Bridlington – ESF
aspire-igen Group Ltd
aspire-igen is a Yorkshire based social enterprise committed to changing lives for the better through learning and work. For the past 25 years, aspire-igen has successfully helped people and communities to be the best they can be.
Lone Parent Mentor aims to:
- Move lone parents closer to the labour market
- Raise lone parent aspirations and encourage them to consider their long term careers
- Encourage lone parents to view convenient work, which can be low paid and low skilled, as a step on a long term career path
- Empower lone parents to take control of their lives and broaden their outlook in terms of work, home and life
- Inspire, motivate and support lone parents to move into learning and/or work to meet career goals
- Increase lone parent awareness of, and engagement with, local services
- Develop resources that can be used to support lone parents on an ongoing basis
- Create family role models for the next generation
- Support lone parents to develop skills to be self-supporting, and enjoy a good standard of living, in the future
