Powering a new future

Nikos Ghionakis presented a project about helping people who have suffered mental illness find work and live in the community. In the audience was Kiki Staikou, from the Ministry of Labour, who recommended the project for the event. When I spoke to Kiki and Nikos afterwards they explained that it took the trip to Lisbon for Kiki to fully understand how the project started - driven by a desire to tackle real problems.

Both Olwen Lyner and Hugh Cassidy are working on projects to help people get back into employment - Olwen with ex-prisoners and Hugh with people with disabilities. They found some differences in the barriers, but alo many similarities.