A CHARITY at the heart of its community is providing support for those most in need during lockdown. Home To Work, which runs workshop courses to build people’s confidence and help them return to work, is supporting people across West Cumbria by delivering weekly craft activities to their homes. The Skills@Home project was launched last year during the first COVID-19 lockdown when staff began putting together craft packs for clients who could no longer attend the charity’s workshops and encouraged them to share their work on social media. The project was such a success that it secured funding to continue after lockdown.
Home To Work holds workshops to help people get ready for work
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Charity reaches out to hardest hit during lockdown
Karen Jones, managing director of Home To Work
A charity at the heart of its community is providing support for those most in need during lockdown.
Home To Work, which runs workshop courses to build peopleâs confidence and help them return to work, is supporting people across West Cumbria by delivering weekly craft activities to their homes.
The [email protected] project was launched last year during the first COVID-19 lockdown when staff began putting together craft packs for clients who could no longer attend the charityâs workshops and encouraged them to share their work on social media.
Local businesses have been rallying round a Cleator Moor charity, helping it to carry out its vital work. Skills 4 You works to support adults who have been out of employment for long periods, or who have never been in employment, who struggle with social isolation, physical or mental health issues. The charity provides individually tailored training and mentoring to help improve people s chances of finding work, and encourages a holistic approach to tackling the issues preventing a person from finding work. Skills 4 You, which works alongside Home To Work and Works 4 You, is already seeing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic among those they are seeking to help, and is warning that there is an overwhelming body of evidence that there will be a massive upsurge in anxiety and depression as a result of the pandemic.