Minister's delight at postive impact at Remploy

Andrew Cowie • Published 24 Feb 2010 16:00 0 Comments

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The Minister with recruit Marie Waugh.

The success of a new initiative, aimed at getting young people into work, was highlighted on Thursday in Central Fife.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, Ann McKechin MP, was in Remploy's Cowdenbeath factory to see at first hand the positive impact of the Future Jobs Fund on young people in the area.

The Minister met eight local young people who have found jobs through the Future Jobs Fund with Remploy, the UK's leading provider of specialist employment services to people experiencing complex barriers to work.

The Future Jobs Fund was launched by the Government earlier this year to create employment opportunities for unemployed young people (aged 18-24 years), and other disadvantaged people.

The Future Jobs Fund programme is a joint venture between Jobcentre Plus and its partners to provide employment opportunities lasting six months, additional to what is already being delivered in Fife.

The jobs all have a community benefit, include a training element to increase the participants' likelihood of gaining employment. The salary, pension and training costs for every person taken on as part of the Future Jobs Fund programme are being met by the Government.

Minister, Ann McKechin said during her visit to Cowdenbeath, "This is a great opportunity for young people who are finding difficulty getting into the jobs market.

"These newly created jobs will give them the experience and chance to develop their talents and skills to better prepare themselves for their future careers. The aim is to ensure that this programme helps to create trained and motivated individuals who are prepared for employment in the future." Austin Hardie, regional director from Remploy said, "We are delighted to be part of this exciting programme by offering young and disadvantaged jobseekers the chance to develop vocational skills. Across Scotland we will deliver opportunities in administration and customer service roles through our specialist recruitment branches.

"In our factories, technical, manufacturing and catering roles will be available."

Remploy is an organisation which employs mostly people with disabilities who make a whole host of heavy duty clothing items.

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