PATRA East Midlands

Vision:

To create a sustainable company that provides exceptional services that transforms organisations and improves individual life chances.

Mission:

To become a ‘centre of excellence’ for Capacity Building, empowerment of individuals and enterprises within the African Caribbean and BME Communities.

PATRA was established in 1987 and is a registered charity and also a company limited by guarantee. It is a not-for-profit developing social enterprise which aims to address the under-utilisation of BME young and older people within the labour force by providing cost effective positive action training to individuals in those communities. It seeks to provide a solid foundation for capacity building and empowerment of individuals to enable them to compete equally for jobs and be able to contribute to and participate fully in the society in which they live.