€733,000 in funding will help tackle youth unemployment in area
Four pioneering non-profit organisations will tackle youth unemployment in Dublin’s most disadvantaged areas under Rethink Ireland’s €763,000 Urban Uplift Fund.
The organisations were announced this week and will deliver innovative projects working to increase youth employment and youth employability in the green and digital sectors.
The Urban Uplift Fund will support up to 200 marginalised young adults (aged 18-30 years) in learning transformative skills for the green and digital economies, helping to give them back their futures.
The four non-profit organisations announced today under the two-year Urban Uplift Fund are: ECO-UNESCO, delivering employability programmes to young people with a focus on the green sector and sustainable development; An Cosán’s Workability Programme, focused on improving digital skills of women from disadvantaged areas; NOW Employment and Training Services, supporting people with intellectual disabilities into jobs with a future; and Generation Ireland, with a focus on opportunities for young adults in Ireland’s digital and green sectors.
With support from JPMorgan Chase, IBM and the Department of Rural and Community Development via the Dormant Account Fund, Rethink Ireland created the Urban Uplift Fund to address barriers to unemployment.
That work begins with these four innovative projects in Dublin that will work to secure employment and/or apprenticeships in the green and/or digital economies for young adults at risk of permanent exclusion and enhance their full participation in society. Rethink Ireland provides cash grants and business supports to charities and social enterprises working in Irish communities across the country.
As part of the Fund, up to 120 marginalised young adults will be empowered into jobs, apprenticeships or work experience programmes, with up to 75 young adults enabled to complete certified training and up to 80 to progress on to further education.
“We welcome the support and the recognition by Rethink Ireland of the value of our WorkAbility programme, which addresses issues of low levels of education and employment of women living in Tallaght West, Cherry Orchard / Ballyfermot and Dublin’s south inner city.
“Following on from the success of our Business Administration with Digital Skills programme, which helped learners across Ireland gain sustainable employment, we look forward to continuing to provide transferable skills for through our WorkAbility programme” said Heydi Foster, CEO, An Cosán.
“As Ireland’s largest community education organisation, An Cosán has empowered over 20,000 adult learners since 1986. Our unique holistic approach, which encompasses career coaching, early years’ education, family support, and one-to-one mentoring and counselling, ensures that learners are supported to achieve their education goals and to go on to secure better jobs.”
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