Our work |
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Sixteen runs a range of employment, education and enterprise programmes in and around Bristol. We work with a range of partners, practitioners and providers to deliver better job outcomes for people with learning difficulties and/or autistic people. Our current programmes are shown below
We Work for Everyone
We work for Everyone is designed to support people with a learning difficulty, and autistic people in the West of England to find a pathway into paid work. It aims to empower people by finding employment, promoting independence and challenging social isolation. Sixteen is working with partners from Bristol City Councils' Employment Skills and Learning Team, to offer evidenced based supported employment services aimed at people in the community or completing one of the internship programmes. In addition, we continue to work with people with a learning disability who have already been supported into work |
Supported Internships
Project Pilot is a Supported Internship that aims to support young people with learning disabilities or autism, who do not have an EHCP, into paid work. Funded by the Department for Education project Pilot runs from April 2025 - June 2026 Working with colleagues from the Community Education team at Bristol City Council and the NHS, Sixteen provider specialist job coaching support designed for young people with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) who want to work. |
A Clean Sweep Co-operative Ltd
Clean Sweep is a co-operative run by people with learning difficulties which offers office and domestic cleaning services across Bristol. www.acleansweep.org.uk/ We are delighted to be part of a unique collaboration between Clean Sweep and two other well-known local co-operatives - Sixteen Co-operative Ltd and Co-operative Assistance Network Limited (CAN). This exciting new venture will not only ensure Clean Sweeps current business activities can continue with the specialist support that Sixteen can offer but to create opportunities to enable all co-operatives to thrive beyond the pandemic. As community inclusivity already sits at the heart of everything we do, our focus will continue to be on disable people, our members and our wider community. |
Next Steps
Next Steps is designed to support care leavers with a supportive pathway into the workforce, enhancing their employability and career prospects. Run by South Gloucestershire Council, Next Steps combines educational components focused on employment preparation with a 6-week on-the-job work placement. Following completion of the work experience programme, Job Coaching support continues for 12 weeks aimed at helping the young people transition into paid employment. Throughout the programme, Sixteen applies supported employment practices by getting to know the young person and developing a Vocational Profile and Employment Plan, and matching their skills and interests to the need of local employers. |
Schools programmes
Sixteen continues to seek to achieve a step change in the engagement and support of young people with SEND, their parents/carers, education settings and employers so that we can improve career aspirations and provide targeted support to improve employment outcomes for young people. This work includes
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