D2N2 LEP priority areas

The priority areas for the D2N2 LEP are as follows. Below each priority area is a list of individuals within the voluntary and community sector who are interested in working in partnership to deliver collaborative projects within the priority area.

If you would like to get in contact with one of these individuals to discuss working in collaboration with them or if you would like to be added to one of the lists email information@one-em.org.uk.

Some organisations on the lists below are looking for partners to collaborate in delivering specific projects. For further information on these projects click on the organisation’s name.

For further information on LEPs and to view their strategies visit www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/leps.



  1. Innovation
  • Support for smart specialisation collaborative research between enterprises, research institutions and public institutions;
  • Support for the commercialisation and enterprise of new products and business processes; and
  • Investment in the development of innovation space and facilities, including equipment, with the capability to serve as a platform, catalyst and host for innovation and innovative relationships.

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork

Simon Bernacki

Disability Nottinghamshire

Serena Bradshaw

Goddard Consultants CIC

Carol Burkitt

A Place To Call Our Own

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Karen Dexter

Disabilities Living Centre

Rachael Grime

Derby Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Michael Huxley

Nottingham Trent University

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Sharon Marshall

Right Track Social Enterprise

Maureen O’Callaghan

Now Un Limited

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC
  1. ICT
  • Support packages that allow SMEs and social enterprises to increase their awareness of the local ICT offer, specifically the latest technologies on offer, and how it can benefit their operations;
  • Support to help SMEs and social enterprises to build improved ICT connections into their day to day business to improve efficiency, productivity and explore new markets; and
  • Work with SMEs and social enterprises to explore opportunities for new product and service offers using enhanced ICT networks, knowledge and skills.

Simon Bernacki

Disability Nottinghamshire

Andria Birch

Workers' Educational Association

Serena Bradshaw

Goddards Consultants CIC

Carol Burkitt

A Place To Call Our Own

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Derventio Housing Trust

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

John Siddall

Age Concern Chesterfield & District

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC

Lynn Tupling

Bassetlaw Action Centre

Claire Winfield

Sight Support Derbyshire
  1. SME competitiveness
  • Access to finance;
  • Investment readiness programme for SMEs; and
  • Incubation and Grow On Space to ensure there is an adequate supply of incubation and grow on space at key locations.

Barry Bate

Visit New Mills

Linny Beaumont

Prince's Trust

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork
Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Lisa Capell

Prince's Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Derventio Housing Trust

Gemma Cave

NEP Energy Services

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Karen Dexter

Disabilities Living Centre

Jacky Dobson

Meadows Partnership Trust

Heather Downey

Nottinghamshire Fit For Work Service

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Malcolm Hackett

Greenwood Partnership

Richard Hazledine

ConnectMore Solutions

Michael Huxley

Nottingham Trent University

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Rachel Manton

Prince's Trust

Peter Markin

The Renewal Trust

Ian Marshall

Mansfield CVS

Sharon Marshall

Right Track Social Enterprise

Jill Meeds

Clowne and District Community Transport

Richard Mountford

Ashbourne Community Transport

Helen Naylor

Netherfield Art, Craft & Skill Centre

Maureen O'Callaghan

Now Un Limited

Alex Raynor

Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Association

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC

Jim Vernon

OATS

Graham Wood

NGi Ltd
  1. Low carbon
  • Helping SMEs to move to renewable and low carbon fuels to generate heat and power; and
  • Assist the market to develop, design and manufacture materials, goods and services with embedded low carbon technologies.

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Deventio Housing Trust

Gemma Cave

NEP Energy Services

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Shelley Gill

Branching Out/A1 Housing
Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Michael Huxley

Nottingham Trent University

Charles Jolly

Transition Buxton

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Michelle Nally

Community Action Derby

Judith Nathanail

Land Quality Management Ltd

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food

Graham Wood

NGi Ltd
  1. Climate change
  • Flood mitigation measures that support the protection of existing major employment areas;
  • Flood mitigation measures focused on strategically important sites and areas identified as central to realising growth aspirations; and
  • Initiatives that actively involve communities in the planning and management of flood risk.

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Malcolm Marshall

Derbyshire County Council

Michelle Nally

Community Action Derby

Judith Nathanail

Land Quality Management Ltd
Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food

  1. Protecting the environment/resource efficiency
  • Activities to assess and implement improvements in resource use planning amongst SMEs to establish innovative approaches; and
  • Support knowledge transfer both in relation to technical expertise and practical applications in business and communities.

