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Backing Young Britain

September 2, 2009

18305_532.nefOver 150 top British employers have thrown their weight behind Backing Young Britain, a national campaign to create new opportunities for thousands of young people during the recession.

The Prime Minister, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper and top employers signed up to Backing Young Britain met 250 young people at a Youth Summit at Birmingham City Football Club today.

The Government pledged 85,000 new opportunities for young people. These include:

  • Morrisons pledging new training for every one of its 36,000 employees under the age of 25
  • Government providing help to get 45,000 young people into jobs in retail, tourism, leisure and hospitality
  • 5000 new apprenticeships from companies including Centrica, Carillion and Royal Mail
  • Other companies backing the campaign include Microsoft, Bovis Lendlease, Pfizer and Phones4U.

For full details of today’s Backing Young Britain announcement, see the latest press notice.

Read the Jobs of the Future document (pdf) here.

If you are an employer and want to get involved, see the Backing Young Britain website.

If you are a young person and require more information on your options and the support available to you, see Directgov’s What’s Next campaign.