This report describes a project that adopted a curriculum development approach to meet the education and training needs of the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in Birmingham, England. Chapter 1 gives the project's purpose. Chapter 2 sets the project in its context--an outer city area. Chapter 3 describes the processes of analyzing needs and carrying out surveys and searches. Evidence is presented of the extent to which unemployed and other disadvantaged groups were already taking up learning opportunities in adult education. The chapter recounts what was learned from talking to long-term unemployed adults about their first educational experience, employment, unemployment, use of time, and aspirations. Chapter 4 describes the lessons learned from the processes of developing the curriculum through pilot projects. An account of starting up a cross-service (further education-adult education-voluntary sector) staff training and development group is included. Chapter 5 recommends types of provision of education and training. Chapter 6 offers recommendations to policymakers. Five appendixes include the Project Information Bulletin, a case study of a marketing and pilot exercise, a descriptive chart of the pilot schemes or projects, a checklist for practitioners developing an adult curriculum, and a bibliography and reference section. (YLB)