, demonstrating the range of people we work with and the positive results we help them achieve.

Learners by age-groupLearners with LDD or Health problems

Learners living in disadvantaged wards

Learners by gender

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2.99% of clients reported as

being other than White British, which is above

the average (2.77%) for Devon as

a whole.

Progressing Life Skills (data from learner feedback)

Ethnicity

Young Learners

Our aim is to help those who may not be comfortable in a traditional learning environment, or may have missed opportunities in life due to their special educational needs, social or emotional circumstances.

Catherine never clicked with school – she was painfully shy and withdrawn and reading / writing were like swear words to her. This really affected her confidence and her ability to trust her tutors, but after we discovered that she loved baking cakes, the barriers started to come down. Catherine helped prepare meals for the elderly diners at our lunchclub and had such a lovely kind manner, she soon became a valued member of the team. Soon she was run-ning the dining room on her own, working on her English and Maths skills and had made new friends.

With 1:1 support for her theory work, she soon completed her NVQ Level 1 in Food Preparation & Cooking. She gained work experience at a cake shop in Plymouth helping make and decorate cakes for bespoke orders – it was no surprise to us when her talents helped her win our Student ‘Bake Off’ competition with this stunning seaside themed cake.

Real Lives, Real Impact

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We work closely with local authorities and learners with Educational Healthcare Plans (EHPs) to agree a package of learning which suits the special education needs of each student.

With our small group sizes, dedicated tutors, 1:1 men-toring and bespoke programmes, we offer the per-son-centred support and guidance that many larger institutions are simply unable to provide.

As a result, we have a proven track-record of help-ing learners who have not succeeded in other envi-ronments. Our range of provision includes Catering, Horticulture, Construction, English, IT & Maths, plus aspects of Digital Skills such as games design and graphics.

We have a strong focus on the complex individual needs, personality and barriers of each learner and staff provide strong pastoral support. We work closely with local authorities and other agencies to provide wider education around hate crime, sex and relationships, drug and alcohol use, cyber bullying and acceptable behaviours.

Community Involvement

Older 50s Lunch Club: run every Friday in Paignton, our young catering learners prepare a three course menu for the older people who attend. They are then involved in the meal service and the activities undertaken by the older people. This provides excellent opportunities for customer feedback, intergenerational work and development of learners’ softer skills.

Parkfield: this historic site near the sea front at Paignton was run-down and overgrown. We have created a small allotment, flowerbeds and workshops and undertake some grounds maintenance. This site offers mixed use for our younger SEN learners to undertake individual horticultural and small construction projects but also a site where we can offer larger groups specific projects (e.g. Thirteen, Construction Skills, etc).

Work Club: our Paignton and Torquay centres offer a work club, giving people free access to the internet to search and apply for work, use Learn My Way and access government on-line services.

Eat That Frog was established as a Community Inter-est Company in order to support people living in are-as of multiple deprivation – all of our training centres are located in areas that are considered deprived. Wherever possible, learning is linked to community events and projects to improve the lives of our learn-ers and others within the local community.

Many staff have been on their own journey; some started as ETF learners, then became volunteers and took further training to work for Eat That Frog. We use the ABCD approach (Asset Based Community Development), providing venues within local com-munities, engaging people from the community as volunteers and staff so there is a common value in improving each community site.

These community projects and services embed a positive culture within the organisation, with staff, volun-teers and learners alike having a “buy-in” to improve their community. In many instances learners are only aware of their achievement once it’s pointed out by staff, helping build their confidence and commitment.

Eat That Frog has been nominated for and has won both local and national awards, which helps instil a pos-itive culture within the organisation (DWP national Supplier Excellence, DWP Commendation, South Devon Skills Award, Community Group of the Year etc). Local press also feature ETF projects as good news stories.


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Trisha McMullan worked inretail jobs in Glasgow for manyyears before she moved to Torquay to raise her family. After suffering from severedepression, she decided shewanted to go back to work, doing something different. She had a meeting with Ian Powell at ETF, and started to volunteer with us - then when a job role came up, she took teaching qualifications, giving her a whole new purpose and direction. Five years on, Trisha is one of our most popular Employability Skills tutors, bringing her life expe-rience and humour to every session she teaches.

