The Project
Lead organisation: Eat that Frog / I Can Do That CIC
Project name: Focus Forward
Investment priority: People and Skills
Shared Prosperity Funding: £242,837 (2024/2025)
Other Funding:
£61,000 (Internal Economic Development Budget 2025/26)
£91,000 (Torquay Towns Deal 2025/26)
About
Delivered by Eat that Frog and I Can Do That CIC, Focus Forward is a mentoring project in Torbay for those aged 25 – 64. The project offers intensive one-to-one, multiple barrier support for individuals who are unemployed, to raise motivation & future aspirations towards employment & skills.
The programme will work with individuals to assess needs and identify challenges, with particular emphasis on wellbeing, health and mental health, finance, debt and skills.
The programme is available to Torbay residents who have been out of work and have not actively sought work for 4 weeks or more.
*Please note* This project is due to finish 30th September 2025.
