Category

• Promising Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Reduction

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (material)
• Provide benefit in-kind (experience)
• Increase employment income

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Keywords

• Social Enterprise
• Community and People Led
• Employment Opportunities
• Local Knowledge
• Lived Experience

Aim

The primary aim is to provide work opportunities and employability skills to tackle poverty in East Ayrshire – getting people into jobs, assisting them to become financially stable, and/or getting them into further education.

Summary

Grafix Design Studio & Print Shop is a social enterprise located in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. It aims to help those with barriers to employment (many of whom are living with poverty). Grafix Design Studio & Print Shop provides work experience placements and volunteering opportunities. These can be adapted to individual needs and can focus on design, manual printing processes or a mixture of both. They make giftware, which is sold in their social enterprise shop at their social entrepreneurial dining venue WG13 and on their website, as well as offering a design and print service direct to organisations and individuals. They also host creative workshops and community groups, in association with other CVOEA social enterprises, WG13 and Open Doors Community Hub.

What difference does it make?

Grafix Design Studio & Print Shop offers behind the scenes work for vulnerable people allowing them to build employment and social skills that can help gain them the experience they need to improve their situations and futures.

Key take-aways

• The way Grafix functions builds social solidarity and promotes inclusion.
• Grafix delivers their services as a part of a wider social enterprise in East Ayrshire, providing a wide range of development opportunities to meet a range of interests.
• The interest in creative services and products offered by Grafix has been sustained and continues to grow steadily.

 

Organisations

Part of CVOEA (Council of Voluntary Organisations East Ayrshire)

Location

East Ayrshire

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