by Lewis Harper | Aug 24, 2024 | News, Youth Employment 2024 Outlook Report
The latest Office for National Statistics figures show NEET rates in the UK remain high at 12.2%, with 872,000 16 to 24-year-olds now out of work, education or training. This is nearly a quarter of a million more young people (228,000) than three years ago when NEET...
by Lewis Harper | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog, Connected Futures
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...
by Youth Futures Foundation | Oct 23, 2020 | News
For those of us old enough to remember, The Face magazine has always been the coolest mag since its launch back in 1980. The Face was a showcase for avant-garde music and fashion which entered youth consciousness, set trends and put a young model called Kate Moss on...
by Youth Futures Foundation | Oct 13, 2020 | News
The latest employment statistics released by the Office for National Statistics today (13 October 2020) show the unemployment in the UK grew to 4.5% in the three months to August. Of the 500,000 fall in the number of people employed, 60% are aged 16-24 years. This...
by Youth Futures Foundation | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Do you have a solution? Nesta’s Rapid Recovery Challenge, now open for applications, will find and support tools and services that improve access to jobs and money for people across the UK, focussing on those hardest hit by the economic shock resulting from COVID-19....