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Schools in deprived areas ‘unable to fund careers advice’

Thursday, March 10, 2022

| CYP Now

More than a fifth of teachers working in deprived areas say pupils do not have access to specialist careers advice due to a lack of funding and high staff workloads, new research shows.

Lords suggest major reforms to tackle youth unemployment

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Friday, November 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Reforms to the apprenticeship levy, the skills system, careers guidance and the national curriculum are urgently needed to tackle youth unemployment, according to the House of Lords.

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

| CYP Now

Half of young people from low-income backgrounds say they don’t know how they’ll get their life “back on track”, following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Youth Futures Foundation announces £6.1m employment fund

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

| CYP Now

The Youth Futures Foundation has launched a new £6.1m fund to connect local services supporting vulnerable young people.

Long-term youth unemployment increasing, ONS warns

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

| CYP Now

Latest data on the labour market finds that between June and August this year, nearly 13,000 more people aged 16 to 24 had been unemployed for more than a year compared with the same period a year earlier.

Youth charity receives £1.6m boost to support unemployed care leavers

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Friday, September 3, 2021

| CYP Now

A youth charity in the west of England has received a £1.6m grant to help care leavers access work, training and education.

#Chances4Children: Youth employment scheme receives funding boost

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Monday, August 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Charity Groundwork has received almost £1m to boost its youth employment programme and help more than 300 young people to find work.

Youth unemployment begins to fall as Covid-19 restrictions lift

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Unemployment among young people has begun to decrease as Covid-19 restrictions lift across the UK, latest figures show.

Applications open for flexi-apprenticeships scheme

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

| CYP Now

Bidding has opened for the government’s new £7m flexible apprenticeships scheme.

#Chances4Children: Merseyside project offers opportunities to young entrepreneurs

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

| CYP Now

A new initiative launched in a Merseyside shopping centre is supporting unemployed young people into the retail sector.

One in five young people facing long-term unemployment, ONS figures show

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

| CYP Now

One in five young unemployed people have been out of work for more than a year, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals.

One in four young people worried mental health will impact work after pandemic

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Monday, July 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Young people are concerned that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their mental health will hinder their ability to get a job and keep it, a think tank has warned.

Calls for apprenticeship reforms as starter numbers drop

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Monday, June 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The apprenticeship system in England requires urgent reform to ensure disadvantaged young people do not suffer a double educational blow, a report has found.

#Chances4Children: Free online academy boosts young people's employment prospects

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

| CYP Now

A new initiative is helping to support young people left out of work due to the Covid-19 pandemic access training materials from top graduate schemes.

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Initiatives including the Kickstart Jobs scheme and the £20 Universal Credit uplift must be extended to support young people “disproportionately” affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a cross-party group of MPs has found.

Third of Covid education spending 'to come from existing budgets'

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Around a third of the government’s Covid spending on education is not additional money but is instead likely to be funded through existing budgets and underspending, according to new research.

Covid-19 highlights ‘stark inequalities’ for young Londoners, research reveals

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has “highlighted stark inequalities” for young people living in London, according to a new survey.

Hull, Durham and Hartlepool among hotspots for youth unemployment

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Hull, Hartlepool and Durham are the areas of England most in need of levelling up funding to support disadvantaged young people, research shows.

Employment rates for under-25s hits record low, ONS reveals

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of under-25s in payrolled employment is at its lowest level since records began, official figures show.

One in three black young people out of work amid Covid-19 pandemic, research reveals

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Black young people have been hit far harder than their white peers by a surge in youth unemployment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a report has found.

Half of young people ‘fear for job prospects’ due to pandemic, study reveals

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Friday, April 2, 2021

| CYP Now

More than half of young people “fear for their futures and job prospects”, new research shows.

Proportion of NEET young men hits seven-year high

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

| CYP Now

More young men are listed as not in education, employment or training (NEET) than at any time since 2013, latest figures have revealed.

NEET figures hit by highest quarterly rise in a decade

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) has risen by the highest quarterly figure in a decade, latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Budget 2021: Training providers praise jobs boost for under-25s

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| CYP Now

Post-16 education leaders have praised investment in traineeships and apprenticeships for young people as part of the Chancellor’s Budget.

Apprenticeship system 'failing disadvantaged young people'

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged young people are being failed by the apprenticeship system, the Social Mobility Commission has warned.

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Schools in deprived areas ‘unable to fund careers advice’

Lords suggest major reforms to tackle youth unemployment

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

Youth Futures Foundation announces £6.1m employment fund

Long-term youth unemployment increasing, ONS warns

Youth charity receives £1.6m boost to support unemployed care leavers

#Chances4Children: Youth employment scheme receives funding boost

Youth unemployment begins to fall as Covid-19 restrictions lift

Applications open for flexi-apprenticeships scheme

#Chances4Children: Merseyside project offers opportunities to young entrepreneurs

One in five young people facing long-term unemployment, ONS figures show

One in four young people worried mental health will impact work after pandemic

Calls for apprenticeship reforms as starter numbers drop

#Chances4Children: Free online academy boosts young people's employment prospects

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

Third of Covid education spending 'to come from existing budgets'

Covid-19 highlights ‘stark inequalities’ for young Londoners, research reveals

Hull, Durham and Hartlepool among hotspots for youth unemployment

Employment rates for under-25s hits record low, ONS reveals

One in three black young people out of work amid Covid-19 pandemic, research reveals

Half of young people ‘fear for job prospects’ due to pandemic, study reveals

Proportion of NEET young men hits seven-year high

NEET figures hit by highest quarterly rise in a decade

Budget 2021: Training providers praise jobs boost for under-25s

Apprenticeship system 'failing disadvantaged young people'

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