Assistance for the unemployed

Gerald Keddy, Member of Parliament for South Shore – St. Margaret’s, made the announcement on July 24 in Chester.

“The Government of Canada is committed to creating the best educated, most skilled, most flexible work force in the world,” said Keddy. “Not only will this project help over 3,000 individuals in Lunenburg and Queens Counties who need employment and career help, but it will also help local employers and the local economy.”

$329,825 in funding went to the South Shore Community Service Association.

$239,965 will go towards the South Shore Work Activity Program, for life skills workshops and employment readiness programming to 45 unemployed people, which has a direct impact on Queens County.

They provide free transportation from Liverpool to Chester every day.

The South Shore Work Activity Program matches clients from Queens County with employers from the same area.

Over the last three years, roughly 25 per cent of South Shore Work Activity Program participants were from Queens County.

The remaining, $89,860 will operate a self-serve employment resource centre, through the Chester Career Resource centre for as many as 3,000 individuals to seek career help.