bassetlaw training agency (properties)
Background The Bassetlaw Action Centre was established as a Manpower Services
Commission project in 1983 and was transferred to Bassetlaw Community and
Voluntary Service in 1989, who managed the project until it became an
independent registered charity in April 1996. From 1989 it has been funded by a
number of organisations including, Bassetlaw CCG, Lloyds Bank Foundation,
Bassetlaw District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council as a Community
Resource, Information, Training and Advice Centre for Bassetlaw. In 1996 the
charity consisted of 1.2 full time equivalent staff members and 8 volunteers
with 1 significant work stream – the Community Car Scheme. It was also an
established local resource agency and training centre offering courses on touch
typing for example. As the organisation grew, it developed into an organisation
serving the whole of Bassetlaw (hence the name change in 2011 when it became a
limited company but retaining its charity status). The Bassetlaw Action Centre
today has grown into a major service delivery organisation in the district with
25 staff members and over 80 volunteers. It has many distinct areas of work,
including a very well used training resource which offers basic skills training
and a range of IT courses from beginners through to advanced. The majority of
the work streams of the Action Centre exist to promote the independence of older
and vulnerable people including support for people with long term conditions,
people with housing issues, self-help groups and people with transport needs.
