More than 25,000 young people across country to benefit from pilot programme testing new approaches to workplace experiences.
- Pilot will be launchpad for extending high quality workplace experiences for all young people.
- Young people will have multiple touch points with employers across the school year rather than just one
- There will be an emphasis on those young people missing out and new fast- growing industries like green and digital
- New Careers & Enterprise Company scheme delivered with partners Speakers for Schools and Springpod.
A new programme to boost work experience for young people, backed by nearly £2m from the Department for Education, is launching today.
The announcement comes amid growing calls for changes to traditional work experience. More than a third (34%) of the UK business population is based in London and the South East, yet many talented young people are all over the country are often struggling to access work experience – particularly those in coastal and rural communities.
