About us
Dingle Opportunities

Dingle Opportunities is a community based economic regeneration agency based in Liverpool 8. It was established in 1993 by a group of local residents and agencies including Toxteth Community Council, Liverpool City Council, Southern Training Granby Toxteth Task Force and others.

Our Aims

Enhancing community capacity and enabling local people to make a positive and significant impact upon their local Economy. To share good and best practice with organisations with similar core values and objectives in the development of social enterprise and regeneration.

To provide high quality business support services for individuals, groups and neighbourhoods in the most deprived areas in Liverpool. Foster the culture of Enterprise through the development of local skills, knowledge and experience.

Target areas

The Project will target the city of Liverpool. postcode area including areas which have been identified by both the UK Government and the EU as some of the most
deprived areas in Europe. With high levels of unemployment, high incidence of crime, drug abuse, high levels of benefit dependence and low economic activity.

We will target the Wards within the area which have been identified as being within the 15% most deprived areas according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Projects and Resources

Dingle Opportunites acts as a central hub to many projects aimed at helping local people and residents.

JET

Our  JET team are based at 300 Park Road providing assistance to those out of work and those looking for training opportunities. JET also acts as a liason between employer and employees. They provide an important and valuable resource for the South Liverpool area.

Innovations Factory

Innovations Factory has used both innovative and forward looking methods to help local people gain IT skills. Many people who had never even used a computer are now using thier new found IT skills to find employment, order things online, keep in touch with loved ones overseas. Innovations Factory runs a Mobile IT Bus, a UK online centre and created a Network of local community groups to help local people gain access to IT and social Interaction.

 

Streets Ahead

Streets Ahead is an initiative that was established by Dingle Opportunites in 2003 to bring together staff from a wide range of agencies to help improve residents' access to the job opportunities and services that are available in the South Liverpool area.

Each week a team of staff from organisations such as JET South Liverpool, Jobcentre Plus, Greater Merseyside Connexions, Shaw Trust and Citizens Advice Bureaux and visit houses, schools, community and health centres in Speke, Garston and Netherley Valley to promote awareness of local job opportunities and the wide range of support services available to people living in the area.

Amongst the services offered by the Streets Ahead team are:

* Information
* Advice
* Guidance
* Job search
* Training referral
* Advice about further education
* Benefits advice
* Information about childcare support
* Advice regarding housing repairs, rent queries etc.
* Information about public transport
* Promotion of community events

Dingle Opportunities can be contacted at:

Dingle Opportunities
300 Park Road
Dingle
Liverpool
L8 4UE

Telephone: 0151 726 1634

Fax: 0151 726 0036

 
 
Microsoft Digital Literacy course

Microsoft bannerIf your looking for basic Microsoft certification to prove to an employer that you have a grasp of basic IT skills then this course is for you, and best of all its free! The goal of the Microsft Digital Literacy course is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this curriculum will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence.

There are two versions of Digital Literacy. While there are minor changes to the content coverage between versions, the course titles remain the same. The primary difference between the versions is that the examples and screen shots in the original curriculum feature Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP, while Version 2 of the Digital Literacy Curriculum offers examples and screen shots from Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista.

Where do I study?

You can study the course at our centre 141 Park Street. Most students take less than a week to go through the curriculum. Then they take the test at our OCR approved test centre also based in the same building.

How to apply for a place on our course

Its easy just call 0151 707 4340 and ask for Karen or Tom.
 
Innovations Factory

smallinnovThe Innovations Factory is a part of Dingle Opportunities. We provide a local focus that can give the residents of Dingle, Toxteth and Abercromby. We provide access to IT training advice and web based technologies in our centre at 141 Park Street. We also run the Livit website portal which brings local community groups together in one place. Our training centre also provides basic Microsoft certification and training in MOS (Microsoft Office specialist) and many other basic IT skills.

Our mission is to provide a physical focus for economic regeneration, meeting the aspirations and releasing the energy of local people, stimulating local economic activity and assisting the businesses in the area.

Past and present Innovations Factory Projects


Desktop Pub

Desktop pub was an exciting project that documented the traditions of some of the most historic pubs in Liverpool. Its aim to involve the regulars and locals, in bringing the past alive through photo archives, oral histories and presentations in pubs around the city. The project was a great success and brought many local people to our centre who would never have come otherwise.

website: www.desktop-pub.org.uk

Dingle Renaissance

Dingle Renaissance was a website-based community project, set up to encourage people who may have little or no experience of using PC’s, but who know the history of this area, to contribute a wealth of local knowledge and information that was developed together, into an interactive multimedia website, while at the same time, teaching essential IT skills. Many local residents enjoyed working on this project with us and contributed to the website.

website:

The Dingle Online Centredingle-online

The Dingle online project www.dingleonline.org.uk was set up by Innovations Factory and Dingle Opportunities in 2001. The purpose was to make available a state-of-the-art IT facility for the local community, providing free Internet access and learning opportunities. The Dingle Online centre is located in the old Toxteth public house on the corner of Park street and Park Road. It was completely renovated and refurbished using local tradesmen. The entire building had to be stripped and redecorated, with extensive work taking place to restore the empty building.

Dingleonline staff are dedicated to equipping the community with the required IT skills to get online. providing free internet access and advice on how to use the computers for jobsearch, CV creation and more.

Access is available to a huge range of free online training courses some with certification, such as ECDL, MOS, Microsoft Digital Literacy. Other courses include a Gardening course from the BBC, to practicing your driving test with the AA.

Also, the UK Online centre is available for community groups to use as a training facility - offering a network of modern PC's and an interactive whiteboard for the ideal learning environment.

website: www.dingleonline.org.uk

 

Innovations Factory Contact details

Innovations Factory
141 Park Street
Dingle
Liverpool
L8 6QF

Tel: 0151 707 4340
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Jet South Central

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What is JET?

Jobs, Education and Training (JET) offers a range of services to residents and businesses in south central Liverpool, helping people match their abilities and interest with job or training opportunities and assisting employers in finding the right staff with the right training.

Jet South Central is an independent organisation that is funded by the Government and Europe to contribute to the revitalisation of the area and improve opportunities for its residents.

Jet South Central offers professional, impartial and confidential advice on jobs, education and training.

JET OFFERS

* Individual Guidance and support
* Training
* Links to local employers and vacancies
* Recruitment drives
* Preparation of winning C.V.s
* Help with job applications that get Interviews

JET Teams

There will be local teams based in each partnership area. These will identify the needs of employers, the individual clients and the wider community and provide: Recruitment services to employers in the Eastern Approaches SSDA and the South Central Cluster.

Neighbourhood based programmes to improve skill levels and employability; a personal advisor / mentor service to unemployed people to support progression in skills & jobs and assistance with employers' staff development needs.

Support to local people in their efforts to access and retain jobs. Independent and unbiased information to allow individuals to make informed decisions regarding their personal development.

Support and training measures tailored to the needs of black and other minority communities.

JET South Central works with people living in the Dingle, Granby, Toxteth, Picton, Abercromby and Arundel areas (L1, L7, L8 and L17).

JET South Central
Dingle Office
300 Park Road
Toxteth
Liverpool L8 4UE 
Phone: +44 (0)151 726 1634
Fax: +44 (0)151 726 0036 

Yanwath Street Office
3 Yanwath Street
Toxteth
Liverpool
L8 0XP
Phone +44 (0)151 522 5719
Fax: +44 (0) 0151 522 5728

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