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A spotlight on Infrastructure organisations 
Despite being an essential part of the youth employment landscape, infrastructure bodies often face significant challenges. This includes limited capacity, resources and access to funding...
£410K to tackle youth unemployment in Cumbria
Today (Thursday 18 May) Youth Futures Foundation announces more funding for Cumbria Youth Alliance (CYA) to launch a new county-wide youth support programme, Forging Futures. Young people facing the...
Our Impact in 2022
Our Chairman, Seyi Obakin OBE, reflects on our impact in 2022. Our vision is for a society in which all young people have access to good jobs. One that does not leave any young person behind...
Understanding what works to improve employment outcomes for young people using...
Dr Ellie Ott, Senior Advisor at Centre for Evidence and Implementation, and David Taylor, Research Fellow at Monash University, reflect on the use of Network Meta-Analysis to build the world's first...
Making evidence easier to navigate 
Anna Round explores how our soon-to-be-launched Youth Employment Toolkit will make it easier to access insights and learning from research. The summaries it will provide are “the perfect espresso;...
Connected Futures: A different approach to funding
At Youth Futures, our mission is to improve employment outcomes for young people facing the greatest challenge. We believe a place-based approach to joining up support for young people is key to...
Keeping young people and youth employment high on the policy agenda
As part of our series reflecting on our time at Anthropy 2022, our Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Angel Fletcher, explores the importance of youth voice and keeping young people and youth...
Why are place-based approaches central to changing the employment journey for...
In November 2022, Youth Futures Foundation took part in the first iteration of a brand new event – The event focused on answering fundamental questions shaping the future of Britain, across a...
Our CEO, Barry, responds to the Spring Budget
By focusing on getting more people out of work into jobs, the Government’s ‘back to work’ budget has identified the right challenge and we welcome the announcements made earlier this week –...
Economic inactivity urgent problem for the Covid generation
Our CEO, Barry Fletcher, responds to this month’s ONS job stats:   “The continued increase in economic inactivity for young people not in full-time education is causing urgent problems for...
Youth Futures Foundation celebrates commitment to real living wage
Youth Futures Foundation has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer this month. Youth Futures’ Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at the organisation receive a minimum hourly...
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Youth endorsed in Dormant Assets Scheme consultation
Our CEO, Barry Fletcher, welcomes the Government's response to the Dormant Assets Scheme consultation. 
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