Community Strength project is a development project aimed at improving the working and functional capacity of those in a weak position on the labour market and increasing social inclusion. The aim of the project is to promote the social inclusion of different generations and people in different social situations and to prevent exclusion. The new value of the project is to start a village workshop as one of the forms of employment, active inclusion and promotion of work and functional capacity. The village workshop enhances the social inclusion of the project’s target groups, strengthens community spirit and generates experiences of empowerment. The project is located regionally in the Kalajoki city area. The Employment Policy Steps towards Working Life project funded by the ELY Centre has developed operating models to activate the long-term unemployed and young unemployed into the labour market. The project has had a strong orientation towards the labour market and operating models have been developed for workable unemployed people. Among the unemployed, there are more people who need support in everyday management, mental health and substance abuse matters, as well as functional capacity in different areas. Next, there is a need to develop and apply the project’s operating models also to those who are more severely excluded from work. The new law is expected to enter into force in 2017. The development of new models supporting social inclusion and participation in the workplace is timely. The aim is to create clear, effective and effective policies to improve the working and functional capacity of inactive people and to promote employment. Multi-professional network cooperation between different actors is also needed, as well as closer business cooperation. One of the objectives of the project is to develop a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional, low-threshold approach to employment support as part of employment management. This approach will help to increase the sense of community of people in disadvantaged labour market positions, to strengthen work and functioning capacity, social inclusion and participation in the labour market. One of the contents of the operating model is to create an individual and timely service path to support the assessment of work and functional ability, taking into account the customer’s own strengths. The development of work and functional capacity assessment will be supported by the Kykyviisari developed by THL. The aim is also to strengthen cross-sectoral cooperation and local employment services, in particular by taking into account the third sector as one of the drivers of employment. The project’s measures include a mapping period and rehabilitative work life coaching for which new operating models are developed. The new value of the project is the development of a village workshop model that enhances social inclusion and strengthens community and empowerment. The village workshop model provides employment opportunities through paid subsidised work for those in vulnerable labour markets who often find it difficult to find employment in the open labour market. As a parallel project, a wage subsidy is sought for the project to enable employment. Activities will be developed for the villages that increase community spirit and the social inclusion of the project’s target groups, taking into account their own strengths and expertise. The target group of the project is people with a weak labour market position, young unemployed people (under 29 years old), people with partial work ability, people with mental health and substance abuse problems, people with disabilities, long-term illnesses, and older people who are inactive. The indirect target group consists of the TE Office, Kela, MYP, social and health services, rehabilitation services, the third sector, as well as various partners such as educational institutions and the customer’s local network. The project enables a person who has been unemployed for a long time and who has been excluded from work for a period of employment. Employment is supported by an individual service path and measures to reduce barriers to employment, such as continuous support and guidance, short-term training and work coaching.