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• Number of young NEETs (not in employment, education or training) has been rising for over a decade
• Deep-seated structural problem within UK society
• Early intervention necessary in those as young as 14 to identify and prevent most vulnerable becoming NEET

A COMPREHENSIVE report published today by Tomorrow’s People and the University of Bristol Centre for Market and Public Organisationshows a worrying increase in the number of young NEET individuals – one of the most economically vulnerable groups in society.

The report, The Early Bird… Preventing Young People from Becoming a NEET Statistic,reveals that the number of NEET young people has been rising over the past decade, well before the current economic crisis began, compounding fears that this is a long-term structural problem within the UK and not just a short-term trend attributed to a poor economy. Government figures released last week continue to paint a dire picture, showing a further increase in youth unemployment, to a historic 1.04 million, or one in five of those between 16 and 24, raising fears of a lost generation. Continue reading →

Last week’s inspiring Awards ceremony, generously hosted by PwC, saw a number of individuals recognised for their tremendous efforts in overcoming immense barriers and finding work.

Tomorrow’s People Plymouth swept the board in the ‘16-24 Award for Personal Achievement’ category. The runner-up was Tom Fagan, who joined the Tomorrow’s People Working It Out team because he wanted to completely turn his life around.  With the support of the Working It Out team, Tom was able to rid himself of addiction and has recently being named the “star pupil” on his plastering course.

The winner of this award was Nicola Collard.  A series of negative relationships had led Nicola into a downward spiral and she felt she had little direction in life, until she contacted Tomorrow’s People.  Nicola is now living a life free from drugs and is acting as a Mentor for people in prison. Continue reading →

• An estimated £56.4 million in benefits saved
• Additional £10.8 million in tax receipts created
• Potential reductions in government expenditure on health and criminal justice of around £12.7 million

A new report by an independent team of economists has highlighted the value to society created by Tomorrow’s People, a national employment charity that for nearly 30 years has been transforming lives through getting long-term unemployed back to work.

Launched today at the Bank of England, the report analyses the achievements of Tomorrow’s People in economic terms, and was produced by FTI Consulting, working through Pro Bono Economics, a charity that provides economists to help third sector organisations to measure and explain their results. By opening itself up to thorough scrutiny by a leading consultancy, Tomorrow’s People is pioneering transparency within its sector. Continue reading →

Tomorrow’s People, the national charity which successfully supports disadvantaged young people into work, education and training, today launched its Working It Out programme for out of work 16-24 year olds in Inverclyde with the help of the Minister for Children & Young People, Angela Constance MSP. The programme has been running across Glasgow since 2004 and will be expanding into Edinburgh later this year.

Since 1984, the charity has helped over 440,000 long-term unemployed people in the UK on their journey back to work. They help break the cycle of unemployment and welfare dependency so that people can move into employment and self-sufficiency, improving their lives and those of their families and communities.  The Working It Out model is simple and its achievements are impressive – 79 percent of young people who complete the 16 week programme move on into employment, training, volunteering or further education. Continue reading →

The Government’s Work Programme is courting failure unless it offers more help to jobless people with the worst social disadvantages, the back-to-work charity Tomorrow’s People claims today.

While welcoming the aims of the Work Programme to get long-term unemployed people off benefits and into work, Tomorrow’s People fears that a rump of the most socially-deprived people in Britain’s worst unemployment blackspots will be ignored by some of the very organisations supposed to be helping them.

The Government is paying commercial providers to find people jobs and ensure they stay in them long-term – but the charity believes that providers will simply avoid tackling hard to help claimants in areas where there are no jobs to put them in. Continue reading →

National employment charity Tomorrow’s People will today launch its successful project working with gang members in Lambeth. The In-2 Work programme supports young people into work and diverts them away from gang activity and crime.

Tomorrow’s People will use an award of £496,592 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme, to continue and develop the programme in South London across the next three years.

The project works in partnership with the Metropolitan Police to identify young men aged 16-24 years old who want to turn their lives around and leave behind gang life. Three projects have run to date, with 77 per cent of the participants successfully going on to employment or training. Continue reading →