The Opportunity Partnership is bringing together schemes run by Catch22, St Giles Trust, The Prince's Trust and Tomorrow's People aimed at helping 16- to 25-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) and who also face additional barriers to succeeding such as homelessness, poverty or mental health problems.
The partnership is being funded through a £30m grant from HSBC. As well as providing money, the bank will also expand its apprenticeship programme to offer 700 places a year, and its staff will offer mentoring, coaching and workshops for young people.
The initiative will also create 100 young job ambassadors who have turned their lives around with the help of the Prince's Trust, and will encourage other disadvantaged young people to get involved in one of the job schemes run by the four charities involved in the partnership.
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