Re-engaging young people 16

Hidden Talents is our project to look with fresh eyes at the issue of young people who are not in education, training or employment. The return to local councils of responsibility for commissioning education and training for 16-19 year olds from 1 April 2010 provides further opportunities to devise and develop more effective local solutions. The project has been commissioned personally by the Chairman of the LGA, Margaret Eaton. We hope that you will join us in moving this debate forward. We aim to make a difference to the lives of our young people and uncover more of Britain’s hidden talent

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Supporting ambition in our young people - councils and young people aged 14–19

This aim of this report is to show how councils will use this transfer of power and funding from the national level to make sure that all the young people in their area are given the opportunity to pursue their ambitions and fulfill their potential. It also gives practical examples of what councils up and down the country are already doing to make this a reality.
Added on: 17 June 2010
Hidden Talents III - case studies

This is a further publication in our Hidden Talents series looking at solutions for engaging all of our young people aged 16-24 into positive activity. The impact of the recession is particularly hitting young people with a rise in the past year of an additional 119,000 young people not engaged in employment, education or training to a total of 959,000. The case studies in this publication highlight a range of factors that can disengage young people from learning and employment.
Added on: 10 November 2009
Hidden Talents II: getting the best out of Britain’s young people

This report is a response to our first publication, Hidden Talents: Re-engaging young people, which focussed on the issues surrounding young people not in education, employment or training. Together with the Centre for Social Justice we took up this challenge, drawing on the insights of partners and practitioners in councils, the public, private and voluntary sectors, we describe a new approach to engaging young people in productive activity.
Added on: 27 October 2009
Youth opportunities

Councillors need to maintain a strategic overview of next year’s transfer of 16-19 education and training to local authorities, writes Cllr Shireen Ritchie, chairman of the LGA children and young people board
Added on: 15 October 2009
Raising aspirations

Young people who are not in employment, education or training are an increasing priority for national and local government. Local partnerships are demonstrating successful and innovative approaches to tackling the problem, writes Nigel Jones
Added on: 9 June 2010