Taith i Waith / New Work Connections is a 4-year European funded project aimed at supporting people who, through a range of disadvantages, are economically inactive or unemployed. The project has been active since March 2010 and covers the four North Wales local authority areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire and Gwynedd. This is the first report of the independent evaluation of the project, which is being undertaken alongside its delivery over the next two years by social research and evaluation specialists Wavehill.