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Sophie Hayter, Senior Talent Development Partner at N Family Hub, details the organisation’s approach to recruiting and retaining talent, including its apprenticeship programme.
In their final project, the Future Voices Group created a zine, evocatively sharing their lived experiences to highlight the realities young people face when seeking employment.
Each page of “Future Focused” tells a story. Heartfelt poems about regional inequalities are interwoven with stark statistics from the Youth Futures Foundation on ethnic disparities in employment. Every element reflects a piece of young people’s collective experience.
Findings from the evaluation of the Youth Employment Service North East (YES North East) programme, which ran for two years from October 2021 to November 2023.
A reflection note from final collaborative workshop with learning partners sharing key learnings, barriers and enablers of this type of work, and recommendations for commissioners, funders and delivery organisations.
A reflection note from a shared learning workshop, providing a starting point for thinking about experimental evaluations.
A reflection note from a shared learning workshop, providing a starting point for thinking about experimental and quasi-experimental methods and their use in evaluations.
A reflection note from a shared learning workshop, capturing how to choose and use data collection systems
CEO Becky Wolstenholme and Youth Ambition Lead Gary Frazer talk about how our funding has shaped their work.
CEO Paul Rosam reflects on the difference our support is making to Amber Foundation and to the wider youth homelessness sector.
Reflecting on our work across 2023 as the national What Works Centre for youth employment
Bringing together the latest data and evidence on the youth employment landscape to inform effective action.
Ourinteractive online tools are designed to help you access and make use of the latest youth employment data and research.
Summarising evidence on effective youth employment interventions.
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The latest youth labour market data and our latest research.
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Interactive map of the youth employment system in England.
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The world's largest interactive map of effective youth interventions.
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