Hinkley Project

For many customers, self-employment was identified as a suitable route, and so work-shops and mentoring were given to develop business plans and cash flow forecasts and to guide people through the New Enterprise Al-lowance process.

We ran workshops with partner organisa-tions on a number of topics including Ac-counting, Marketing and Social Media. Fol-lowing on from these events some customers had specific coaching around these topics to enhance their business planning and guide them through the process of applying for the New Enterprise Allowance to set-up their own business.

We also provided an opportunity for partic-ipants suffering health problems to attend workshops to gain support with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness. Men-tors and tutors worked successfully to enable people to identify and overcome their per-sonal barriers to work, resulting in multiple positive outcomes.

This project was funded by DWP to enable extra people to enter the workforce to backfill vacancies caused by the expected migration of workers in the South West towards the Hinkley Point C power station build. There were two strands for the project – one aimed at customers in Rural areas of South Devon and the other working with Torbay customers who presented with health issues. Eat That Frog provided 1:1 interventions and a series of workshops covering subjects related to health but also tackling other barriers linked to isolation, lack of skills and other personal barriers to work.

Dean from Torbay is bright and enthusiastic but suffers from crippling migraines that make it dif-ficult for him to hold down full time employment.

He’s always been good at DIY and has done lots of projects for friends and family, as well as gaining his CSCS card with Eat That Frog. He decided to become self-employed, to offer a quality painting and decorating service to local people, with flexi-bility to work around his migraines.

He came to the project via a community referral, as he needed extra support to start-up his busi-ness. Dean attended workshops to learn finance basics and understand marketing.

He invested in a carpet-cleaning machine to add extra value to his business idea and worked hard to put together his own website and social media pages from scratch.

He successfully launched his business in Novem-ber 2016.

Dean’s business Squire Painting & Decorating,can be found on Facebook.


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Condition Management

This programme was for people who had barriers to work related to their health, and covered Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. We provided 1:1 mentoring and six workshops over six weeks, developing action plans to incorporate group, community, learning and work assistance for people with a health-related need.

ETF Tutors worked in a person-centred way to enable people to identify and overcome their own personal barriers to work. The topics covered included:

* Communication * Stress and Mindfulness* Skills and Qualities* Healthy Living* Team Work* Employability Skills

The variety of different abilities and life circumstances in the groups actually enhanced the outcomes for all - it made some individuals reflect on their own situations, and enabled them to empathise, with comments such as “others are worse off than me”. Some customers helped their fellow learners during the sessions, for example aiding literacy and processes. They commented that they found this was beneficial to their self-esteem and confidence and their own progress was aided by focusing on helping others.

Paula from Plymouth was referred Eat That Frog by her JCP advisor, after being off work with depression for several months. She was not looking forward to taking part in a group activity and feeling very anxious.

“After meeting the two ladies running the group, I started to feel at ease. The course has given me a structure in my life again. I now believe I can be part of the workforce and it has helped to restore my confidence in me. I think the best way to sum it up is quoting what a friend said to me today; ‘I have seen such a positive change in you since you started that course’”.

Paula subsequently gained work as a Residential Care helper.


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Multiple Barrier Support

Eat That Frog successfully bid to provide services across Cornwall and Devon (including Plym-outh & Torbay) for Multiple Barrier support. This project provided four mentoring sessions at a pace to suit the individual, supporting them to break down barriers to employment, with dedicated staff covering the different regions, plus other staff available for support on an ad-hoc or specialist basis.

We received referrals from job centres in Redruth, Penryn, Newquay, Plymouth, Devonport, Totnes, Newton Abbot, Exeter, Bideford, Barnstaple, and Torquay, meeting customers who were usually long-term unemployed. These people had multiple barriers that restricted them from re-entering the labour market.

