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Growing successful organisations and businesses

Positive changes for the third sector, social enterprises and creative industries

Tangible economic, social and cultural benefits

Track record of success with large and small organisations at local, regional and national level

Vision, experience and a creative approach to achieve the right outcome at the right price.

Development work

Perfect Moment is always carrying out development work on a range of short to long term projects. Below is a sample of projects we have been working on recently:

Education

Hall for Cornwall have appointed Perfect Moment to assist them with the development of a new and ambitious education strategy. This strategy forms an important part of the Hall for Cornwall’s current work to make itself even more accessible to all in Cornwall. The strategy will recognise the Hall for Cornwall’s responsibilities as the largest National Portfolio Organisation in Cornwall and will provide the basis for strong working partnerships with other relevant education organisations.

Business Development

We are continuing to work with AoC Create, the commercial wing of the Association of Colleges (the national FE body) helping them on a numbre of business areas. Latest development concerns market research for their Interim Management service.

Perfect Moment won the commission to develop a new business model for this Kernow Education Arts Partnership who have recently lost their Arts Council Strategic funding. We are working with staff and trustees to develop a new, more entrepreneurial, model including the development of a brand new service The Story Republic – a multi media approach to stimulating creative writing which will appeal to schools and to Cornwall’s tourist market!

Developing Capital Projects

We are working on early stage capital development work for Brighton Dome, one of the foremost Heritage sites in the South East. It comprises three major arts venues and is home to the internationally renowned Brighton Festival.

We are also still progressing with the business planning stage for Krowji - Cornwall's flagship creative industries business centre in Redruth.

Evaluation & Research

Eden Project

Perfect Moment are in the final stages of our evaluation support for the Eden Project's ground breaking Green Foundation project which has supported over 300 Cornish businesses to improve their knowledge of Sustainability and the Low Carbon economy.

European Social Fund

Perfect Moment, on behalf of Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum, have carried out research exploring and highlighting the contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector, in Cornwall, to the delivery and success of ESF Convergence Programme. The report is entitled Convergence Matters.

We recently completed 2 Convergence evaluations for the INVOLVE programme and Vocational Routeways which was led by Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change.

Also Perfect Moment in partnership with the Marchmont Observatory at Exeter University have won the tender to deliver a number of evaluations of the European Social Fund programmes run by Cornwall’s highly successful Learning Partnership. One of the largest organisations of its kind in the country, the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Learning Partnership has been responsible for managing over £25m of European Social Fund programmes delivering training to over 20,000 learners. The partnership is made up of 22 organisations from the public, private and community sectors who are all significant training organisations.

At present, Perfect Moment and Marchmont Observatory are evaluating, as part of this contract, the following:

Clusters programme – a £4m programme developing local partnerships to deliver skills training to the workforce which specifically matches local employers skills needs.
ACE - Apprenticeships, Curriculum Developments and Enterprise/Entrepreneurial Culture -
ACE is investing in developing and delivering vocational teaching and learning resources and personalised programmes, enabling young people who are not in education, employment or training to access appropriate learning, training and/or employment. The project aims to make learning relevant, to raise aspirations, maximise potential, build confidence and embed lifelong learning and progression.
Skills 4 Work - This programme is working with a wide range of public sector, voluntary sector and private sector providers to provide training for adults in English, maths and English for speakers of other languages leading to Skills for Life qualifications. Skills for Work receives £3,995,578 of ESF Convergence investment co-financed by the Skills Funding Agency

Completed evaluations include:

Partnership Works - delivered by a partnership of VCS and mainstream providers, this programme delivered employability skills training to members of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
Capacity Building Works – delivering health checks, capacity building support and associated skills training for 95 voluntary sector organisations
Sectors' Programme – a large £8m programme working with 13 sector support organisations to deliver skills training to the workforce