East Ayrshire Parental Employability Support

East Ayrshire Council Parental Employability Support Fund

The Parental Employability Support Fund provides support to parents in East Ayrshire on low incomes who are looking for a job or who are currently in work and looking to progress.

What help can I receive?

• Person-centred help for parents to address their barriers to work, which might include a lack of skills or work experience, health support, money advice, confidence building or motivational support.

• Targeted support to help parents already in work through the provision of training and employability support to remain active in the workplace and gain progression through a rewarding career.

Am I eligible for this?

We are keen to support parents that meet the following criteria
• lone parents
• families with 3 or more children
• families where the youngest child is under 1 year
• families with a disabled parent or child
• families where the parents are under 25 years
• families from minority ethnic communities.

How can you apply or find out more?

For further information please contact:

Claire.McCormack@east-ayrshire.gov.uk – call or text 07500071241.

Danielle.McIntyre@east-ayrshire.gov.uk – call or text 07917490557