Talent MatchFulfilling Lives: supporting young people into work
Sharon Jones
Insanity?
Doing the same thing over and over again....
....and expecting different
results
Why Young People?
Almost 1.5million young people aged 16-24 are NEETs
Significant periods of unemployment for young people has been linked to:
Longer term unemployment
Low earnings in later life
Ill Health
ACEVO project the net cost to the Treasury over the next decade as approx £28billion
Young People’s Investment Team
Talent Match is...
• A £100 million investment aimed at helping those Young People who are furthest from the labour market
• An investment into our belief that with targeted and appropriate support young people are able to improve their own circumstances and chances
• An opportunity to maximise the impact of our funding by gathering learning and evidence to influence and inform future approaches and policy
Up to £100 million across England to
enable young people, who are furthest from the labour market, to secure
employment or take up enterprising opportunities
Focusing on 18 – 24 year olds who have been out of work, education or training for over 12
months
Aim and focus
PrinciplesStructured
opportunitiesBy wiring together the public, private
and VCS in partnership
Structured opportunitiesBy wiring together the public, private
and VCS in partnership
Supporting local
solutionsMatching supply
and demand
Supporting local
solutionsMatching supply
and demand
Asset basedYoung people and
employers are fully engaged
Asset basedYoung people and
employers are fully engaged
Person centred
approachHarness passion
and potential
Person centred
approachHarness passion
and potential
Strong and positive
communications
Promoting positive images of young
people
Strong and positive
communications
Promoting positive images of young
people
Outcomes for young people
What we want to achieve
Young people secure employment, take up training or further education or create
their own employment and enterprise
Young people secure employment, take up training or further education or create
their own employment and enterprise
Improved confidence,
optimism and
support for young
people who have
been unemployed for
12 months to lead
successful, fulfilling
and useful lives
Improved confidence,
optimism and
support for young
people who have
been unemployed for
12 months to lead
successful, fulfilling
and useful lives
Pathways to positive economic activity
What we want to achieve
Improved and coordinated local
pathways for young people into positive economic
activity
More employers providing
meaningful, supported
employment opportunities for
young people
Increased quality, relevance and access to local
employment and training
Enhanced evidence of the nature,
circumstances and patterns of youth unemployment
The People
Cross-sector partnerships
Voluntary and community sector led
Private business, SMEs and the VCS as
employers
Relevant opportunities
What won’t get funded
Poor partnership
working
Poor partnership
working
Not doing things
differently
Not doing things
differently
Not locally driven
Not locally driven
Statutory duties
Statutory dutiesPoor value for
moneyPoor value for
money
Young people not involved or tokenistic
engagement
Young people not involved or tokenistic
engagement
Doesn’t challenge poor image of young people
Doesn’t challenge poor image of young people
Not targeted on our focus
group
Not targeted on our focus
group
Not targeting need. Spreading funds and
resources thinly
Not targeting need. Spreading funds and
resources thinly Not deliveringNot delivering
Target areas
Date Activity
Late June 2012 • National press launch – details available on our website and press activity
27 June – 27 July 2012 • Initial local partnership meetings in 21 areas• Partnership development funding available
August 2012 • Partnerships start to develop their prospectus for funding• Public contact identified for each partnership
November 2012 • Each partnerships submits a prospectus
January 2013 • Our England Committee take decisions on funding• Partnerships begin developing detailed project plans
By June 2013 and beyond
• BIG approves project plans – project delivery begins
Timescales and how
Sustained job
outcomes and
other positive
activities
Sustained job
outcomes and
other positive
activities
Evaluation and Learning
Assessing what
worked, for
whom and whyAssessing what
worked, for
whom and why
Shared and comparable – tracking young people’s journey
Shared and comparable – tracking young people’s journeyAn economic impact assessment
An economic impact assessment
Annual local and national targets
Annual local and national targetsCredible, robust
and timelyCredible, robust
and timely
Next steps
…making it happen
BIG, young people and local partners…
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