出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
摘要：Twenty-five years ago, in a small closed-down shop in
Highbury, the idea of helping some people into work
through their own bootstraps was tried out in some of
London’s poorest communities. It relied on the motivation
and basic willingness to learn of people out of work and in
need. The missing ingredients were too often lack of
connections and support, a serious skills deficit and
shaken confidence. Helen Evans, with her partner, decided
to try and provide these missing ingredients. Over a
quarter of a century, the enterprise grew into a converted
Hackney paint factory with 50 businesses, ten training
programmes specially tailored for people returning to
work, and five estate-based advisory, volunteer and
employer-linked programmes.