Sandie Abberley

Rural Action Derbyshire

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Derventio Housing Trust

Gemma Cave

NEP Energy Services

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Malcolm Hackett

Greenwood Partnership

Charles Jolly

Transition Buxton

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Malcolm Marshall

Derbyshire County Council

Richard Mountford

Ashbourne Community Transport

Michelle Nally

Community Action Derby

Judith Nathanail

Land Quality Management Ltd

Tania Pells

Creswell Crags

Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food
  1. Supporting transport
  • Improving the accessibility and viability of priority employment and development sites in the LEP area including sustainability and individualised travel planning; and
  • Promoting smarter and sustainable travel at the city and borough level, within the Peak District National Park and the visitor economy.

Carolyn Bleakley

Glossop Community Transport

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Matthew Easter

Sustrans

Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Malcolm Marshall

Derbyshire County Council

Max McCulloch

Cycling for Everyone

Richard Mountford

Ashbourne Community Transport

Judith Nathanail

Land Quality Management Ltd

Alistair Rogerson

Voluntary & Community Services Peaks & Dales

Bob Rowley

Community Transport for Town & County

Lynn Tupling

Bassetlaw Action Centre
Sue Wolton

Adullam

  1. Promoting employment/supporting labour mobility
  • Brokering opportunities between young people and local employers to encourage work placements, apprenticeships, traineeships, graduate placements and direct employment in growth and high employment sectors;
  • Innovative activities to support young people who are not in employment, education or training to enter the labour market, including those with poor literacy and numeracy skills and with no or few qualifications;
  • Activities that focus on increasing the employability and work readiness of young people;
  • Providing more intensive support, including through multi-agency approaches, than available through mainstream sources to help people move towards, enter and progress in work;
  • Promoting self employment as a route out of worklessness and supporting people to take the steps forward to achieve this;
  • Offering new approaches to work experience, including volunteering, and training to support people to move towards and enter employment in existing high employment sectors; and
  • Support for community led approaches to skills development where they can help to increase levels of engagement, for example in rural areas, or to individuals facing specific issues such as low income and low skills.

Sandie Abberley

Wheels to Work Derbyshire

Kris Ambler

Nottinghamshire Advice Network

Helen Azar

The Centre Place

Dave Bacon

Bassetlaw Action Centre

Jo Baines

Volunteer Centre Glossop

Linny Beaumont

Prince's Trust

Simon Bernacki

Disability Nottinghamshire

Andria Birch

Workers' Educational Association

Carolyn Bleakley

Glossop Community Transport

Tina Boddington

YMCA Derbyshire

Serena Bradshaw

Goddard Consultants CIC

Geoff Burgess

Bassetlaw Children's Centre

Carol Burkitt

A Place To Call Our Own

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Lisa Capell

Prince's Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Deventio Housing Trust

Mark Clark

Inside n Out CIC

Sue Clarke

Salcare

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Paul Davies

Clowne Enterprise / LEO (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) / Loundsley Green Community Trust