The type of barriers varied in the geographical areas covered and the profile of people referred to us significantly differed from those expected at the start of the project. Many individuals were much further from the labour market than expected, dealing with issues of entrenched worklessness, drug misuse (heroin addiction), mental ill-health (people with suicidal or psy-chotic behaviours) and people with offender backgrounds (child sex offenders/MAPPA cases). Many of those referred needed and received more than four sessions.

A significant number of people required support with their digital skills to access public infor-mation and sources of support, with many having little to no knowledge of how to effective-ly job search. Working within Jobcentre Plus sites, we built strong supporting relationships between the customers and the work coaches, creating action plans that were achievable, supportive and live. This helped achieve positive outcomes for every individual.

“Simply having the ability to be able to offer reassurance and to see life from their perspective enabled customers to make small steps for-ward – for some this was achieving leaving the house on their own or even washing (taking a positive step forward in taking care of them-selves).

For the vast majority of customers and in four sessions (which was never just four sessions) this was a huge break, it enabled them to say “OK, I’ve managed this, maybe I can do something else,” to smile and actually laugh within a session when previously they’d cry or just be so anxious they couldn’t make eye contact.”

ETF Mentor, Nicola Parker


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Group Work Preparation

This contract provided services in various locations in Somerset, as well as Honiton & Tiverton in East Devon.

A series of fortnight-long group workshops aimed to develop participants’ self belief, confidence and motivation to move closer to or into work, while assessing their digital skills and/or financial barriers, leading to a Social Justice outcome.

Depending on the needs identified by JCP ad-visors, we tailored the courses to suit differ-ent client groups, so courses focused on skills for Construction, Retail/ Customer Service, Care or Confidence & Self-Esteem.

We worked with nearly 200 people - almost twice as many people as we were original-ly contracted to help. There was evidence of many softer and social justice outcomes in-cluding:

* Making friends/ social networking* Increased confidence* Feeling ready to look for work* Undertake voluntary work* Supporting each other with tasks * Improved self-esteem* Improving confidence* Improved problem solving skills

Zahra attended a two week Group Work Preparation course in Wells, Somerset. She had just been subjected to a benefit cap and was feeling anxious and fearful about the proposed changeover from JSA to Universal Credit.

“The biggest thing I took away from the course was the realisation that I had become stuck and was unable to move forward on my own… but I am really moving forward now, due to ETF. We need a branch of ETF here in Wells; so many people need more support to get into work, whether they are long term unemployed, or have just lost their job, which can be devastat-ing for some.

A huge thank you to all the Eat That Frog team who are so dedicated and deliver such a profes-sional and empowering program helping peo-ple back into work. Having done the course, I came away feeling positive, more confident and hopeful for the future.”


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Ethical Recruitment Service

“In today’s business world one of the greatest issues confronting business owners is the re-cruitment of personnel who will come into your organisation and will empathise with your out-look and goals for the business. We engaged with Eat That Frog to come up with a holistic view to recruitment.

Their consultant took reference points from the Directors, current staff, suppliers and clients as to the perception and standing of Universal Fire And Security and then set about creating an employment profile.

We have since recruited personnel into the or-ganisation and the whole process has been a resounding success and has left us in better shape to expand our business.”

Mark Gibson, Universal Fire & Security

Ethical recruiting has real benefits, providing a way for businesses to differentiate themselves in the market and demonstrate their Corporate Social re-sponsibility, while giving genuine support to jobseek-ers during tough economic times.

What does ethical recruitment mean?

* Interviewing candidates and providing training or work experience as necessary

* Working with businesses that have an ethical framework

* Ensuring transparency and fairness, collecting feedback on how we could improve

* Only placing candidates who are genuinely in-terested in the job

* Providing the best candidates for the job, not filling vacancies for a quick ‘win’.

* Helping businesses demonstrate their Corporate Social Responsibility.

Real Business, Real Impact

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Good News Stories

Our unique ‘Go Construct’ initiative helped regenerate a popular beauty spot, while providing valuable work experience and training opportunities for con-struction trades.

