PATH works closely with the statutory, business, academic and voluntary sectors.
PATH is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
It was set up with help from the council in 1985. PATH has been endorsed by the Secretary of State for Employment, under Sections 37 and 38 of the Race Relations Act 1976, as a positive action organisation that can provide training, education and encouragement to black and ethnic minority communities in work areas where they are under represented. This means that PATH can focus on work areas where research has shown that black people are under represented. In these areas, it is lawful for PATH to recruit black people and train them so they have a better chance at getting work. Research has proved that unemployment is higher among black and ethnic minority communities.