Tue, Feb 02 2010
The European project which has already seen Oatridge College train more than 100 young unemployed people from West Lothian, to boost their chances of finding jobs, has been extended for another two years.
As a result, an additional £59,000 from the European Social Fund will be injected into an area which has been badly hit by the recession. It will bring the West Lothian Council's ESF "Connecting with Jobs" project matched funding contribution for Oatridge College to £179,000 over the two years until August 2011. Oatridge is part of the Community Planning Partnership with West Lothian Council, West Lothian College, Intowork, Jobcentre Plus and Careers Scotland, which has been trying to provide new opportunities for the hardest to reach groups in the community. Adrian Kitchen, the Director of Business and Curriculum Development at the College, says: "This is fantastic news for the College and it strengthens our partnership working with West Lothian Council and the young people of the area. The whole project supports the training of young adults in West Lothian and provides an opportunity for them to take up training and use this as a potential route into employment and further training. We really do appreciate the work of our partners in West Lothian Council for creating and extending this initiative.? The College has been involved in the project from its beginning in September 2008 and has so far trained all 105 young people who have benefited from the scheme. The Partnership aims to help a total of 600.
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