A number of adults with learning disabilities have been employed at the Co-op with support from ECL.
ECL and East of England Co-op won a Municipal Journal (MJ) Award for its partnership, which has helped 16 adults achieve paid employment to date.
The partnership comes from ECL's Inclusive Employment initiative launched in 2020. This gives mentoring and training to adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
This includes on-the-job training for as long as needed.
ECL's initiative has helped set up 11,913 job applications and 1,730 interviews. This has resulted in 420 paid employment outcomes and 253 work trials.
ECL works closely with Essex businesses to match talented people with business needs. It shows the benefits of hiring the people it supports for more inclusive employment.
Find out more about ECL's Inclusive Employment initiative.