Broadening Opportunity Across Hertfordshire with Connect to Work
Step2Skills are proud to share that Hertfordshire’s Connect to Work programme is growing, with new specialist partners joining to strengthen support for residents facing barriers to employment.
Led locally by Step2Skills, Connect to Work offers personalised, place‑and‑train employment support for people with disabilities, health conditions, or other personal challenges—helping them not just find work, but stay and thrive in meaningful jobs.
From this month, Step2Skills are delighted to welcome three new delivery partners:
✅ Action Deafness, bringing Deaf‑led, accessible employment support for Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people
✅ Get Set UK, offering tailored employability support focused on confidence, job‑readiness and in‑work success
✅ Watford Women's Centre, providing specialist wellbeing services, careers advice, ESOL, IT and employability support
They join existing partners Sunnyside Rural Trust, SPS Training Solutions and HACRO in Herts, with Hertfordshire Mind Network also joining shortly to provide specialist mental health employment support.
Together, these organisations bring deep expertise, lived experience and strong community links, ensuring Connect to Work can tackle a wider range of employment barriers across the county.
Hertfordshire is proud to be one of the first areas benefiting from the Government’s £100m Connect to Work investment, helping people and employers unlock the benefits of inclusive, sustainable employment.
👉 Employers: Step2Skills welcomes local, Hertfordshire employers to become part of their Inclusive Employer network. Step2Skills offers recruitment support and opportunities, job matching, guidance on reasonable adjustments and ongoing advice to help build inclusive workplaces. Email: Employers@hertfordshire.gov.uk to start the conversation.
👉 Residents (18+): if you’re unemployed or at risk of losing work due to health, disability or personal challenges, support is available.
Find out more via www.step2skills.org.uk/ConnectToWork, call 01992 556194 or email Step2Skills@hertfordshire.gov.uk.