Community Connections is a member organisation of 'College in the Community' which is a collaboration of community and voluntary organisations offering training and development opportunities for local people and groups.
Through the 'College in the Community' Learners can access a variety of training.

In addition we work with other partners and organisations to deliver one-off training events as required.
This year Community Connections have facilitated, supported and delivered training activities in partnership with the following organisations:

• The Local Strategic Partnership
• Voluntary Sector Partnership
• The Guild
• The Community Trust
• Great Yarmouth Borough Council
• Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services
• Great Yarmouth Learning Community
• Runham Vauxhall Fair Shares Residents Association (Fair Shares)
• MIND
• Community Renewal Network East
• Go East
• NELM (Norwich)
• Great Yarmouth Community Empowerment Network

The Training and Development Team are represented on the following:

• Learning Forum
• Learning and Skills Strategy Focus Group
• Learning Community Partnership Board Steering Group
• College in the Community
• Working Neighbourhood Pilot, Job Centre Plus Steering Group
• SOUL (Soft Outcomes and Universal Learning) Steering Group

The Community Apprenticeship Programme for Minority Ethnic Groups (CAPMEG)

The Community Apprenticeship Programme for Minority Ethnic Groups (CAPMEG) offers minority ethnic individuals and groups the chance to share their experience and skills with each other and the wider community.
At the same time it offers participants the chance to learn about community work and developing their community involvement through practical activity within their own groups or other community projects.

CAPMEG will empower minority ethnic people and groups by:

• Linking them into existing networks and related activities
• Helping set up networks where they do not exist
• Valuing the existing skills and experience of all participants
• Creating the opportunity for mutual sharing and learning
• Providing good quality community work training
• Providing links to other associated training through member groups of College in the Community
• Providing supervision and mentoring
• Organising and supervising practical community work
• Assisting participants in building a portfolio of skills, knowledge and experience
• Involving participants in the development of the programme
• Getting the support of individuals and groups already in touch with minority ethnic communities
• Helping participants to find funding for their own community projects as they are developed

This is a pilot programme which will run until March 31st 06.
It is developed and managed by Community Connections in collaboration with other partners.
It is funded by the Government's Single Community Programme.