A total of 95 jobs were created through the efforts of Action Homeless, b-inspired, The Centre Project, Charity Starts at Home, Coalville C.A.N., Davison Brain, Diverse Minds, E2, The Emerald Centre, Leicester College, New Futures, and Reaching People. Organisations worked collaboratively, sharing good practice and recommendations throughout the programme. Leicester College also developed a bespoke training course to support the scheme. 

 

Jenny Hand, at Reaching People, said ‘these jobs are even more essential at times of Covid when the community and voluntary sector are stretched to the limits by growing demands on services due both to the isolation of COVID-19 and also the increasing economic impact affecting so many people in Leicester and Leicestershire. We are really excited to be at the forefront of Kickstart in the voluntary sector and look forward to seeing our first new Kickstart employees join us in the next few days. We are already at a stage where we are planning to extend the roles we have and open up our offer to include a wider range of local charities from within our membership and beyond’.