HJEM CIC (pronounced yem) is all about home, belonging, rebuilding lives, restoring confidence and creating brighter futures.
At its heart, HJEM CIC is a community interest company dedicated to empowering disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals, including those affected by generational unemployment, low confidence, poor mental wellbeing and barriers to employment.
Through creativity, craftsmanship and meaningful opportunities, HJEM CIC provides a supportive environment where people can rebuild confidence, improve wellbeing, rediscover purpose and take positive steps towards recovery, employment and lasting independence.
Drawing on over 30 years of industry and social enterprise experience, HJEM CIC combines traditional craftsmanship with modern skills to tackle social inequality, skills shortages and environmental waste. Through it’s introductory Small House Project, accredited and non-accredited training, and industry partnerships, HJEM CIC creates accessible pathways into specialist workshops, further education, employment and self-employment. From carpentry and upholstery to soft furnishings, digital and interior design. Individuals gain practical skills, a sense of achievement and opportunities to build sustainable futures.
By restoring furniture, manufacturing, preserving traditional skills and investing in people who are too often overlooked, HJEM CIC helps break cycles of disadvantage, strengthens communities and creates a more inclusive, sustainable future.
‘Restoring Dignity, Producing Quality’
for People, Product and Planet.
Our Initiatives
HJEM combines traditional skills with creativity, digital innovation, research, design, and marketing. Preparing the trainee with a blend of hands-on expertise in traditional skills and digital proficiency, opening doors to a wide range of opportunities for work, further education including self employment.
‘Restoring Dignity, Producing Quality’ for People, Product and Planet.
Training Workshops
HJEM a Community Interest Company is a new chapter, building on over 30 years of industry knowledge, experience and social enterprise of our founder. Working with skills trade experts in delivering workshops, passing on their specialist knowledge. Restoring purpose and the opportunity for economic independence to individuals from communities in an area of high unemployment, those furthest from the labour market. Our model directs the trainee to be work ready with non accredited and accredited training courses. Moving the individual towards jobs, working directly with industry leads to fill the labour gap, building careers.
