Moving Young People Into Work Through Employer Engagement (360G-CR-798463)

1 in 5 young people on the UK are unemployed. Whilst unemployment rates in the UK have fallen, they’ve remained the same (as 2012) for young people unemployed for over 2 years. The Academy programmes use sports as a hook to engage unemployed young people living in disadvantaged communities, providing an alternative education to help them into work. Funding will pay for 2 Employer Engagement Managers, based in London and Manchester, to be responsible for the Employer Engagement Service in 6 Street League regions across the north and south of England; they will create opportunities for young people to gain practical work based experience which increases their chances of securing a job.