Employment charity Tomorrow's People celebrates 25th Anniversary in Brighton

National employment charity Tomorrow's People has been helping long-term unemployed people back into work for 25 years. On June 30th the charity held an evening drinks reception at the Sallis Benney Theatre, part of the University of Brighton on Grand Parade, to mark the occasion.

East Sussex is the home of Tomorrow's People, the place where it first began, and where the charity's headquarters are today. Over the last 25 years Tomorrow's People has worked with thousands of people in the East Sussex area and has made an important and lasting contribution to the local community. Brighton has high numbers of both short and long term unemployed people and we are currently working within the community to help young people with various barriers to work to overcome their problems and get back into education or into work.

The Working It Out initiative targets disadvantaged young people aged 16-24 who are not in employment, education or training, working with them over a 16 week period to help them to develop the skills they need to move forward with their lives. The course centres around a series of 'community challenges' which the young people choose, design and resource themselves, learning to work together as a team whilst giving something back to the local community. The challenges are accompanied by intensive, practical and personalised support such as help with CVs, interview techniques and job-search support.

Tomorrow's People believes that in the current economic climate our services will be more in demand than ever. We are confident that with the excellent team we have in Brighton, as well as the fantastic support network throughout East Sussex, our work in the region will continue to go from strength to strength.

Tomorrow's People is a national charity, with a 25-year track record of success in helping people out of long-term unemployment, welfare dependency, and into jobs and self-sufficiency. Since 1984, the charity has helped change the lives of more than 400,000 people across the UK who had been resigned to long-term, even life-long, unemployment.