If you are unemployed and looking to learn to drive a new, free course may steer you in the right direction?

Taking place in the Community Room in High Coats, Coatbridge, every Wednesday 10.00am - 12.00pm , starting 3rd March 2010.

One Parents Families Scotland has listened to lone parents about what matters to them and has responded by offering new programmes which will provide support to parents to prepare for the changes and challenges ahead.

By 2010 lone parents whose youngest child is seven years will be required to actively seek employment.  A new course for lone parents in North Lanarkshire aims to encourage and enable participants to believe in themselves, discover new talents, and take up new opportunities.

Routes to Work have appointed Peter McCarroll in a new post to help assist people over 50 years old back into the workplace.  He will be primarily linking with groups and organisations that engage with this age group and from there linking individuals into the range of services that North Lanarkshire's Working can deliver, such as help with CVs, interview techniques, access to training and funding, and support for carers.  Peter can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Hundreds of job opportunities are being created in North Lanarkshire thanks to partnerships between North Lanarkshire’s Working and local employers.