Opening Opportunities

Two young people learning new skills

We help to improve the quality of life of people living in deprived areas through a range of opportunities that can provide people with the skills and experience necessary for employment. We can also support people to explore their further education or training options.

Most topically, we’re focusing on tackling worklessness and working with young people not in education, employment and training (NEETs).

Our projects that help to address worklessness include a training scheme with our housing partners that provide young people with the opportunity to gain landscaping, horticulture and construction skills on ‘real world’ project sites.

We also have a focus on building people’s skills that will help them gain employment, such as literacy and numeracy qualifications, and supporting them to explore their further education, training or employment options through things like CV writing, job shops and interview skills.

ALMO Partnerships

Location: Leeds We've been building strong partnerships with Arms Length Management Organisations to improve the lives of their tenants

Building Opportunities to Success

Location: Leeds Our vocational training programme which teaches new skills and improves neighbourhoods

Dig-It

Location: Leeds Providing young people horticulture and environmental training