Sprouting Seeds– Outcomes from a community-basedemployment programme

As unemployment falls it is often the most disadvantaged unemployed whoget left behind. To identify what works to improve the job prospects of thisgroup, Helen Evans has looked at Bootstrap Enterprises in Hackney, anexample of a community-based employment project working for 22 years withthis target group.This study analyses the Bootstrap model of intervention in the context of otherapproaches. Through a survey and case histories of a random group ofBootstrap users it also assesses the changes which it has brought about over anine year period and looks at the nature of the support which actually changespeople’s lives.[...]