Milestone to provide training for Poplar HARCA

28 April 2014
MILESTONE GROUP PLC
("Milestone" or the "Company")

Milestone to provide training for Poplar HARCA

Milestone, the AIM quoted (AIM: MSG) provider of digital media and technology solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association ("Poplar HARCA") to provide a pilot of the Spirituality for Kids ("SFK") resilience and emotional intelligence training to a number of vulnerable groups of young adults who are part of their hardest to engage residents

Poplar HARCA is a Private Registered Provider and Registered Charity. It owns and manages around 9,000 homes and community spaces in East London. Its aim is "to make Poplar a place where people choose to live, work and enjoy life" which it realises by investing in physical and community regeneration.  It delivers a variety of programmes with a remit to empower and achieve. Some of its residents fall into the extremely vulnerable category and Poplar HARCA has contracted Milestone to provide this training to help support them to become navigators of their own lives and in so doing integrating back into community, society and employment.

In February 2014, Milestone announced that it had expanded the scope of its licence with Spirituality for Kids International Inc. to incorporate additional training materials for young people. These products form the basis of a suite of training products being developed to underpin the Company's Passion Project initiative.

Deborah White, Chief Executive, commented:

"We are excited by the start of what we see will be an ongoing relationship with Poplar HARCA. The work they deliver in the community is essential to improve the lives of so many in the local area in one of London's most deprived Boroughs. This is the early stage of a pilot that is anticipated to see this collaboration expand and integrate more fully into the Passion Project in the near future."

Andrea Baker, Director of Housing at Poplar HARCA, commented:

"Working with Milestone Group is a fantastic opportunity for Poplar HARCA and our residents.  We have high expectations that the Passion Project will add a depth to our existing interventions which will make the difference for some of our most marginalised young people."

For further information:

Milestone Group PLC Deborah White, Chief Executive	Tel: [phone]
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nominated Adviser Liam Murray / Avi Robinson	Tel: [phone]
Hybridan LLP, Broker Claire Louise Noyce	Tel: [phone]

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