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Lancs Host Unemployment Programme

Lancashire are helping people from Manchester who may have been hit for six by their unemployment ordeal

The club is building a successful partnership with Jobcentre Plus and training experts Pertemps Coachright in a sports-related motivational initiative to break down boundaries preventing people securing new jobs.

The Hat Trick programme consists of bespoke sports related activities combined with employability skills, and personal and social development skills.

“It will provide each participant with a schedule of 20 weeks of enhanced support and motivational training. This will include a refresher event and an aftercare service providing follow-up job search support sessions and mentoring activities,” said Pertemps Coachright director Brad Russell.

The first Hat Trick programme was held in the Indoor Cricket Centre at Old Trafford.

Brad said: “It’s fantastic to be working alongside Lancashire County Cricket Club and Jobcentre Plus in this inspirational initiative.

“The initial Coachright interventon of a two-week sports-based programme is motivating up to 17 local people. The morning personal development sessions are followed by practical sports activity that identifies transferable skills that are used in the workplace, whether it be working in a team or alone.

“Coachright is in the process of planning a further three programmes in the area between now and March 2012 and will be seeking to secure similar high profile venues to host the future interventions.”

Lancashire chief executive Jim Cumbes said: “We are delighted to be working alongside Coachright and Jobcentre Plus with this initiative as unemployment is an issue affecting many families in this current economic climate and in particular our local community around Old Trafford.

“I hope that learning new skills in a different environment has benefited all of those who have attended the programme.”

Pertemps Coachright, a division of Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG), delivers community and training programmes which meet the objectives of central and local government policies, using sport, leisure and arts activities to enthuse and educate children, young people and adults.