Telecentre &
Business School
Investing in You
About
"Winner of the 2012 Leading Wales Award - Leadership in Social Enterprise"
The Telecentre & Business School (TABS) is a social enterprise established as a company limited by guarantee in July 1995. Its business mission is to support personal development to individual and community benefit through the provision of learning opportunities and the creation of new businesses, particularly social businesses. TABS have a long tradition of working in partnership to meet the needs of local residents with partners including UCW Swansea, the University of Glamorgan, Coleg Morganwg the Workers Educational Association, Manpower, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust and Communities First.
Currently our main focus is on helping NEETS (Not-in-Education, Employment or Training) into employment. The organisation currently delivers a range of activities aimed at tackling youth unemployment and encourage enterprise as a path out out of unemployment. These activities include skills training, personal development training (Pacific Institute), vocational work-placements, employability advice and guidance, multi-media training (Purple Sheep Digital), business and enterprise training (particularly social enterprise), mentoring and coaching.
The organisation has won the Leading Wales Award for 'Leadership in Social Enterprise 2012' and the Head of the Valleys Innovation Award for 'Most Innovative Social Enterprise' in 2010, and recently the Guardian's 'Social Enterprise Job Creation' Competition 2013 for our work getting young people back into employment.
We have recently employed a dedicated Creative Development Officer and Youth Engagement Officer and provide a range of free arts and media training to local residents, in particular those aged 16-24.

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TABS Training
Interview with Managing Director Paul Nagle (Winner of the Leading Wales - Social Enterprise Innovation Award 2012)

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Partners
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Tornado Films - Interlink - QWEST - Worker's Education Association
Anytime Films - Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Wales Co-Op Centre
Communities First
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Business we have helped through our incubation service:

Dark Skies Wales - provide exciting workshop sessions designed to inspire young learners and to encourage them to take an interest in science, mathematics and engineering (STEM).
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Acrow Cymru - is a social enterprise supporting young people in developing their confidence and skills in construction and environmental trades.
Apple-Cresh - is Rhondda-based childcare business, delivering childcare services from home.
Sustainable Computer Care - a not-for-profit Social Enterprise set up to bring ICT to the digitally excluded. They offer new and custom build PCs, a repairs service, a FREE ICT advice clinic and a recycling facility for unwanted hardware.
Jones Cleaning Services - is a South Wales-based domestic and commercial window cleaning business.
The Hub - is based in Pontypridd town centre. The venue boasts a flexible and dedicated conference or meeting facilities ranging from rooms for small groups to a fully functioning board room, break out area, meeting room and catering kitchen.
Eternal Bliss - offer funerals, no frills to all singing and dancing, dignified yet enjoyable and memorable as can be. They can cater for all faiths and non-faiths, Non-Traditional/Semi-traditional and Traditional.