our journey …
Here’s a snapshot of our journey to this point …
2012
Jill Chapman and I meet for the first time ... little did we know where this journey would take us! We share our experiences and skills and explore how we might work together ... but at this point it’s probably our values that connect most strongly and sow the seeds for what was to come ...
2014
We get the opportunity to design and run a course for the unemployed, organised by the Letchworth Arts Centre and funded by the DWP ... we loved it and wanted to do some more.
We run one more programme in this year which firmly whets our appetite to do lots more of this!
2016
After spending a year (2015) looking at ways to secure more funding to do this work love we decide it’s time to create a new, socially based entity, totally focused on supporting the community in which we live ... Create Community CIC is born
A
Our wonderfully productive journey with Step2Skills begins HERE
2017
We continue to thrive, supporting more and more individuals and enjoying making a real difference to those we set out to support.
Space is often a challenge for us and we decide, once again, to take the plunge and secure a bigger space in the same building ... this time on the ground floor to ensure all those with disabilities can access our provision.
B
Our great relationship with settle begins here
2018
We secure our first major contracts to deliver both wellbeing and employability courses. In addition we are also funded to offer mentoring and host a weekly drop-in facility.
We take the plunge and decide to rent our first premises ... essentially a room on the first floor of an old industrial and characterful building 10 minutes from the centre of Letchworth ... it may have been small but it was our first home!
2020
t’s time for the big one ... we decide to rent our own space ... right in the heart of Letchworth ... the foundations of a long term legacy ...