History

The project has been predominantly developed by women who have experience of working in non traditional areas in a variety of fields (from Motor Mechanics to Surveying) both in the industries and as lecturers in further or higher education. In more recent years as the project team has grown, additional expertise for instance in mentoring, has helped enhance the work of the project activities.

The project originated in January 1998 with funding from the NOW strand of the ESF ‘Employment’ initiative. During this time the project had 4 national partners and 4 European partners. Let’s TWIST was highly successful and a wealth of materials were produced during this phase of the project which includes a number of reports