Staff in departments such as IT, finance, marketing and communications at the young people's information, advice and guidance service were told two weeks before Christmas that redundancy notices would be issued.
All the employees affected work at the head office in Hampshire and don't directly offer advice and guidance to young people.
Connexions South Central will be formally wound down from 1 April and responsibility for its services handed over to four local authorities - Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. The decision was taken to move services under the control of the councils last year. The government announced in 2005 that local authorities in England should decide how Connexions partnerships are run by April 2008.
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