Jobs scheme boost for the unemployed
ANEW pilot scheme to help unemployed people in the Liverpool City Region get back into work has been welcomed by a group of influential business organisations.
Households Into Work is one of six initiatives across England to benefit from a funding pot of £35m.
It has been developed by the Liverpool City Region – which includes Halton – in partnership with the Government.
It will focus efforts on households where two or more adults are out of work. Up to £28m will be provided for the six schemes by the Department For Work And Pensions, while the remaining finance will be provided by the combined authorities across the country.
More than 18,000 disadvantaged people and long-term jobseekers, including disabled and older people, will receive specialist tailored support.
Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram said: “Improving the employment and skills prospects for our residents is a key priority for the combined authority.
“Our Households Into Work programme is an example of where assisting our residents with tailored support will help them to prosper, as well creating opportunities that they might previously not have been able to access.
“I look forward to seeing this programme develop over the coming months.”
The new pilots – which follow the recent publication of the Work, Health & Disability Green Paper – were agreed with six combined authority areas as part of devolution deals to hand new funding and powers back to local areas across the country.
The schemes are aimed at boosting growth and jobs by working with the new com- ● bined authority mayors.
Households into Work has been welcomed by the G12, a collaborative group of leading business organisations.
It includes the Confederation Of British Industry, Down- town In Business, the Federation Of Small Businesses, the Institute Of Directors, Liverpool BID Company, Professional Liverpool, the Social Enterprise Network and The Women’s Organisation.