Andreas Apatzidis finds the job he likes, and his whole family benefits. Read more ...

After many different jobs and time raising children, Brigitte decided she wanted to train as a healthcare assistant, despite being almost into her sixties. Read more ...

25-year-old Anna from Lublin, Poland is a lawyer by training but tough employment conditions made her think about a different career path. Now she is running her own kindergarten thanks in part to a project for budding women entrepreneurs that is backed by the ESF. Read more ...

James loves skateboarding. He has been able to take his passion and turn it into work thanks to the XtraVert course, which is backed by the ESF. Read more ...

Sandra goes on training and learns how to better market her eco-friendly B&B.

Harri runs his own film production company in Finland and has lots of experience in his field. Despite his successes, Harri decided to boost his prospects by taking part in training backed by the European Social Fund. Read more ...

Allan from Glasgow spent time in prison and was struggling to get a foothold in life because of a lack of work. An ESF-funded training course designed to get ex-offenders into jobs came to the rescue.

Jolanta was given help to get a great job through a ESF project that provided support to deaf people for entering the jobs market.

Nauras and Ebrahim are now focused on the future after learning cooking and life skills through a course backed by the ESF.

Carlos is a researcher working on potential treatments for cancer. He has been able to advance his studies thanks to support from the ESF.

Amparo, from Seville in Spain, took training through a European Social Fund-backed project and subsequently managed to land a permanent job. The project formed part of the European Union’s efforts to fight discrimination against the Roma.

Bruno took part in a project backed by the European Social Fund that provides training and mentoring to unskilled young people. Read more ...

At the age of 26, Radmila wanted a new challenge. Having already left a successful modeling career behind her she did not find life as a hotel receptionist fulfilling and set about opening her own little organic café. In order to help get her idea off the ground, she turned to a programme funded by the ESF. Read more ...

Years of working night shifts began to take their toll on Daniel. Thankfully, he was able to get a new position at his company which allowed him to work days – but only after taking part in a training course backed by the ESF. Read more ...

Éva learns professional cooking in European Social Fund training course and lands job in restaurant.

George gets a fresh start after a training and employment scheme co-funded by the European Social Fund.

Koulla can go to work, knowing her mother is well looked after at a day-care centre for the elderly.

Serge, originally from Cameroon, trains in supply chain logistics and lands permanent job.

Georgia rebuilds her life after a rehabilitation scheme co-funded by the European Social Fund.

Normunds learns how to run a small bee-keeping business in rural Latvia.

Sarmite, a blind student at the University of Latvia, gains access to study materials in Braille

Jana goes on to university after informal education programme co-funded by the European Social Fund.

Thanks to a project backed by the ESF, Gerard has been able to combine the demands of his job with the needs of family life in a way which means less stress and more time with his sons.

A life of unemployment or pre-retirements benefits beckoned for Jane from Aalborg, Denmark. That was until she undertook training to learn to be a bus driver through a course supported by the ESF.

A research grant scheme funded by the ESF gave Simone his chance to follow his dreams, doing a work experience, which ultimately led to a full time job.

Otilia’s job as a cleaner for a Luxembourg-based telecoms company was made more challenging due to pain from rheumatism and a slipped disc. Thankfully, work became a little easier after she took part in a pain management course backed by the ESF.

Riikka-Leena decided to leave her job to focus on growing her family tourism business. To help maximise her chances of success, she took part in an international project for women entrepreneurs which was backed by the European Social Fund. Read more ...

A childcare project co-funded by the ESF allowed Stephan balancing a career in academia with his new job as a father. Read more ...

Bruno gets business training and sets up international consultancy firm.

Mogens is building his own business, thanks in part to skills he learned on a course co-funded through the European Social Fund. Read More

Yann launched a successful business selling sports goods. Read More

Sheena left school at the age of 14 with no direction in life. That was until she trained to become a gym instructor through a course backed by the ESF. Read More

Peter, 48, refreshed his mechanical engineering skills in Magdeburg, Germany

José gets training in business creation and consolidation and dramatically turns his company around. Read More

Gaetane learned how to improve safety for children at her educational farm in Wallonia. Read More

Work as the key to social integration is the leitmotif of Job&Co - a Flemish organisation in Belgium, which unites the expertise of three social enterprises that promote access to employment. Read more.

The Care Creates Change project in Malta is striving to balance the needs of both people, and the environment they live and work in. Through training and counselling, participants are guided into steady jobs in different areas of waste management and recycling. Read more.

The ‘Sustaining movement’ project set out to find new, bottom-up approaches for cultivating a working environment based around mutual trust, flexibility and the confidence to try out new ideas. Read more.

In the district of Pispala, in Tampere, the WORKpop project set out to help unemployed artists and creative workers adapt their skills to the labour market. Read more.