Awards Night for Kilcullen Area Community Employment Scheme

The Kilcullen Area Community Employment Scheme is holding an Awards Night on Wednesday in Kilcullen Pitch and Putt Club at 7pm.

The awards are being presented to people who have participated in Training Courses over the last number of months.

Local politicians are expected to attend.

The Community Employment (CE) programme is designed to help people who are long-term unemployed (or otherwise disadvantaged) to get back to work by offering part-time and temporary placements in jobs based within local communities.

Participants can take up other part-time work during their placement.

After the placement, participants are encouraged to seek permanent jobs elsewhere, based on the experience and new skills they have gained while on a Community Employment scheme.

The Community Employment programme is administered by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP). Community Employment sponsors are the voluntary organisations or public bodies that manage CE schemes at a local level.