Merkinch Partnership

About

We are set up to : Improve the employability prospects, skills and opportunities for local people. Provide long term support for people experiencing unemployment, poverty, mental health issues, social isolation, homelessness and addictions. Provide increased access to services in the local community. We deliver the following: Employability skills, personal development and mentoring programme for people of all ages who are facing multiple barriers to employment and are experiencing inequalities and disadvantage. Information and advice service focussed on m. Community advice service (form filling, debt management, income maximisation) Digital and IT skills. Capacity and skills building programme for local community groups and charities. Community resilience service addressing the issues of food and fuel poverty, providing information, advice, training, signposting, referrals to other services and volunteering opportunities.

Where we work