Creative Minds Erasmus+ KA1 Adult Education project (approved 2014),delivered a trainer training course that enabled our trainers to examine and test Adult Education and training Methodologies based around arts and crafts used by host partner to engage, support and train disadvantaged group by helping them to develop skills in order to be able to access learning, training and then move into labour market opportunities.Creative Minds delivered the following activities: *Trained 40 trainers from across the UK on a 1 week Adult Education training course to Istanbul. *Improved trainer skills and competences in working with disadvantaged communities to reengage with learning *Sought to enhanced the level of adult education provision across our organisation and network of partners *Used valuable adult learning methodologies developed by our Turkish partner to engage and support hard to reach communities *Examine and trailed (back in the UK) adult education provision around arts, crafts, self employment and social enterprise *Used the learning captured to meet our own organisational needs (around new services, recognition of skills, staff training needs, learning and sharing ideas to common problems) Our trainers who undertook the training course, worked with women and other groups who have no recognisable skills, qualifications and have never worked, they lack language skills and have had difficulty integrating into UK life, education or work. These women have been prevented from working through traditions, cultural and religious beliefs, as well as personal circumstances. These women maybe living in poverty, excluded from mainstream society and in many cases unable to take control of their own lives. Our trainers work with these groups to build confidence, self-esteem, skills and levels of healthcare. We are seeking to improve the lives of these women by giving them the skills and confidence to learn/work and in doing so address issues like benefit dependency, social inclusion, poverty as well as women’s rights. Recent pro education campaigns led by Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan/UK have energised UK Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women to seek an education and take control of their lives. This project sought to address the demand form women to engage with learning and ensure appropriate resources were in place. Our trainers are working with these groups to empower and help educate them, given the landscape of national adult education training budget cuts. Through this project we trained our trainers with innovative adult education methodologies that can be applied in the UK or more broadly with other EU organisations seeking to meet the needs of this client group. Training Course provided an opportunity for our trainers to examine, test and explore the teaching methods used to engage, teach, up skill women of all ages so they can become productive part of society. Our trainers explored our host partners adult education social enterprise (SE), engagement, training systems, progression routes, dealing with complex cultural barriers to learning. This enabled our trainers to see how adult learning is promoted, how skills can provide women with a living wage that can be used to help overcome traditional barriers faced by women. Our host partner 2015 trained 230,000 adults support learners of all ages access national certified learning and qualifications for free Our partner has also developed SE, which is a true innovation as it has generated skills development, confidence, empowerment of adult learners as well as a turnover of over 2 million Turkish Lira for the women participants. ISMEK does not keep the income the women generate. The women produce high-end luxury arts and craft goods. Our learning has shown that our teaching systems need to be improved in order to better support disadvantaged BME women through culturally sensitive training. the training course provided a real opportunity to learn and and modernise our adult education provision. The results we sought from the project include: *Better trained staff and services *Modernisation of learning *Increased networking and learning between partners. *The transfer and implementation of best practice into learning *Positive learning development for our learners that lead to attitudinal change across deprived BME communities These results have a longer term value in making sure services are focused and relevant to client need. This issue of supporting BME women who have yet to integrate in to UK or other EU societies is of key importance as learning form our project will be used to support learners from traditional backgrounds in a sensitive way that helps to release their potential.