The DWP is offering 18-month job placements to 1,000 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit as part of a pilot scheme starting in the spring, @theipaper.com reports.

Read our advice for participating employers: www.everyyouth.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...

#YouthGuarantee #Employment #UKGovernment

Young people need support not sanctions to get on the career ladder - CYP Now Government plans to boost work-based training opportunities for young people are welcome but will only if they give vulnerable learners the support they need and use sanctions as a last resort, says Sheila Clark of Career Connect.

In a week of government announcements regarding young people who are NEET, our CEO Sheila Clark writes for Children and Young People Now:

www.cypnow.co.uk/content/comment/young-pe...

#YouthGuarantee #YouthStrategy #NEET #Careers

On today's budget announcement, Alison Morris, Policy Director at Skills Federation, commented:

#Budget #Government #UK #YouthGuarantee #GrowthandSkillsLevy

Almost a million young people not in work or education The number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) has risen to 940,000, up 195,000 in just two years.

'Disability and ill-health have pushed the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training close to one million.' @louisemurphy.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social @bigissue.com @niesrorg.bsky.social #FalseStarts #NEETS #YouthGuarantee

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Implementing the Youth Guarantee | Tuesday 27 May | 3 – 4pm | Online Our webinar, Implementing the Youth Guarantee, will draw on recent L&W research to explore how a Youth Guarantee can help the UK to reduce its NEET rate.

Sign up for our webinar 'Implementing the Youth Guarantee – evidence, ambition and early insights'. 📺

We look forward to having Claire Ward, East Midlands Mayor, join us in exploring how a #YouthGuarantee can help reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

Get Britain Working White Paper The government's proposals to reform employment, health and skills support to tackle economic inactivity and support people into good work.

The L-earning team welcomes the focus on improving support for young people in the latest government White Paper and a recognition of the value of place-based policy solutions in the proposed #YouthGuarantee' trailblazer areas Get Britain Working White Paper. www.gov.uk/government/p...

A Youth Guarantee for England Following the Government’s commitment to introducing a Youth Guarantee in England, L&W is launching a new project.

Find out about L&W’s new project exploring a Youth Guarantee for England: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re... 🔍

#youthemployment #youthguarantee #youngpeople

Quelques faits rappelés par @piccavet du @Youth_Forum, la question du chômage des #jeunes est et reste un enjeu fort:
➡️ 13% des jeunes travaillent sans contrat
➡️ 1/6 des jeunes ayant un travail l'ont perdu pendant la crise
#EUBridgetoJobs #YouthGuarantee