by Lewis Harper | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog, Future Voices Group
The Joined Up Summit was an incredible opportunity to share insights on youth participation. As a youth advocate and a member of the Future Voices Group, Ladajah discussed what meaningful youth participation looks like alongside Jamie Rowland, Centre for Evidence and...
by Lewis Harper | Sep 27, 2024 | Connected Futures, News
Young people with Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in Walsall will benefit from a £1m grant to help tackle youth unemployment in the region. A partnership of Walsall-based organisations, led by Aaina Community Hub, have been announced as the latest to join Youth...
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 | May 17, 2022 | News
On the day that the Office for National Statistics releases its latest unemployment figures, a new report from the education think tank EDSK, sponsored by Youth Futures Foundation, finds that on current trends it will take over 150 years before there are no longer any...
by Youth Futures Foundation | Feb 23, 2021 | News
‘Today’s ONS labour market stats once again show the stark impact of the pandemic on the jobs market for young people – they continue to be the hardest hit, with under-25s accounting for three-fifths of the fall in employment. ‘A fifth of 16 to 17 years olds are now...