Project stART
Funding Around £40,000 a year from Middlesbrough Integrated Youth Support Service and the Working Neighbourhoods Fund
Purpose To engage young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) and help them gain new skills and confidence
Background Government figures from October 2011 revealed Middlesbrough had the highest unemployment rate
in the country. Last year 9.3 per cent of 16- to 18-year-olds in the town were not in education, employment or training.
A creative programme, stART is designed and delivered by Tees Valley Arts, which is working to reach out to young people who are Neet, encouraging them to get back into learning and helping them access the support they need to turn their lives around.
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