Ms Claire Hayes:

I thank the Deputy for the question. In regard to how people access services at the Open Doors initiative and the Towards Work project, this can be through referrals. The Open Doors initiative has a network of supporting partners from different national charities which may refer some of their participants. More often than not this happens through organic contacts, whereby somebody might reach out specifically to us to ask for advice around accommodation, or they are going for an interview and want some support, or they access one of our online training sessions and attend there. That is where we start to grow that network. In regard to employers, we have another project called Employers for Change.

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