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Routes to work
Many
social enterprises help people excluded from the
labour market to return to mainstream employment
by providing training and placement opportunities.
The Stroud based Nelson Trust
provides care and support for people who are recovering
from drug and alcohol addition or eating disorders.
An essential part of th Trust's success is that
education, training and employment play a vital
element in recovery enabling their clients to
integrate back into society.
A highly successful Co-operative
Futures conference 'Routes to Work through Social
Enterprise' highlighted how social enterprise
can help disadvantaged people. More than 100 representatives
from 76 organisations including co-operatives,
charitable trusts, JobCentre Plus, housing associations,
local authorities, the probation service and business
support organisations, attended. 2.4 million people
in the UK who could work are trapped on benefits
by disability and disadvantage, costing £7.1 billion
per year. Almost 1 million economically inactive
disabled people say they would work if they could.
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