Useful Links

The Centre For Innovation and Partnerships

The Centre for Innovation and Partnerships (CIPs) is the business support and regeneration faculty of Newham College of Further Education. Utilising European and other regeneration funds and working collaboratively with a wide range of partners, CIPs has successfully opened up new ways of training and support for individuals and businesses.

www.cipsonline.com

Newham College of Further Education

The College has an international reputation for developing innovative training, inspiring regeneration of people and the local economy throughout the East End.

Newham College of FE has a reputation for widening student participation and an enormous range and variety of provision. The College has developed a comprehensive selection of outreach sites and learning partnerships across London, enlarging the college considerably.

www.newham.ac.uk

Ideas Foundation

The Ideas Foundation identifies and nurtures creatively gifted young people.

www.ideasfoundation
.org.uk

East London e-Learning

East London e-Learning (ELeL) is a not-for-profit organisation delivering on-line learning courses and qualifications via learndirect, a government supported e-learning initiative. We also provide access to a wide range of training and development services for businesses.

www.easy2learn.co.uk

University of East London

The University of East London is an exciting, diverse learning community. We aim to give our students an enthusiasm for new ideas, new knowledge and new learning, and the opportunities to excel in their chosen careers.

www.uel.ac.uk

Zip CoVE

ZiP is the name for Newham College's Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Textile Manufacturing and Design. The CoVE Award acknowledges Newham College for its work as a specialist provider in this sector, with established close links with business partners, trade associations, employers and communities that have been utilised to successfully revitalise textile, manufacturing and design industries.

www.zip-cove.co.uk

Fashion-Enter

Fashion-Enter is a dedicated not for profit company that has been created to provide fashion designers with support at any stage of their business development

www.fashion-enter.com

Fashion Awareness Direct

Fashion Awareness Direct Enables Young People to Create their Future by running workshops and competitions where fashion industry professionals inspire young people to develop skills for their future.

www.fad.org.uk

British Fashion Council

The British Fashion Council (BFC) owns and organises London Fashion Week and the Lycra British Style Awards, the annual celebration of the best of British fashion. It also seeks to help British designers to develop their businesses and has published Designer Fact File, a guide to setting up a designer fashion business, and the Designer Manufacturing Handbook. Created in 1983, the BFC is a non-profit making limited company and is financed by industry sponsors.

www.britishfashioncouncil.com

Fashion Capital

Fashion Capital aims to provide a one-stop online support resource for all areas of the Clothing and Fashion industry.

www.fashioncapital.co.uk

Tribal CTAD

For over 25 years Tribal CTAD has been working to extend education's reach. Most of what we do is designed to help those who have been excluded from the joys and rewards of learning, for whatever reason.

www.ctad.co.uk

FashionWorks

Fashionworks is a product development consultancy for the fashion industry, offering a kind of practical knowledge transfer between design and production aspects of the sector, for owners, managers, workforces and college graduates, acting as a catalyst for the industry.

With over 200 projects under its belt, Fashionworks engages with groups from unemployed designers to CMT manufacturing units, concentrating on the development of technical production skills and product commerciality and supports the development of clients products. Including brokering relationships and links between designers and manufacturers, enhancing production processes and improving product quality and viability.

www.fashion-works.co.uk

London Apparel

The London Apparel Resource Centre (LARC) and Production Innovation Centre (PIC) is the premier facility for talented designers starting out to make their mark on the international fashion market.

www.londonapparel.com

Liverpool Community College

Our mission is to provide high quality education and training which is inclusive and matches the needs of our diverse learners and the economy.

www.liv-coll.ac.uk

Liverpool Business Services

Liverpool Business Services is the employer brand of Liverpool Community College. The service is designed to add value through operational efficiencies such as: productivity, motivation and staff retention.

By listening to our customers we achieve effective and relevant training solutions.

Members of the experienced Liverpool Business Services team are keen to understand your training requirements. Programmes can be specifically tailored around your needs by using appropriate case studies and exercises.

www.livbus.co.uk