Searchlighter allies with the Eastside Community Trust on the Erasmus+ ComEnter Project
29 April 2022
The Eastside Community Trust is at the foundation of community activity in Easton and Lawrence Hill areas of Bristol where Searchlighter is based. With our work in a European context and the Trust’s vast experience on the ground at the most local level, this is an alliance that should allow the ComEnter project to flourish in the UK, with each of us working more effectively in the future.
The first initiative last year was to cooperate on the implementation of the Pilot study to test the training course established in our ComEnter project. This taught local community activists how they can establish sustainable community enterprises where they can draw in income to support their communities directly from their own activities rather than a dependence on good fortune with their grant applications.
In this, the Trust was able to use their experience in the community and their local knowledge to assist in recruiting participants while Searchlighter provided the course curriculum and the post-course mentoring support for those who take part. The aim at the time was to establish community enterprises that could thrive using the resources and innovation of local community members based in this eastern area of Bristol. Eastside Community Trust also provided the location for the course sessions at the Easton Community Centre on Kilburn Street.
Both parties hope that this will be the first of several collaborations in the future and look forward to exploring these. More information on the ComEnter project and the Eastside Community Trust on these sites.
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