We are delighted to report on the performance of the Volition programme at Liverpool Cathedral for 2016. Below you will find excerpts from the report highlighting key areas and statistics. The report reinforces the core values of the Volition programme, this being supporting people who want to work, tackling social exclusion and running an effective and impactful programme, which ultimately reduces unemployment in the city by way of actively deploying and engaging employers as partners who share in our core values.

Particularly satisfying results are;

• 30% of volunteers who went in to work have health conditions,
• 18% of volunteers who went in to work who had little or no qualifications, and
• 97% of volunteers were long term unemployed.

All of these results are hugely encouraging and provide an excellent foundation upon which we continue to grow and develop. Further statistics are found below.

Volunteers who have gone into work by what placement they had at the Cathedral

Volunteers who have gone into work by age

30% of volunteers who have gone into work have health conditions

19% of volunteers who have gone into work are BME

18% of volunteers who went into work had little or no qualifications

Volunteers who went into work by what benefit they were claiming

97% of volunteers who went into work are long term unemployed

6% of volunteers who went back into work had a criminal record

8% of volunteers who went into work had drug and/or alcohol problems

16% of volunteers who went into work were lone parents