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Employability Day: From Unemployment to Empowerment: David’s Story

By Erika James | June 19, 2025

A young man in a grey hoodie with a Welsh dragon on is working near a sewing machine. The background is a garment factory. There is an icons on the picture of a dress maker’s dummy. The young man is surrounded by a frame with two text boxes. The heading reads “From Inactivity to Opportunity to Good Work”. The main body of the text reads “Meet David! David enrolled in the Supported Shared Apprenticeship programme to gain new qualifications and boost his confidence and career prospects.”

From Unemployment to Empowerment: David’s Story It’s Employability Day, and as ELITE Clothing Solutions was established as part of the ‘Better Jobs Closer to Home’ scheme, there’s no better time to take a look at what one of those better jobs looks like and how it’s transformed the life of one young man from Ebbw…