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Goodwill Solutions manages the Building Better Opportunities Programme, it is an initiative aimed at helping unemployed and economically inactive people from Northamptonshire, to gain vocational skills and accredited training as well as employability support to enable them to become more work-ready and enter sustainable employment.

We work with many disadvantaged groups including ex-offenders and those serving non-custodial sentences and have no offence related barriers to our engagement and support programme.

Depending on eligibility (you must be out of work, have the right to work in the UK and be resident in a Northamptonshire NN postcode) we could offer you fully funded training and support.

Warehouse and Mechanical Handling
SIA
Ofsted recognised Childminding
CSCS card, Banksman and asbestos awareness

The Building Better Opportunities Programme is co-funded by the European Social Fund and National Lottery Community Fund.

Women's Project: supporting those that are vulnerable or suffering from disadvantage/exploitation. We offer support for victims of domestic violence/sexual abuse and deliver The Freedom programme. We offer 1:1 mentoring, counselling and opportunities to reduce exclusion eg Craft Cafe, lunch clubs
Money/Debt & Energy Advice Service: Comprehensive energy, benefit, money & debt service. Applications to energy funds for grants to pay off gas/, electric & water arrears and for assistance payments for white goods & furniture. Gas & Electric pre-payment meter top-ups
Budgeting support, benefit optimisation
Welfare support: Foodbank & lunch clubs: We run a foodbank & a number of lunch clubs. Prison outreach and through the gates support at HMP Peterborough
Employment/Self-employment and Enterprise support: mentoring, skills development and work for the unemployed. We providing support to people wanting to go self-employed/considering starting a business