Boost for unemployed young people as Youth Contract opens for business
Britain’s unemployed young people are being given a major boost as the Y Nearly half a million young people are set to benefit as £1 billion becomes available to get them into new jobs or training. The Youth Contract, launched by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Minister for Employment Chris Grayling, supports businesses to get young people earning or learning. The Government is determined to tackle youth unemployment and those out of work aged between 16 and 24 are urged to go to their Job Centres today to ask about the opportunities available to them.
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One of the issues raised at the network event at Welbeck was regarding young people’s access to skills, training and employment. With this focus from Government maybe we should look into what we as a network can do to promote rural employment and training?