Local charity bid services is working on a major European project that will enhance employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties and sensory disabilities.
‘Game On Extra Time’ is a continuation of the Game On project, led by Nottingham Trent University, in which a series of web based computer games to develop literacy and numeracy skills have been developed. bid services role within the original Game On project was to ensure all of the games produced were accessible and relevant to Deaf people in the UK, a role which the charity will be reprising as part of Game On Extra Time, as explained by bid services Training Officer Lynda Leddington; “Our role in Game On Extra Time is to help develop the curriculum by focussing on the creation of meaningful and suitable training to match the needs of students and the realities in the work place.”
Game On Extra Time is being delivered by a European partners network consisting of project leaders Nottingham Trent University, Greenhat Interactive and bid services, all UK based, Imotec, specialist in mobile technologies based in Lithuania and University of Pannonia from Hungry.
The partners’ representatives were brought together for the first time at a conference held in Nottingham from the 5th -8th November 2008 to kick off the project. During the conference the partners’ covered a range of subjects from project implementation and delivery through to promoting and communicating the project at European levels but it was not all hard work; “We made sure that we could share some of our culture with our European partners and got to know each other. It is vital that good working relationships are built up early on for successful project delivery. We will be working closely with each other for the next two years so it is really important we get off on the right foot.” Said project coordinator for Nottingham David Brown.
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