Welcome to
Awaaz Manchester Ltd
Awaaz Manchester Limited (AWAAZ) is based on Waterloo Road in the Cheetham Hill area and is about 1.5 miles from the centre of Manchester.
Over the previous 20 years, Awaaz has worked very closely within the community and has gained extensive experience working in the Greater Manchester area and has delivered community-based training and development activity since 2001. Awaaz understands the challenges faced in creating appropriate learning opportunities for a culturally, and socio-economically diverse community where no qualifications and poor basic skills, including language, are the key factors influencing high levels of unemployment.
Awaaz has supported adults to gain employability skills and take steps to overcome barriers to employment. Awaaz delivers high-quality provision at a community level to ensure those furthest from the workplace have access to improving their qualifications and skills. Our IAG provision and outreach projects will continue to build links with partners to ensure robust progression routes into further learning and employment for our learners.
Our main centre (The ITC Centre) offers fully accessible facilities and opens late in the evenings and weekends to accommodate learners has the following resources to support learners:
- 2 floors over 4000 square feet accommodating 160 people
- 7 training rooms equipped with computers, OHPS and WIFI
- On-site Examination Centre for Functional Skills, GCSEs and A levels
- Exam seating facility for up to 100 students
- 2 dedicated rooms for online exams.
- Secure car parking for 30 cars on-site
- Prayer room and break out areas for clients to relax
- 5 Private rooms for 1-1 support interviews
- multi-lingual staff and female-only classes
- recording studio available to learners and teaching staff
- Disabled access and toilet facility.
Among the projects we have delivered are Volunteering project
Advocacy services for people with mental health project
Move on a project for people with mental health difficulties into employment.
A community radio project as AWAAZ community radio broadcasting 24 hrs on the net.
Awaaz was selected for an award by Greater Manchester Police for excellent working partnerships and promoting Police services to the learners and wider community in North Manchester.
Awaaz was recommended by Manchester City Council to secure funding from the Home Office to deliver the PREVENT training for Manchester. This allowed us to develop more partners in the city.
Awaaz between 2012 – 2015 delivered Life in the UK Citizenship testing and delivered over 25,000 tests for the UK Border Agency.
Awaaz has been involved in a specific SFA-funded BME apprenticeship Project to identify what were the barriers to BME businesses accessing and using the apprenticeship approach.
Our partnership with Manchester city council was a big contributor to the council achieving the Excellent Quality mark in the Equalities for Local Government Framework.