We urge the Chancellor to consider a job creation fund for young people

In partnership with ACEVO we have written to the Chancellor George Osborne ahead of his Autumn Statement next Tuesday, urging him to consider a structured youth job creation fund, with a central role to play for the community and voluntary sector. 

Following recent youth employment figures and the announcement that long-term unemployed people will have to do compulsory work placements in the charity sector, we feel that the sector can play a much greater role in creating and sustaining employment as well as providing direct employment. 

There are currently 423 voluntary sector organisations involved in the Government’s Work Programme, but only 2 of these are at the Prime Provider level. This represents an incredibly small proportion of the 170,000 voluntary and community sector organisations in the UK, and demonstrates the untapped potential in the sector to take on and train more young poeple.

We hope that the Chancellor will consider a structured youth job creation fund which would focus not only on creating jobs and helping to place people into existing roles or apprenticeships but also ensuring that young people, particularly those in deprived areas, are job ready.

Read the letter in full (PDF, 18KB).