OFMDFM - SIB -Delivery of the “Work It” Employment Programme

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The Southern Social Investment Fund (SIF) Zone Steering Group identified the ‘Work It’ employment project as one of its strategic priorities. The Southern Zone covers the new Council areas of Newry, Mourne and Down, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon and Mid Ulster. (Previously these areas covered Newry & Mourne, Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon and Dungannon Councils). SIF is aimed at tackling the systemic issues linked to poverty and deprivation, building pathways to employment, increasing community based services and addressing dereliction and promoting investment in the physical regeneration of deprived communities. The aim of the ‘Work It’ project is to deliver a comprehensive programme of interventions to reduce unemployment within the Southern SIF Zone by widening access to employment and creating meaningful pathways to employment for participants in the project. The overall aim of this project is to give those who are furthest removed from the labour market a pathway to employment by improving participants’ skills and general employability.