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19 Jul 2023

Fitting our communities into the workplace with Fitted for Work & Project Purple

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Fitting our communities into the workplace with Fitted for Work & Project Purple

Fitted for Work helps women in Australia to become work ready, gain secure employment, and experience success in their careers. With job-readiness services provided to assist women with practical skills, knowledge, self-esteem, and know-how so that they can move forward with confidence in their careers.

Just yesterday, at the Victorian Pride Centre, where Minister for Employment Ben Carroll announced a $340,000 funding package to help LGBTIQA+ people access job-readiness programs, which included:

$285,300 dollars for Fitted for Work to deliver Project Purple, which will assist 100 transgender, non-binary and gender diverse Victorians to access employment opportunities, a further $54,800 from this funding is for the Pride Centre, to help LGBTIQ+ jobseekers connect with Jobs Victoria Partners and other employment service providers.

Fitted for Work’s Melanie Browne joined Rach and Dean on JOY Breakfast to discuss the organisations incredible work.

Find out more about Fitted for Work here.