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Nov 2024
Government awards North Yorkshire up to £10 million to get the sick back to work
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has been awarded up to £10 million to trial ways of getting people who are ill back into work.
The government today named the county as one of eight trailblazer areas that will design better support for people who are economically inactive due to ill health.
The trailblazer announcement is included in the Get Britain Working white paper, which is published today.
The White Paper sets out how the government will spend £240 million getting people back into work.
Besides pumping £125 million into the eight trailblazer areas that focus on people with ill-health. the government will also set up eight youth trailblazer areas. They will help those most at risk of falling out of education or employment find education, training or work.
According to the government, a quarter of all people aged 16-64 have a long-term health condition that limits their day-to-day activities and disabled people are nearly three times more likely than non-disabled people to be economically inactive.
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David Skaith, the Labour mayor of York and North Yorkshire, said:
We have a great opportunity here to help break down some of the barriers preventing people in our communities getting back into work due to ill health.
We have been asked by government to bring together and maximise existing support and test new approaches as we develop this trailblazer offer further.
We’re incredibly excited and passionate to bring this trailblazer to York and North Yorkshire and help people get healthy and get back to work. We will ensure it delivers for our region, connecting people to opportunities, as well as benefitting the national fact-finding work led by government.
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