A PROGRAMME which helps young people into employment is celebrating after reaching a significant milestone.

DurhamWorks, a partnership project led by Durham County Council and part funded by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative, has supported more than 4,000 people between the ages of 16 to 24 to become ‘work ready’.

The programme works with a range of partners to help unemployed young people develop their skills, identify new ones and help them into a range of training, job and education opportunities.

One of the many who have been supported by DurhamWorks is single mum Catherine Kime, who is now studying accountancy and feeling positive about her future.

“I wasn’t very confident about my career prospects before being introduced to DurhamWorks but thanks to them I now have an idea of what I want to do,” she said. “Their staff gave me the practical and moral support I needed to apply for college courses, which I wouldn’t have been able to do on my own.”

For more information visit www.durhamworks.info