Date Posted: Oct 16, 2020
DurhamWorks is supporting unemployed young people aged 16 – 24 to secure employment by providing small businesses with a salary grant of up to £2,500.
Using the grant, the DurhamWorks team have secured employment for 50 young people in the last 12 months and helped employers to expand their workforce.
Gateway Wheelers in Hetton-Le-Hole employed Anthony Beach with the help of the DurhamWorks grant. The team supported Sarah, the manager at Gateway Wheelers, through the grant application process. Once the grant was approved, Sarah was able to recruit Anthony, a DurhamWorks participant, to the rol...
Read MoreWe work to help young people into employment, training and education. DurhamWorks is funded by the European Social Fund supported by the Youth Employment Initiative and our nine partner organisations.
The programme is funded with £29.04m from the European Council's Youth Employment Initiative and £7.26m in match funding, with the aim of helping young people from County Durham progress into work, training, education or volunteering.
We are currently funded until 2021. By then we expect to have supported nearly 10,000 16 to 24 year-olds in County Durham.
Every one of our partners offers something different. Each has its own valuable expertise and experience to help young people overcome challenges and find new opportunities.
To find out more about our partners visit our partners page.
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