How walking football is helping to get older people back into work

INSPIRING NEW PARTNERSHIP HELPING OLDER JOBSEEKERS

- By LAURA CROSS

A NEW partnership between Tigers Trust and Hull Jobcentre is helping the over 50s back into work.

Older people looking for work may face challenges such as low confidence to outdated skills, despite years of valuable experience.

Anne Brewster, the Northeast Yorkshire and Humber 50Plus Champion, said: "One part of my role is to support work coaches and break down barriers faced by older adult jobseekers. Tigers Trust already run a walking football for mixed ages but I wanted something bespoke for our Jobcentre Mid Life MOT cohort.

"The aim was to give people facing similar challenges to employment a safe space full of peer camaraderie as most of the group have been unemployed for several years.