Faith · Community · Employability · Entrepreneurship

Birmingham Vineyard — building a stronger pathway from community support to work and enterprise.

Birmingham Vineyard already has employability activity within its Compassion work. Sanctuary’s programme-development work focuses on creating a more continuous pathway that can connect people with skills, employment and entrepreneurship rather than stopping at isolated workshops.

Programme-development workSanctuary Project Portfolio

Existing context

Birmingham Vineyard publicly runs Employability Workshops, including activities such as mock interviews with schools and colleges.

Sanctuary's programme direction

  • Structure employability as a continuing pathway rather than a one-off workshop
  • Connect short foundational training with real employment pathways
  • Develop entrepreneurship as a parallel route for suitable participants
  • Use practical business environments as learning and progression opportunities
  • Create progression from participant to worker, leadership and potentially independent enterprise

Pilot thinking

Hot Snack has been discussed as an early practical environment for connecting short employability preparation with real work experience and progression.

Long-term vision

The wider idea is for a church/community ecosystem that can identify capability, strengthen employability, support enterprise and help participants move towards sustainable economic participation.

This page describes Sanctuary’s business-development or programme-development involvement. It does not imply ownership of, or an exclusive formal partnership with, an independent organisation unless specifically stated.