Press release date : 4 June 2009
We are holding a partnership event to
find out how many different organisations can work together to
provide help to over 5,000 unemployed people on health-related
benefits into work across Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon
over the next three years.
On:
Thursday 11 June 2009, 12.30pm
At: Cheltenham
Racecourse, Gloucestershire, GL50 4SH
The government-funded Pathways to Work programme began in April
2008, and already the teams have seen hundreds of jobseekers seek
help returning to work.
The event brings together organisations such
as Jobcentre Plus, North Wessex Training, Gloucester Works, Sunrise
Training, BUPA, Glevum Training and many other local providers. The
new Mayor of Cheltenham will also be attending on the day to
acknowledge three exceptional residents who have overcome multiple
barriers to get back to work.
The day will culminate with a spectacular RAF
Parachute display to mark this momentous first step to working
together as a force for good.
We work closely with employers to match
the skills of our jobseekers to those required to fill their
vacancies. And both in-house and external training is available for
people who lack the skills needed for a position.
Nationally, since our inception in 2000, we
have helped over 110,000 people into work and over 80% are
still working a year later. We believe that tackling
worklessness helps address poverty and creates community
cohesion.