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Nineteen years ago, funded by a Charitable Trust, based in Scotland but with Northern Ireland interests, the then Northern Ireland Council of Social Service established the Educational Guidance Service for Adults, the first Service of its kind in Europe. The Service, now a grant-aided independent organisation, has twin roles, to provide information on all kinds of learning opportunities for adults, and to offer continuing support, guidance and counselling to clients. It is increasingly involved in meeting demands from the growing number of unemployed adults and in co-operation with providers of adult education in promoting appropriate learning opportunities.
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Eagleson, D.E. The educational counselling of unemployed adults. Int J Adv Counselling 12, 273–279 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123255
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