Southport-based Great Escape project will help local jobseekers learn new skills

Jobseekers in Sefton are being offer the chance to develop new skills that would enable them to deliver arts-based projects in local communities.

Drama and music

The Great Escape is a series of drama and music workshops taking place at Southport’s Market Quarter. Funded through the European Social Fund and supported by Sefton Market, The Great Escape is being led by local drama school and an agency Acting Angels and Job Centre’s Sefton Partnership Manager.

Successful applicants will be paid £10 for each of the eight, weekly tutorial sessions the go to. They will also receive £5 expenses for both the interview, enrolment exit appointments.

Confidence & self esteem

Participants must be aged over 19 and be residents in Merseyside. The weekly sessions are based around building individuals’ confidence, improving their self-esteem and broadening their social circle.

Those taking part will also learn a new set of arts and community-based skills that will increase their employability.

To apply or find out more people should contact Acting Angels on 07970 365 422 or email [email protected].