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Jobcare is a for-purpose organisation whose mission is to help jobseekers find and keep satisfying employment. At Jobcare we believe that working matters. Working brings income, brings structure to the day, brings physical, mental, emotional, and indeed for some, spiritual satisfaction. Working positively impacts family life, friends, neighbours and community acquaintances. Working contributes financially to the overall economy. Working matters. Jobcare has for the past 30 years been serving the needs of unemployed people in Dublin’s City Centre, and now across all the island as well. From a starting point in 1994 of 1 full-time and 6 staff on work programmes, the charity has grown to 12 full-time staff and 55 staff on work programmes – (a work programme is a combination of work experience and training for long-term unemployed people). Currently, Jobcare provides 20 courses in job-seeking skills per year to over 1000 people. Our resource and advice centre caters for over 9,000 visits per year. We also provide wrap-around supports such as computer courses for jobseekers needing to upskill in this area. Major accomplishments of Jobcare include: 1. Development and establishment of the ‘Trasna’ Programme for ex-offenders in 2008. Since then 108 ex-offenders have participated in the programme. Of these 56% have progressed to employment or further education. The reoffending rate for Trasna is 9% compared with the National average of 45%. Paul Mooney, Jobcare’s Chief Executive and Co-founder was twice an awardee of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland in recognition of his pioneering work to address this pressing societal issue. 2. In late 2010, recognising the unprecedented increase in unemployment among professionals and graduates due to the economic crisis, Jobcare developed a new programme of support targeted at this new group of unemployed who were being left behind. In its first twenty programmes "Jobnet" provided support for over 900 professionals and graduates with 65% retraining or regaining employment (62% in employment). Peter Johnson, Director of the Jobnet Programme, received an award from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland in 2013 for the transformative impact of this initiative for jobseeking professionals. We are very grateful to the many companies, large and small, that support Jobcare in a practical or financial way. If you believe that ‘working matters’, we invite you to partner with us in helping unemployed people, either directly by hiring them, or indirectly by sharing talent, technology and resources with Jobcare. For example, we benefit from surplus food donations from Marks and Spencer. These enable us to provide snacks and lunch for our unemployed transitional work programme participants and snacks for our unemployed clients. Whether having lunch around a table or enjoying a coffee break together, providing food and building community are both really valuable for our unemployed people.

We are bridging the gap between food waste and food poverty locally. We support local Foodbanks, charities and community groups - helping them to feed people that need it most. we have established ourselves to relieve people in Surrey, West London and the local areas who are in need, by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances; particularly but not exclusively by the provision of surplus food and other essential items to individuals, Foodbanks and other charitable organisations. Surplus to Supper is supporting our local foodbanks and charities with surplus food, operational help and fundraising. Our aim is to benefit all foodbanks, organisations and charities throughout the borough and the county. We also operate as a catering kitchen; with a free nutritious and culturally relevant meal delivery service as well as the bulk catering for outside organisations/ companies providing food for parties, events, lunches and dinners as well as the regular meals at the Sunbury Cricket Club. It is vital that we explore other opportunities for the charity and other uses for the surplus food. Every time you buy a meal from our Surplus to Supper range, you provide a free meal to a person or family in the area Identified through our partnerships with Buy One Feed One Free. This encourages the injustice of Perfectly good food going to landfill while supporting local communities out of poverty. Food units! Financial donations are incredibly important for us to continue the work we do. Any amount is appreciated and goes towards running our organisation and critical projects

We were founded in 2015 as Sapphire Ministries and as of November 2017, we rebranded to the Sapphire Community Group to represent inclusivity and community. In 2022 we have now rebranded to The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy (TSEAWA) as we have moved on solely to supporting BAME young people aged 5- 35 with employability, housing, wellbeing and food support. TSEAWA was established to help young people access work and accredited training. Aiming to increase young people's independence, abilities and freedom to thrive, all while reducing unemployment, mental health issues, crime rates and homelessness. OUR AIM Empowering, Equipping, Inspiring, Training, Mentoring, Motivating and Educating young people aged 5 to 35 years old through Employability, Wellbeing and Enrichment Support. OUR OBJECTIVES 1. Reducing mental health issues 2. Reducing homelessness 3. Reducing crime rates 4. Reducing unemployment 5. Increasing young people in education or training 6. Increasing skills development We are an organisation that aims to restore, revive and rebuild a divided generation. We are an organisation that accepts everyone and encourages individuals to be their truest self. We work with the 5-35 year olds around the world and we instil the message of love but most of all worth. We have over 4 years of experience and till date we have worked with over 8000 young people and single parents till date, especially those from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. Sapphire aims to equip young people to not only be the their best version of themselves but to also inspire them to have a genuine insight of what they will like to pursue in the near future. More importantly, the community group is put in place to make a major contribution to those whose voice has been silenced and ensuring that they understand and fulfil their purpose. We are an organisation that seeks to empower and stabilise a segregated community. The sole purpose of Sapphire is to build people up. Moreover, to ensure that each individual finds what they are meant to do in life. Through mentoring, coaching, literature, entertainment, events and workshops; we aim to provide a platform and pathway for young people all over the world find their callings. Additionally, we will attempt to help each individual believe that they can create a change for the extraordinary. We aim to teach and inspire individuals to believe in themselves and see their full potential. We have multiple young people roaming the streets, because they believe that the world has given up on them or they believe that they do not have what it takes to create the impossible. So Sapphire is stepping in to give a voice to the voiceless. The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy (TSEAWA) is here to tell our young, that they are good enough! And that there is nothing they cannot achieve if they are willing to go the extra mile to achieve the unattainable today.