£700,000 funding for project to help Fifers back into work
Kingdom Housing Association’s employability project, Kingdom Works, has secured funding of over £700k.
The money came from Skills Development Scotland and Opportunities Fife to continue to support unemployed people back into work.
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Hide AdThe organisation has been successful in its bid to deliver the national training programme, the Employability Fund, from Skills Development Scotland.
Kingdom Works support unemployed people across Fife to prepare for work by providing general support, helping to update CVs, and identifying and funding individual industry specific training.
Bill Banks, group chief executive said: “During the pandemic all our staff have been continuing to support our current clients with welfare calls, updating CVs and job search support.
“We are also in regular contact with training providers to establish the training that is currently available for clients in line with Government guidelines. We also supports the local labour market by working with local and national employers to help fill vacancies – so, anyone who is unemployed should contact us and we will try to assist them”.
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Hide AdKingdom Works was set up in 2008, when Kingdom Housing Association identified the need to help tenants and people in the local community to access training and employment. Since then, it has assisted over 6000 unemployed clients, with more than 3500 taking up accredited training opportunities, and has helped nearly 3000 Fife residents secure employment.
Lynne Dunn, Kingdom Works manager, said: “Our mission is to provide ‘More than a Home’ and our employability project is a very good example of how we deliver on this.”
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