Catch22 and Supply Chain Management

Rinova has been commissioned by Catch22 to work closely with senior colleagues in the organisation to develop a new Supply Chain Management strategy. Catch22 is a Social Business with over 200 years’ experience of providing services that help people in tough situations to turn their lives around. Naomi Hulston, Assistant Director of Business Development for Catch22 said “In…

The emerging role of the Job Broker

It has been a busy autumn at Rinova with the approval and start-up of a number of new initiatives, the completion of some others, implementing and evaluating a wide range of partnerships and preparing a number of new proposals. We were also successful with three new European Lifelong Learning Programme projects, and we were delighted to launch the…

Excelling in Enfield

We are pleased to announce that, in partnership with Enterprise Enfield, we have been successful with Excel Enfield – a new project co-funded by the London Borough of Enfield and the European Social Fund through London Councils. Excel Enfield is led by Enterprise Enfield, working together with partners Rinova, Barnet and Southgate College, Maze8, Gingerbread…

Aspire2be powers on

Aspire2be is an ESF programme for young people NEET, co-funded by the Skills Funding Agency, which was fully launched in early 2012. Co-ordinated by Rinova, working closely with the applicant Collage Arts, the Aspire2be partnership consists of a network of independent training organisations and colleges across London, offering an inspiring and diverse range of provision for young people aged…

Double success with London Youth and Talent Match

Earlier in the year, London Youth invited applications to become their key partners to deliver the Talent Match programme in London. We are delighted to announce that our two partnership applications to London Youth – with Collage Arts and Rinova consortium members for a local delivery partnership in North London and with the Princes Trust for the pan-London Enterprise…

Tagore Centre Project – Employment Opportunity

Working in partnership with The Tagore Centre UK, we have recently secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund in England for an exciting new project. A prolific writer, poet, composer, painter and educationalist, Rabindranath Tagore was one of the most versatile literary artists to stem from Twentieth Century India, who had strong connections with Britain. The Tagore…

European Reference Framework Seminar 26th June

On Wednesday 26th June Rinova will be hosting a half-day seminar for all those who are interested in the European dimension of Lifelong Learning. In particular, over the last 18 months, Rinova has participated as a partner in the Leonardo da Vinci project CERF, connected to the the European Reference Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong…

Big Bang website launched

The Big Bang partnership was formed to explore the extent to which mismatches between the ‘culture clash’ of work, school and ‘street’ culture is one factor amongst those that are contributing to long-term youth unemployment across Europe. The partners in the UK are Rinova and 15billion, working with organisations from the Netherlands, Austria, Spain and Iceland. Following the first phase…