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UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for unemployed young people

From The Guardian · () English

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  • More than 40 UK retailers plan to offer up to 100,000 placements over three years to young people aged 18 to 24 who are not in employment, education or training.
  • The two- to four-week placements, arranged with the Department for Work and Pensions, aim to build participants’ skills and confidence before they enter paid work.

Up to 100,000 young people could receive a short-term placement with a UK retailer over the next three years, in a programme designed to provide a first step towards paid work.

More than 40 retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Pets at Home, Asda and the John Lewis Partnership, are taking part in the initiative with the Department for Work and Pensions. The placements will last between two and four weeks.

The programme targets people aged 18 to 24 who are not in employment, education or training. Its stated aim is to give them “the skills and confidence needed to take their first step into work”.

the skills and confidence needed to take their first step into work

· Department for Work and Pensions and participating retailersThe stated aim of the short-term placements for young people outside employment, education or training.
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