£60m investment to help people find work coming soon

We’re excited to announce that we will be launching two new programmes that will help over 16,000 people find work in our nine boroughs.

These new employment support schemes, representing around £60 million investment into the sub-region, will join our portfolio of programmes that have already helped more than 26,000 people get closer to the job market.

Both programmes will complement the services that are already available from council services and Jobcentre Plus, by helping people who may not otherwise get support.

Connect To Work

Connect to Work is a three-year* Government-funded programme that will be available to people with disabilities, those with health conditions and people with complex barriers to employment in all nine of our boroughs.

The programme will focus on giving people the support they need to get into good work quickly and then provide ongoing support to the employer and employee to help them develop in that role.

We are working with the Department of Work and Pensions and our boroughs to finalise plans to go live this summer.

Trailblazers

Launching soon, Trailblazers, a one-year programme, will trial innovative approaches to support people who are economically inactive into work.

This will include a mix of self-employment or business start-up support, childcare contributions, and training to help people find and stay in work.

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*with potential to extend for a further two years.