Official figures published on Wednesday show Britain’s unemployment rate falling further to 6.8%. Self-employment has risen rapidly, helping to drive the improvement in the overall figure, but the jobless rate for the young is still predicted to be several times higher than average. “Around 2008, 2009, with the financial crash and the way the economy was, I wondered what my options were … A lot of people were quite sceptical and scared. It was so competitive,” recalls Samba. Amie Samba picked
TESYouth was setup to help beat youth unemployment. We will host every Tuesday a video with various topics about young people. The TESYouth team participate in Poverty in Barnet networking conference with a workshop. The event had been organised by CommUNITY Barnet. TESYouth was among other organisations that came together to tackle the high level of poverty in the borough. In the conference, TESYouth showcased how helping young people into employment and out of poverty by leading and offering them hope and guidance
Unemployment still matters. Fortunately the unemployment rate has been trending down in the UK, from 7.9 per cent in May 2010, to a high of 8.4 per cent at the end of 2011, to the latest estimate of 6.9 per cent. The number of unemployed has fallen by 414,000 over this period. But those positive moves hides a multitude of sins. First, the unemployment rate of those under 18 is 21.7 per cent and 17.2 per cent for those ages 18-24.
Jobseekers risk losing their benefits if they turn down certain zero-hours contracts without good reason, the government has said. Until now, people on Jobseeker’s Allowance could refuse to accept such jobs without facing penalties. But the new universal credit system demands that people take up the casual contracts – even though they do not always guarantee work. The government insisted such contracts offer an average 25 hours work a week. A spokesman also explained that when workers did not get the hours
The Poverty in Barnet networking conference on 1 May, that had been organised by CommUNITY Barnet (Read more) was a great opportunity to find out, how poverty affects us all and how organisations could work together to tackle it. TESYouth was among other organisations that came together to tackle the high level of poverty in the borough. In the conference, TESYouth showcased how helping young people into employment and out of poverty by leading and offering them hope and guidance
