'To
Support and enable the local community to develop their own
future’
We are an
established social enterprise who, Since formation in 1992 have
created an impressive track record in assisting people into
employment and enterprise by operating a range of advisory and
training initiatives.
Over the past twelve years, our
organisation has helped 4,000 people into employment and
self-employment.
EDT is wholly community owned and
led. We are not connected to any statutory bodies and are headed
by a twelve person board comprising of representatives of
voluntary sector organisations, local neighbourhood organisations,
the local residential community and the business sector. Our
organisation has attracted funding from sources including City
Challenge, SRB, ESF, Urban, DfEE, Sainsburys, Kellogs and BT and
has conducted commercial work for the Chamber of Commerce, North
Liverpool JET and Business Link.
The economic decline of
Merseyside over the years has contributed to high unemployment and
a range of other economic, environmental and social problems
across the whole of the county. However, the most severe
unemployment problems in the European Union are concentrated in a
number of localities; The North Liverpool area is one of the worst
affected with unemployment as high as 40%. It is in communities
such as North Liverpool, that the long-term unemployed face
exclusion from the labour market.
Our offices are located in
Everton, a neighborhood in the heart of North Liverpool. We are
experienced and equipped to deal with the issues of social
exclusion that our community continues to face.
