YALP Project Officer Bethia McNeil joins The National Youth Agency, having previously been based in Liverpool with Green Apprentices, a project originally set up by the Groundwork Trusts on Merseyside.

McNeil role was training and support officer on Fusion 21 Skills, a project providing quality training and support into employment for the long-term unemployed looking to work in the construction industry. McNeil has also worked for Liverpool and Sefton Employment Zone, and has two years' teaching experience in higher education, working in the Centre for Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University.