A team of learners worked in the wooded area at Parkfield, popular with fami-lies and dog-walkers. They removed rubbish, cleared undergrowth from woods and streams and created safe paths for the public to use as well as raised beds for flowers, herbs and vegetables. The community garden area they created is now being tended by ETF’s horticulture learners.

“I’ve learnt a lot of new skills and my knowledge of Health & Safety has grown. It’s been great meeting new people and working as a team because it has helped my confidence for working with other people in the future.”

Eddie Medway, ETF Learner

Parkfield – renovation projects


The scheme is run by Eat That Frog in association with JobCentre Plus. The learners, many of whom had been unemployed for more than 6 months, got the chance to qualify for a Level 1 Health & Safety qualification and their full CSCS 5 year Labourers card – meaning they were job-ready for the construction industry. They were each fully equipped with their own Personal Protection Equipment, including a Hi-Vis vest, hard hat and boots. The Go Construct scheme has now helped over 100 local people whose ages range from 18 to their late 50s.

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“Eat That Frog have been working in partnership with TDA to provide grounds maintenance support at Parkfield’s grounds in Paignton. ETF’s Go Construct learners spent sev-eral weeks clearing overgrown woodland and streams, constructing safe paths and building a community garden. There was a great response from members of the public following the clearance work; they really appreciated the effort to open up the area and make it a more attractive and user-friendly community space for local residents. The innovative Go Construct programme helps to upskill people, enabling them to find work and contribute to the local economy, while demonstrating a commitment to the community by helping develop and improve venues. ETF learners also helped with other projects, for example working on grounds at The Arc and with areas of Cockington Court, and replacing all the fencing between Torbay Council’s Colin Road car park and the Parkfield estate.”Steve Checkley, Facilities Management Supervisor, TDA

Partnerships at work:

Good News Stories

Mayor’s Fund

Torbay’s Mayor, Gordon Oliver, pledged when he was elected to donate half of his annual salary to good causes every year,

setting up the Torbay Mayor’s Fund.

We were pleased to receive a cheque in March 2016 from the fund, which went towards supplying our student chefs with

their own Chef’s Whites, handbook and kitchen tools, mean-ing they’re fully equipped to go into work at any professional

kitchen!

In November last year, we were shortlisted for the Her-ald Express Community Awards, for our work supporting

people into employment via training, mentoring and community involvement. We were absolutely delighted

to be declared the winners of the prestigious local award for Community Group of the Year, being described on the

evening as ‘inspiring’, and ‘top of the class’.

“This award is a huge thank you to all the staff who work at Eat That Frog, but especially for the customers who we

work for. They are the people we support, they are the heroes.” Ian Powell, ETF Managing Director

Community Group Award

From left: Jim Parker (Editor Herald Express), Sponsor from Western Power, Ian Powell

We officially launched our Ethical Training and Recruitment Service at our Torquay centre in

December 2016. Torbay Mayor Gordon Oliver (third from right) took the time to meet with staff and

students to learn more about this exciting business venture. Students from our catering courses prepared

a range of festive cakes and treats for the launch.

The service enables us to take our work one stage further - by helping learners gain sustainable employ-

ment with local businesses.

Launch of our Ethical Recruitment Service

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South Devon Business Awards

In March 2017, we were delighted to be nominated for the South Devon Business Awards in association with The Herald Express. Eat That Frog Professional was short-listed for the Corporate Social / Environmental Responsibility Award. This recognised our work and our ethos as a CIC, but also our Ethical Recruitment Service which offers job-hunters and businesses the chance to connect in a way that benefits everyone, with

all profits being reinvested into Eat That Frog’s community work.

Good News Stories

Pad revamp with construction students

‘Go Construct’ learners took the opportunity to give our Community hub in Paignton a much-needed makeover. The team helped repair, paint and decorate The Pad as well as helping staff source materials

for the project – most of which were donated by supportive local companies including Dulux Decorator’s Centre, Howdens, Wickes, Brewers and Torquay Decorating Supplies. Coffee Couture donated a countertop and a Sidmouth couple generously offered their old

kitchen, to enable the centre to expand its catering facilities.

