In a speech to the Conservative Party conference, Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April. Barry Fletcher, CEO at Youth Futures Foundation, comments: “While today’s news is a welcome boost to...
By Jane Mackey (Evidence and Evaluation Manager) Our Evidence and Evaluation Manager, Jane Mackey, works on our evaluation of Reboot West III. Below, she explores our journey to launching Youth Future Foundation’s first randomised controlled trial. Today we are...
Our Evidence and Evaluation Manager, Vera Stiefler Johnson, and our Relationships Manager, Andy Richardson, work closely with our grantees to deliver a wide range of evaluation projects. Below, they explore how building capacity for evaluation amongst delivery...
Youth Futures is part of the Good Jobs Project, a collaborative initiative led by ReGenerate, bringing leaders together to reduce the barriers that some groups face in accessing work. To understand employer perceptions and practice in actively recruiting marginalised...
In May 2020, as the impact of the pandemic took hold, we launched a funding programme to support organisations in the youth employment sector. We knew that frontline services, particularly during a time of crisis, needed high-quality, sustainable infrastructure, but...
By David Taylor and Dr Ellie Ott 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 youth employment toolkit....