
Building Better Opportunities Stafford & South Staffordshire is a jointly funded project by The National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund. The project was awarded £2.3m and aims to help those who experience multiple barriers to move closer to employment.
The three-year project will focus on key groups who typically find they have multiple barriers to overcome when finding suitable employment. These are:
The project will tackle the barriers that prevent these groups of people from accessing support with more opportunities for education and training, improved health and wellbeing services, better financial help and new programmes to build people’s confidence.
Support will be provided to help people build self-confidence and develop or acquire new skills in key areas where they might be experiencing difficulties. These are:
To find out more about Building Better Opportunities Stafford & South Staffordshire visit www.bbostaffs.org, email jenny.kirkby@ssha.co.uk or call 0300 3000059.