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View from the Chair
I have never been given a horse; I am not sure I would want one, I am not sure where I would put it as my garden is marginally bigger than a Ping-Pong table and although I am not adverse to animal companions, a gift horse is not on my list of ‘wants’. All I know about gift horses is that you shouldn’t look them in the mouth. I am not sure if this a reflection of the propensity of gift horses to bite or a fear of equine halitosis.
Therefore it seems churlish to criticize the £16 million the Cabinet Office has put aside for their Youth Engagement Fund. According to the Government’s own statistics, there are presently 81,000 16-17 years who are NEETs in England and the Youth Engagement Fund has an aim to support 18,000 of them – so what about the other 63,000 of them?
I know there are other Government initiative to help young people to get into employment or education – as well some admirable programmes in the East Midlands – as highlighted at the excellent EMVY Employment & Enterprise forum held last month in Derby; but if this is the flag ship policy of our present Government with regards to how they are going to tackle the issue of youth unemployment, then £16million doesn’t seem that much.
To put it into perspective it is less than a quarter of what the Luis Suarez’s transfer cost Barca last month, and there is a gift horse whose mouth I would certainly not look into.
Simon Worsley, Chair of EMVY, Part of One East Midlands
Cabinet Office has published a prospectus for the £16million Youth Engagement Fund which aims to support young people at risk of becoming NEET.
Produced by the National Children’s Bureau, Practice Examples of collaboration between children and young people's health and voluntary sector services shows how health and the VCS can work together to develop and deliver effective services for children and young people.
Data from the Department for Education for key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils shows the percentage of young people progressing to specified educational or employment destinations in the academic year 2011 to 2012.
The Education Committee has published a new report looking at care options for children aged over 16 in England.
The Children’s Society has produced an information pack for young carers in the UK which will make them aware of their human rights, legal rights, and rights to access things like benefits, support and advice.
The Mighty Creatives, a charity working across the East Midlands to champion young people’s creativity and innovation, is looking for a partner in the EMVY network to deliver an employability-focused training scheme aimed at 16-21 year olds.
Make Your Mark is the largest ballot of youth views in the UK, giving young people aged 11 to 18 a chance to vote for the issue they want the UK Youth Parliament to run a campaign on.
The Hilton in the Community Foundation helps young people have a brighter future by investing in improving access to education and investing in the improvement of health care.
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