Charity 1625 Independent People (1625IP) has been awarded funding by Youth Futures Foundation and the West of England Combined Authority to extend its Reboot West programme until March 2025.
The programme will work in partnership with the leaving care and employment and skills teams across four local authorities in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, offering coaching, training and bespoke careers support to 150 care leavers.
Latest government statistics on Universal Credit show that 450,000 16- to 24-year-olds are currently listed as "searching for work" – nearly double the figure in March 2020.
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