Government secures £30m social funding to improve skills

More than 30,000 people in Scotland will benefit from work or training opportunities after the Scottish Government secured more than £30 million in European social funding.

The funding support is for 73 projects in Scotland including Edinburgh, Dundee, Inverclyde, West Lothian and West Dunbartonshire. The projects are aimed at helping people to train and develop their skills either to find, maintain or progress in employment.

The funding will help both young people and adults with a number of projects targeted at individuals who may face additional barriers to the job market such as people with learning difficulties or physical disabilities and young people leaving care.