What We Do

Recent work and contracts of the AdEd Knowledge Company:

• 2006 to 2007. For Hull PCT (Primary Care Trust) research and training consultancy on Public Health and Health Trainers.
•  2006 to 2007 For South Yorkshire local authorities, Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment.
•  2007 to 2008 CIH National Certificate in Tenant Participation and Neighbourhood Renewal (two courses)
• CIH First national qualification for Gypsies and Travellers as part of ‘Moving On: changing times for Gypsies and Travellers’ (Travellers’ Site Management) (two courses)
•  2007 to 2008 for BBEMI (Barnsley Black and Ethnic Minorities Initiative) and the Heritage Lottery Fund, ‘Remembering Slavery, Building Diversity’
• Courses and workshops on Slavery, ’Witness’ DVD, Gypsy and Traveller and Roma history, Roma research conference and Report.
•  2007 Research Report on European Roma in South Yorkshire
•  2008 Rights Workshop for Gypsies and Travellers (with Northern Network of Travelling People)
•  2008 Trades Union Workshop on Migrant Workers (with UNITE and South Yorkshire Migrant Workers Support Network)
•  2008 Research Report (with Take Part) ‘Welcoming Migrant Workers?’ a survey of migrant workers in South Yorkshire.
•  2008 May Study visit on community adult education for community workers from Debrecen, Hungary.
•  2008 Summer Research Report (with dba Management) ‘Travelling Showpeople in Doncaster’ for Doncaster MBC
•  2008 September Adult Education Workshop (with other partner organisations in Sweden, France, Germany, Poland) ‘Changing the World through Adult Education’ at the European Social Forum, Malmo Sweden
•  2007 to 2009 Contribution to Workshops and publications in Gothenburg (Sweden) Recommendations on Education for Sustainable Development for UNESCO.
•  2009 May 1^st Paper on Gypsy and Traveller Research presented to inaugural workshop of Community Research Network Leeds Met University.
•  2009 May 2^nd with SYMAAG (South Yorkshire Migrants and Asylum Seekers Action Group), Barnsley Trades Council and local unions organised conference ‘Solidarity with Migrant Workers and Asylum Seekers’ in Miners Hall, Barnsley
•  2009 May Presentations to Grundtvig seminar ‘Training and Learning for Community Development’, Sofia, Bulgaria
•  2009 October ‘Tenants Movement: the Hidden History’ a day conference with Leeds Tenants Federation Saturday October 17^th

2010 August to October Evaluation of Can Do programme and Health Beat project,the Warren, Hull

2010 October to 2011 March CIH ‘Moving On: changing times for Gypsies and Travellers’ course Norfolk