£10 million to boost employment prospects of young people with learning disabilities and/or learning difficulties

A £10 million grant has been awarded to a Welsh charity to boost the employment prospects of young people with a learning disability and / or learning difficulty, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

As part of the Getting Ahead 2 programme, Learning Disability Wales will use £9,999,289 over five years to transform the lives of 1,000 young people aged 16 to 25 who have a learning disability and / or learning difficulty by undertaking a paid work placement lasting between six and twelve months… http://bit.ly/cforum133