BY ROBERT MCNAMARA
A programme supporting those at risk
of social exclusion has, in the past few months, helped 55 long-term unemployed
people move towards paid
employment in Co. Offaly.
Five
of the people who last December completed the 16-month programme gained
full-time or part-time employment, five more found seasonal work and most of
the remainder went onto advanced courses and programmes.
They
had all been long-term unemployed.
