The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service will be loaning laptops to people across North Cumbria and the North East An employment service supporting people across North Cumbria who are struggling with serious mental health issues has been granted £3,240 to provide laptops on loan to the people they help. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service, run by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW), supports people who are being treated by the Trust’s Community Mental Health Teams to find, or stay in, paid work. The laptops will be loaned to people across North Cumbria and the North East who are receiving support from the IPS team, for around two months at a time when the person is ready to start applying and interviewing for jobs.