RCVDA are delighted to announce that a funding request on behalf of the Tees Valley Employability Partnership, led by Humankind to the National Lottery Community Fund, North East and Cumbria Region has been successful.
The partnership is made up of 11 VCSE organisations operating across the Tees Valley and sees three awards, totalling £1.3m for the LEAP project, which will be led by Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Humankind and Tandem.
This funding will see services delivered to individuals supporting them to improve health and wellbeing, become active in their communities, improve their financial situation and move into training, education or employment.
What is the LEAP programme?
The LEAP programme offers a wide range of services to support people into employment, or to move closer into employment.
The service covers the whole of the Tees Valley, and we can support people with the following:
- Finance
- Benefits
- Employability skills
- Emotional wellbeing
- Access to Community Groups
- Social Engagement
- General Employment, Advice and Guidance
One of the main benefits of this partnership is that people are unlikely to be put on a waiting list, so they can get support quickly and easily.
If you are supporting people, or know of people who are 18+, live in the Tees Valley area, not currently in employment and would like support to gain Employment then please let us know.
LEAP – Lifelong, Employment, Achievement, Productivity – is a partnership between Humankind, Tandem, Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough Citizens Advice Middlesbrough, Stockton and District Advice and Information Service, Hartlepool Citizens Advice, Middlesbrough VDA, Redcar & Cleveland VDA, Let’s Connect, and Changing Lives.
