Spitalfields Training for Employment project (STEP) launched

Spitalfields Training for Employment Project (STEP) will place 30 residents from the Spitalfields area (the City wards of Portsoken and Cripplegate plus the adjacent Tower Hamlets wards of Whitechapel, Weavers and Spitalfields and Banglatown) into employment. This area has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the country.

East London Advanced Technology and Training (ELATT) has been appointed to deliver the two-year STEP project,
which runs until March 2011. The £100,000 project, managed by the Economic Development Office, has attracted 50% match funding from London Councils’ European Social Fund Co-financing Programme. It replaces the Spitalfields Employment Project. The project will work on an outreach basis both in the City and Tower Hamlets, and will also rely on local community organisations to refer eligible residents to the project. Support will include in-depth ‘barriers-to-work’ assessments, employability training, jobsearch support, progression advice and training tasters.  For further information contact Wendy on wendy@elatt.org.uk or Tel: 0207 275 6750