But the foundation’s Listen Up! 2011 report, based on a survey of nearly 5,400 11- to 25-year-olds, also found that almost three-quarters of young people do not feel enough is being done to help them into employment.
More than half of young people questioned said they are taking or plan to take a course to gain more skills, while 40 per cent said they volunteer and 42 per cent are doing unpaid work to gain employment experience.
One respondent, 18-year-old Ansa Mubashir, from south London, said: "I was hoping to start work when I left school but I realised that there weren’t many opportunities to do what I wanted to do.
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