Karen Dexter

Disabilities Living Centre

Heather Downey

Nottinghamshire Fit For Work Service

Matt Easter

Sustrans

David Eccles

Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre

Moby Farrands

Partnership Council

Lesley German

Home Start High Peak

Shelley Gill

Branching Out/A1 Housing

Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Kim Harper

DLDC

Don Hayes

Enable

Richard Hazledine

ConnectMore Solutions

Bill Husband

Third Sector Coaching

Jackie Insley

Sherwood & Newark Citizens Advice Bureau

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Helen Kearsley-Cree

Nottingham CVS

Angela Kerry

SDVSMHF

Peter Loewenstein

Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum

Neil MacLaren

Nottinghamshire YMCA

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Rachel Manton

Prince's Trust

Ian Marshall

Mansfield CVS

Sue Maslowska

Citizens Advice Broxtowe

Max McCulloch

Cycling for Everyone

Rebecca McIntyre

Derbyshire VCI Consortium

Jill Meeds

Clowne & District Community Transport

Sharon Mills

Meadows Partnership Trust

Andrea Moulding

Thera

Richard Mountford

Ashbourne Community Transport

Linda Newman

SOUL Voluntary Group

Maureen O'Callaghan

Now Un Limited

David Oakes

Carers Federation

Sarah Paisley

Derbyshire Dales CVS

Jill Pateman

Bassetlaw CVS

Tania Pells

Creswell Crags

Beata Polanowska

Signpost to Polish Success

Alex Raynor

Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

Andrew Redfern

Framework Housing Association

Alistair Rogerson

Voluntary & Community Services Peaks & Dales

Liam Russell

Wheels to Work Nottinghamshire

Stephen Saddington

Bassetlaw CAB

Norma Saunders

Dawn Chorus Education Initiative CIC & Juno Enterprise Charitable Association

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

Chris Senior

Framework Housing Association

Diane Sheppard

Chesterfield Community Care Farm

Jo Solbe

Derby Homes

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC

Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food

Jim Vernon

OATS

Teresa Waldron

Derbyshire Law Centre

Wendy Walton-Towle

Think Children

Chrissie Wells

Oscar Nottingham

Cheryl Weston

Nottingham Law Centre

Helen Whitney

Shine Nottinghamshire CIC

Claire Winfield

Sight Support Derbyshire

Sue Wolton

Adullam

Graham Wood

NGi Ltd

Eleanor Youdell

Double Impact

Karen Ziglam

Royal Mencap Society

  1. Promoting social inclusion/combating poverty
  • Tailored support measures to target specific geographies experiencing high rates of social exclusion and poverty, e.g. troubled families and people with low levels of basic skills;
  • Approaches to tackling barriers to work in an integrated way to include, but not limited to, addressing a combination of caring responsibilities, access to transport, literacy and numeracy skills, health issues and digital inclusion;
  • Support to develop the capacity of social enterprises and community groups to address local support needs as well as support for the delivery of other bottom up active inclusion measures;
  • Developing locally specific inclusion initiatives, including through community led local development and community based learning approaches;
  • Initiatives that support enterprise and social enterprise as a route to economic activity and inclusion;
  • Tackling barriers to work across a range of communities including people with disabilities, BME and migrant communities, ex-offenders, people with mental health issues and young people distant from the labour market;
  • Activities that provide people excluded from the labour market with experience of a working environment to help them build their skills and confidence, e.g. work experience placements; and
  • Activities to combat discrimination in the labour market and promote equal opportunities.

Sandie Abberley

Wheels to Work - Rural Action Derbyshire

Saira Ali

Derbyshire VCI Consortium

Helen Azar

The Centre Place

Dave Bacon

Bassetlaw Action Centre

Jo Baines

Volunteer Centre Glossop

Linny Beaumont

Prince's Trust

Simon Bernacki

Disability Nottinghamshire

Albert Biete

Baltus Healthcare

Andria Birch

Workers' Educational Association

Carolyn Bleakley

Glossop Community Transport

Tina Boddington

YMCA Derbyshire

Paul Bohan

High Peak Foodbanks

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork

Serena Bradshaw

Goddard Consultants CIC

Gill Brookes

Ashfield District Council

Geoff Burgess

Bassetlaw Children's Centre

Carol Burkitt

A Place To Call Our Own

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Lisa Capell

Prince's Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Deventio Housing Trust

Gemma Cave

NEP Energy Services

Mark Clark

Inside n Out CIC

Julia Cook

The Farming Life Centre

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Paul Davies

Clowne Enterprise / LEO (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) / Loundsley Green Community Trust

Karen Dexter

Disabilities Living Centre

Alan Diggles

HOPE Community Services

Heather Downey

Nottinghamshire Fit For Work Service

Matt Easter

Sustrans

Lesley German

Home Start High Peak

Sarah-Jane Green

Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice Bureau
Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachael Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Kim Harper

