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Breaking the Barriers is a team within Leicestershire County Council
providing support for working age young people and adults who have experienced accident, injury, illness
or a disability and wish to begin, maintain or return to work.
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Care Services, Breaking the Barriers Team, Unit D, 27 Granite Way, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, LE12 7TZ.
Phone: 0150 941 0600.
Leicestershire County Council in partnership with other organisations have many projects based around the County to provide training for people with a disability, learning difficulties or unemployed and wanting to retrain.
These projects are based in Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley and Coalville and offer training in warehousing, computers, customer care, van driving, retail skills, textiles, catering, woodworking and many more.
For further information please click on the Leicestershire County Council logo on the left column.
The Departments key aim is to help people become financially independent. By delivering support and advice to people of working age, employers, pensioners, carers, families, children and disabled people.