Youth Futures’ Engagement Manager, Eleanor Marsea, discusses how the Good Youth Employment Benchmarking Tool – co-funded by our Infrastructure Grant – will help to build understanding of employer practice. As we celebrate Youth Employment Week, we are thrilled to mark...
Youth Futures Foundation has responded to the King’s Speech which took place today (Wednesday 17 July 2024). The scale of the challenge for young people today is evident – 900,000 young people, or 1 in 8, are not in education, employment or training (NEET) and many...
To mark Youth Employment Week, one of our Future Voices Ambassadors, Saffron, reflects on her experience working for Argos and how her team’s person-centred approach left a lasting impact Finding a workplace that genuinely understands and supports your unique...
One in eight young people aged 16-24 are not in work or education (NEET), the highest it’s been in eight years. This is not a new challenge, but to tackle it we need new, local solutions. That’s why we set up Connected Futures. As we head into the next phase of...
The journey towards making flexible work a right for all took a step forward on 6 April as the right to request flexible options from the first day in a job became legislation. Where, how, and when you work should now be seen as a conversation between employer and...
Alison McIntyre, Research Officer at Youth Futures Foundation, and Jamie Rowland, Advisor at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation, reflect on participatory approaches in research and evaluation ahead of the publication of ‘Youth Participatory Research: A Review...
