Grace Enterprises creates life-changing jobs through its social enterprises, employing people with major barriers to work, like homelessness, refugee status or addiction. Help us fund holistic employee support like mentoring and one-to-one sessions to help our employees thrive in and out of work.
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Long-term unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing Nottingham. In 2023, 5.9% of people in Nottingham City were not in work or education (from 4.2% in 2022). 21% of households were workless (cf. 14% nationally). 20+% were 'long-term unemployed' 6+ months, at which point people are 70% less likely to get back into work without intervention. Long-term unemployment creates a cycle of poverty. 40% of children in Nottinghamshire are living in 'poverty households' (2024). ONS/Nomis stats.
Grace Enterprises creates life-changing jobs in its three social enterprises, creating meaningful, Living Wage work for people with major barriers to work -- with access to mentoring and support. To date we've created 138 jobs for people with barriers to work, and currently employ 50 people. 95% say that working for a Grace Enterprises business has positively impacted their life. As one said, "I hate to think what my life would have been like without this job"