‘They can open doors’: the community-based project helping people into work in Teesside

‘They can open doors’: the community-based project helping people into work in Teesside - short news


Stockton’s JobsPlus is a pilot scheme with caseworkers who connect individual people with potential jobs, providing direct financial help where necessary

“We’ve had quite a few people on the estate get jobs,” says Bryan Stokell, who found work as a full-time security guard thanks to Stockton-on-Tees’s JobsPlus project. The 47-year-old father has since become a “community champion”, encouraging his neighbours to enrol.

“It got to the point where even my little boy..


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source: The Guardian - 27.12.2025

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