NAME OF ORGANISATION: The Sweet Project
LOCATION: South Birmingham
YEAR FOUNDED: 2010
ABOUT: The Sweet Project provides support services to children, families and vulnerable adults with their two key focuses being on safeguarding and improving the quality of social worker placement learning opportunities.
INVESTMENT PURPOSE: To secure and refurbish new, better-suited premises and to recruit two new business development and service delivery team members.
INVESTMENT AMOUNT: £100,000
DATE OF INVESTMENT: June 2021
SOURCE OF INVESTMENT: West Midlands SITR Fund
IMPACT: Education & Learning; Work & Employment
ABOUT: The Sweet Project is a Birmingham-based Community Interest Company which provides support services to children, families and vulnerable adults. With their two key focuses being on safeguarding and meeting the needs of those who need support, and improving the quality of social worker placement learning opportunities.
As well as offering training placements, The Sweet Project offer a range of family support services; these include a Pick and Mix parenting group for parents to meet in a relaxed environment, the Break and Stay Free service for survivors of domestic abuse, and the DALE Legacy Programme which helps perpetrators of domestic abuse understand and reflect on the impact of domestic abuse on themselves and on victims.
Other services offered by The Sweet Project include advice on benefits, debt management and housing, support groups for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and crisis intervention.
PURPOSE OF INVESTMENT: The purpose of the investment from the West Midlands SITR Fund was to enable The Sweet Project to secure and refurbish their new, better-suited premises and to recruit two new business development and service delivery team members. This will facilitate The Sweet Project in expanding the company meaning that their support services will reach more people ensuring that more children, families and vulnerable adults are provided with training, skills, support, safeguarding and protection.
Jayne Cresswell and Jayne Hulbert, Directors of The Sweet Project: “The Sweet Project was delighted to receive blended investment from Resonance earlier this year. This investment will enable our organisation to develop further university partnerships across the country, increase our staff team and enable us to continue our service delivery across the whole of South Birmingham whilst moving to more affordable premises. The Investment will help strengthen our business model moving forward by bringing in further business development support. As a Community Interest Company, we have found that over the years, funding has become increasingly difficult so this investment will also enable us to put further plans and ideas into action. On behalf of our organisation, we would like to say a huge thank you to Resonance.”
Grace England, Senior Investment Manager at Resonance: “We are so pleased to be supporting The Sweet Project’s next phase of growth – the team has provided an invaluable service to communities across South Birmingham for many years, and has demonstrated exceptional resilience throughout that time. This has included a continued commitment to delivering high quality services and support throughout the pandemic, despite increased challenges and obstacles, which has been a real credit to the team and The Sweet Project offering. This investment will help bolster the organisation going forwards, ensuring it can continue to grow for many years to come, whilst widening its impact and reach.”
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