“Getting this qualification means I can get the job I really want. It’s really helped my confidence; I’ve learned to keep pushing myself and that I’m capable of a lot more than I thought possible. Actually see-ing the decoration work completed has made me feel like I’ve made

a real difference for people for the future.” Colin, ETF Learner, previously unemployed for 2 years.

Last Christmas, staff at The Pad wanted to offer a hamper as a raffle prize for the last lunch club before the holiday, but with just a few days to go, the only donations had been made by the staff themselves. An appeal on Facebook led to an overwhelming response from the local com-munity – within hours, the gifts were flooding in, and staff were able to make up a special Christ-mas hamper for EVERY Lunch Club member.

Lunch Club – Christmas Hamper appeal

Meeting every Friday at The Pad, Paignton, our fun and friendly lunch club for older people includes enter-tainment, bingo and a meal prepared with fresh ingredients by our catering students. The lunch club also provides access to information and advice for older people and a safe, friendly environment where they can discuss any concerns or problems.

It was our own Christmas miracle, restoring our faith in the generosity of local people and businesses.

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Partnership Working

We have always been aware of the importance of working in partnership with other organisations locally and nationally. Working with funding bodies and other educational establishments enables us to ‘punch above our weight’ when delivering services to local communities. In turn, this allows us to ‘give back’ by sharing the expertise and skills we have gained with smaller businesses and start-ups.

Wolseley Trust

“The Wolseley Community and Economic Development Trust welcomed Eat That Frog onto the Scott Business Park in September 2016 and has developed this exciting new partnership. It was clear from the start that Eat that Frog are a likeminded organisation with very similar objectives and aspirations as our Trust and bring wealth of experience and expertise into our area. In particular, they have provided invaluable support to Wolseley Community Catering, who have been running a community café within our Jan Cutting Healthy Living Centre since 2003. A collaboration has been formed in which Eat that Frog learners are provided with hands-on real work experience in a café setting; in return, the café has benefited from an inventive new menu and increased trade. It is truly motivational to see the progress made by the young adults; Chef Tutor Jo Dea-con and her team are a very welcome and very popular presence in our Centre. Eat That Frog now also rent two properties on our Business Park providing an ideal setting for learners to gain experience of a thriving business community as well as potential opportunities for apprenticeships and employment.We are very much looking forward to developing our partnership further and have exciting plans for this year. We are currently looking at scope for a horticulture provision, utilising a redundant amenity and growing space within our grounds. Thank you to all the Eat that Frog team for the creativity and spirit that they have brought to our sites, hopefully this is the start of a long-standing relationship between our organ-isations.”Sarah Taylor, Chief Executive

Torbay Road Traders’ Association

“When we were first put in touch with ETF by Communities Can, I didn’t know what to expect, but I was soon put at ease by the friendly and professional manner of the ETF staff. Going along with just an outline idea of applying for Awards For All grant was very daunting to begin with. However with ETF’s help we put together a solid plan to help improve our local environment and try and bring the community together by planning a Torbay Road Celebrates event later in the year. ETF have worked really hard with us to put together a successful bid, and we were delighted to hear that we’ve gained lottery funding. ETF also helped show how to run an effective social media campaign for our area and got their stu-dents involved in doing projects on several businesses involved in our organisation, which is now being used on our Facebook page. I would like to thank them for their fantastic, warm and professional approach as I would never have had the confidence to carry this forward on my own.”John Fellows, Austins News & Chair of Torbay Road Traders Association

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Partnership Working

Learn Devon

“Eat that Frog is one of Learn Devon’s partner organisations, delivering courses for the long term unemployed for the Newton Abbot area, who we are unable to reach ourselves. We meet regularly to ensure that the quality of the service provided is of a high standard, and that the learner experience is a good one. At our annual Quality Monitoring visit all aspects of ETF organisation that relate to Learn Devon are discussed. We incorporate ETF ‘good news stories’ in to our SAR. Achievement has been of a high level.”Sally Shircliff, Area Co-ordinator (South)

