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Good Practice: How a fitness chain is helping young people into employment

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The Transforming a Generation initiative, brainchild of LA Fitness founder Fred Turok, has so far helped more than 1,400 young people not in education, employment or training gain skills and qualifications.

Project Transforming a Generation

Funding Just over £11m from the Future Jobs Fund

Purpose To help young people into work and shape a new generation of fitness industry employees

Background Transforming a Generation is a charity founded by Fred Turok, chairman of the gym chain LA Fitness and of the Fitness Industry Association.

"It was a chance to help young people but also a boon to the industry," explains public relations manager Alex Delaney. "The fitness industry is short of young people who want to work their way up. Lots of people have degrees and are looking to come into management but we also need people who can see the opportunity for career progression and are keen to work their way up from the bottom."

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