Cork programme targets women returning to work

As many as 50% enter employment after participating in support programmes

Siobhan O’Neill, of Cork City Partnership’s Growing Your Potential course, with past students Antoinette Gibbons and Arlene Pope who are encouraging women who have been working in the home to sign up for the course. Applications are now open. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Women are so busy caring for others and running the home that they have lost perspective on how much they have to offer.

That is the view of Cork City Partnership chief executive Brenda Cahill who said research shows that many women want to build and refresh their skillset, but they are held back by a lack of confidence.