DIY Your Future supports women from two communities largely from the Pakistani community, in Sheffield to develop their confidence and self-advocacy skills. Building on popular interest in 'home make-overs', the project focused on maintenance, saving energy and DIY. Through developing practical skills in an informal setting, 30 women from the Fir Vale area of schools were supported to re-engage with learning. During the course some of them went on a media course at the University to record some of the sessions, putting together a film documenting the women's progress.

Auditions were held for people with learning difficulties and disabilities to form a music band. Forty people came from across Yorkshire and 11 were chosen. They included 3 lead singers, 2 drummers, a guitarist, saxophonist, percussionist and 2 backing singers. The project supported the band - ‘The Outsiders’ - to learn about the music business, rehearse and record a CD. Professional musicians were engaged to support the project, and a music studio provided a venue for rehearsals as well as equipment and technology. Learners developed performance skills and have grown in confidence and self esteem. They also developed ICT skills (by promoting the band online) and engaged in financial learning (learners were given a promotion budget to manage). Learners’ families and support workers reported positive changes in learners’ motivation levels and behaviour. At the end of the project The Outsiders gave two public performances.

The My Hull project aimed to strengthen strategic links with partner organisations to achieve a cohesive offer of informal adult learning across Hull in order to increase access and participation for those least likely to engage in adult learning.  The project offered a series of tasters in a variety of venues together with the creation of a learner and provider facing website and an Open Space database of resources and venues. Partners included Hull City Council Skills and Employability, Adult Education, Libraries and Museums, Hull NHS, the BBC, Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby Football Club, Goodwin Development Trust, and Volcom.

The Seaside Town Road show brought digital media learning opportunities to the residents of four deprived seaside towns, to enable them to use ICT to capture reminiscences, ideas and images about their local area. Sessions included introductions to the Internet, how to blog, how to scan and download photographs, learning to interview using podcast and vox pox, digital photography, online local history research and introductions to Skype. UK online centres delivered 29 events and engaged 1,693 people in total. 75% of learners were older learners (over 50).