DLDC

Don Hayes

Enable

Richard Hazledine

ConnectMore Solutions

Dorothy Inger

SPODA

Jackie Insley

Sherwood & Newark Citizens Advice Bureau

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Charles Jolly

High Peak Night Stop

Helen Kearsley-Cree

Nottingham CVS

Neil MacLaren

Nottinghamshire YMCA

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Rachel Manton

Prince's Trust

Ian Marshall

Mansfield CVS

Sharon Marshall

Right Track Social Enterprise

Sue Maslowska

Citizens Advice Broxtowe

Maria Mason

Rethink Mental Illness

Rebecca McIntyre

Derbyshire VCI Consortium

Sharon Mills

Meadows Partnership Trust

Richard Mountford

Ashbourne Community Transport

Michelle Nally

Community Action Derby

Linda Newman

SOUL Voluntary Group

Maureen O'Callaghan

Now Un Limited

Sarah Paisley

Derbyshire Dales CVS

Jill Pateman

Bassetlaw CVS

Frank Raspin

Nottinghamshire County Council

Alex Raynor

Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

Lynne Richardson

Disabilities Living Centre

Paul Roberts

Nottinghamshire County Council

Stephen Saddington

Bassetlaw CAB

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

Chris Senior

Framework Housing Association

Rhian Stead

MENCAP

Paul Stears

Release Financial Charity

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC

Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food

Jim Vernon

OATS

Teresa Waldron

Derbyshire Law Centre

Chrissie Wells

Oscar Nottingham

Helen Whitney

Shine Nottinghamshire CIC

Sue Wolton

Adullam

Eleanor Youdell

Double Impact

Karen Ziglam

Royal Mencap Society
  1. Investment in education, skills and lifelong learning
  • Support for residents to develop higher level skills, including through vocational learning routes and active employer engagement in such initiatives;
  • Innovative approaches to intermediate, vocational and higher level vocational provision, including IAG;
  • Internship and placement programmes to encourage the employment of graduates and post graduates; and
  • Innovative entrepreneurship programmes to encourage graduates post graduates to start a business.

Saira Ali

Derbyshire VCI Consortium

Helen Azar

The Centre Place

Dave Bacon

Bassetlaw Action Centre

Linny Beaumont

Prince's Trust

Simon Bernacki

Disability Nottinghamshire

Andria Birch

Workers' Educational Association

Tina Boddington

YMCA Derbyshire

Jo Bradley-Fortune

Groundwork

Serena Bradshaw

Goddard Consultants CIC

Geoff Burgress

Bassetlaw Children's Centre

Carol Burkitt

A Place To Call Our Own

Patrick Candler

Sherwood Forest Trust

Lisa Capell

Prince's Trust

Jackie Carpenter

Deventio Housing Trust

Helen Chamberlain

Artreach

Mark Clark

Inside n Out CIC

Nina Dauban

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Paul Davies

Clowne Enterprise / LEO (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) / Loundsley Green Community Trust

Karen Dexter

Disabilities Living Centre

Rachel Emmett

Dance 4

Lesley German

Home Start High Peak

Shelley Gill

Branching Out/A1 Housing

Sylvia Green

Rural Action Derbyshire

Rachel Grime

Derbyshire Community Foundation/Foundation Derbyshire

Chris Hall

The Hive, Nottingham Trent University

Kim Harper

DLDC

Richard Hazledine

ConnectMore Solutions

Bill Husband

Third Sector Coaching

Michael Huxley

Nottingham Trent University

Jackie Insley

Sherwood & Newark Citizens Advice Bureau

Esther Jones

High Peak CVS

Helen Kearsley-Cree

Nottingham CVS

Angela Kerry

SDVSMHF

Jasmine Kubski

Change Agents UK

Neil MacLaren

Nottinghamshire YMCA

Ian Major

The Sherwood Forest Trust

Rachel Manton

Prince's Trust

Ian Marshall

Mansfield CVS

Sharon Marshall

Right Track Social Enterprise

Sue Maslowska

Citizens Advice Broxtowe

Rebecca McIntyre

Derbyshire VCI Consortium

Sharon Mills

Meadows Partnership Trust

Linda Newman

SOUL Voluntary Group

Maureen O’Callaghan

Now Un Limited

Tania Pells

Creswell Crags

Jill Pateman

Bassetlaw CVS

Andrew Price

Enable

Frank Raspin

Nottinghamshire County Council

Alex Raynor

Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

Lynne Richardson

Disabilities Living Centre

Stephen Saddington

Bassetlaw CAB

Carol Scawthon

New Roots Housing Project

Chris Senior

Framework Housing Association

Jo Solbe

Derby Homes

Jennie Street

Rhubarb Farm CIC

Alison Swan Parente

The School Of Artisan Food

Jim Vernon

OATS

Teresa Waldron

Derbyshire Law Centre

Chrissie Wells

Oscar Nottingham

Helen Whitney

Shine Nottinghamshire CIC

Graham Wood

NGi Ltd

Karen Ziglam

Royal Mencap Society