Locality

“Locality is a national network of ambitious and enterprising community-led organisations, working together to help neighbourhoods thrive. Locality has been supporting Eat that Frog via funding from the Local Sustainability Fund to improve its contract readiness. We have assessed areas for growth and developed processes and systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness. In particular, Locality has helped ETF develop a Theory of Change and an Impact framework to enable capture of qualitative and quantative outcomes and establish the longer term impact ETF has on peoples’ lives and futures.”Peter Jones, Locality Development Officer

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Torbay Social Enterprise Network - DEVISE

“Torbay Social Enterprise Network aims to bring together and support local social enterprises, as well as helping new businesses get off the ground;- we regularly draw on the expertise of staff at Eat That Frog, one of the most successful local community interest companies. Whenwe wanted to rebrand to help spread our message further afield, we were offered support from a graphic design mature student on work placement at Eat That Frog. We created an inspiring new logo and website, and a new name, DEVISE. This modern design better reflects our aims, reach and scope, and we were delighted to provide the opportunity of a ‘real-life’ design experience for the learner.”Emma Seaman, Chair of TSEN/DEVISE

Torbay Council

“Torbay SEN Team have been working with Eat That Frog for about 3 years. Our partner-ship is very successful and continues to grow stronger and stronger. We have supported ETF to achieve registration status with the Education Funding Agency as a recognised education provider and are seeking to double the number of places in the 2017-18 academic year. Eat That Frog offer young people with an Education Health and Care Plan a variety of educational opportunities which are bespoke, flexible, person-centred and support our young people in achieving good outcomes and Prepar-ing for Adulthood. We are currently in the process of facilitating opportunities for young people aged 16-25 who are currently Not engaged in Education, Employment or Training (NEET).”Laureen Wardle, SEN Casework Officer - Post 16

Financial Summary 2015-16

Income

£1,126,245

Contracts

£751,030

Grants Giving

£360,745

Other income£14,470

Expenditure

£1,012,610

Reserves

£67,355

Surplus

£113,635

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Plans for the future

So what’s next for Eat That Frog?

Even though recent political and economic developments in Britain and further afield have left many businesses feeling a degree of trepidation about the future, we know how impor-tant personal and business support will be to keep our economy and communities growing and thriving. To this end, we aim to expand and enhance the services we provide, so we can continue to see year-on-year growth in the number of people we help to overcome their bar-riers and fulfil their potential.

Some of the areas in development include:

* Apprenticeships - these are a hugely important route into sustainable employment for many young people and we’re thrilled to be able to offer more apprenticeships in more vocational areas for 2017-18.

* A renewed focus on social enterprise support in South Devon - working closely with TSEN / DEVISE, we will offer more business support to new enterprises wishing to start-up and grow.

* We are delighted to return to Newton Abbot with a newly-refurbished training centre on Union Street. This purpose-designed centre offers space for adult employability and training courses, a drop-in Job Club and a dedicated training room for our young learners.

* We are currently expanding our digital skills programme, to enable more local young peo-ple to access training for this burgeoning job market. Skills are needed in gaming, design and coding, and our new training programmes will offer ‘real-life’ business experience alongside qualifications.

* Working with partners to ensure more support for NEETS (young people not engaged in education, employment or training).

* And who knows? As we are keen to keep working withbusinesses and organisations in Europe, maybe we’ll even expand into our first overseas office....

ETF Learner Numbers 2013-16

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Our Centres:

Eat That Frog Professional Training & Recruitment91 Union Street, Torquay TQ1 3DG

Eat That Frog Professional Training & Recruitment17 Union Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2JX

The Pad Training and Community Centre89 Torquay Road, Paignton TQ3 2SE

Plymouth Education & Training CentreUnits 2 & 16, Scott Business Park, Beacon Road, Plymouth PL2 2PB

Parkfield Colin Road, Paignton TQ3 2NR

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01803 551551 [email protected]

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