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£3,750,000 funding boost to help homeless people into jobs and training in Yorkshire & the Humber
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£3,750,000 funding boost to help homeless people into jobs and training in Yorkshire & the Humber
Published: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:43:34
A small business incubator in Leeds, a retail skills scheme in Grimsby, and warehousing skills schemes across the region are among five homelessness projects in Yorkshire & the Humber to have been awarded a provisional allocation of £3.75 million to upgrade facilities and create more training and employment opportunities for homeless people, Junior Housing Minister Iain Wright announced recently.
The investment will help some of the most vulnerable people in the region to gain the skills and confidence to move on to independence.
Communities and Local Government's 'places of change' programme has already achieved dramatic results by transforming hostels into 'not just a place for the night, but a place back into the world of work.' There has already been a 30 per cent increase in clients moving on successfully into training, education, employment, or independent living as a result of new services available.
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